Retellings

A new version of an older story. Sometimes, a fairy tale or myth may be reimagined with a modernized setting or retold from a minor character's perspective.
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Cleopatra
The Red Winter
The Sun and the Starmaker
The Glowing Hours
Nightshade and Oak
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight
Risky Business
This Wretched Beauty
The Wandering Queen: A Novel of Dido
The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox
Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords, #1)
The Swan's Daughter
Beth Is Dead
King of Ravens (Upon a Broken Throne, #1)
James
Demon Copperhead
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
I, Medusa
The Wife Upstairs
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
Wonka
Hemlock & Silver
Lady Tremaine
Beth Is Dead
Bloody Black
A Sorceress Comes to Call
The Things Gods Break (The Crucible, #2)
Wings of Starlight (Wings of Pixie Hollow, #1)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesLore Olympus by Rachel  Smythe
Greek Mythology Retellings!
292 books — 499 voters

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph WhiteThe Luminous Dead by Caitlin  StarlingWilder Girls by Rory Power
Queer Horror
696 books — 420 voters
Golden by Cameron DokeyBeauty Sleep by Cameron DokeySnow by Tracy LynnCinderella and the Colonel by K.M. SheaFortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey
Fairy Tale Retellings: Hidden Gems
591 books — 738 voters

Truth in the Dark by Amy LaneDuck! by Kim DareCinder by Marie SextonScarlet and the White Wolf by Kirby CrowBrute by Kim Fielding
Best Gay books based on fairytales
235 books — 410 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineCress by Marissa MeyerScarlet by Marissa MeyerWinter by Marissa Meyer
Fairy tales & Retellings
711 books — 494 voters

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Circe
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
The Song of Achilles
Heartless
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)
Cruel Beauty
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)

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