Top Retellings of Classic Tales

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,559 books — 18,701 voters
Nefertiti by Michelle MoranThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnThe Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranEmpress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
507 books — 390 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Novels in Female Perspective
638 books — 411 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Biographic Fiction
732 books — 302 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantMany Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Biblical Fiction
304 books — 233 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,374 books — 1,108 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Novels Featuring Single Parents
380 books — 62 voters
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Novels with Abortion as a Subject
194 books — 60 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Young Authors
266 books — 95 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWhen She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Pro-Choice Literature
182 books — 85 voters

The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike
20th Century YA with LGBT Themes
177 books — 50 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Kites
119 books — 12 voters

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy BlumeMolly Saves the Day by Valerie Tripp
Middle Grade Summer Themed Books
362 books — 40 voters
Just a Mess by Mercer MayerThe Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room by Stan Berenstain
Children's Fiction: Tidying and Cleaning Up; Messes
134 books — 12 voters

Cujo by Stephen KingKristy and the Snobs by Ann M. Martin
The dog dies...a cautionary list.
361 books — 249 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoCorduroy by Don FreemanPinocchio by Carlo CollodiThe Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid BanksThe Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen
Children's Literature - Sentient Toys
321 books — 90 voters

Extracts from Adam's Diary and from Eve's Diary by Mark Twain
Adam and Eve Retellings
112 books — 37 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantMany Waters by Madeleine L'EngleQueenmaker by India EdghillThe Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn
Biblical Retellings
220 books — 61 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Farm and Ranch Life in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
484 books — 41 voters
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Gale Warning! Big storms in Fiction
126 books — 34 voters

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
What Rubbish! Trashy (?) Fiction set in a Dump or in Garbage
137 books — 14 voters
Dawn on the Coast by Ann M. MartinCalifornia Girls! by Ann M. Martin
Books Set in Southern California
387 books — 58 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceThe Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Novels Set in California
910 books — 367 voters
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Books Set in Ohio
420 books — 130 voters

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Books Set in Illinois
334 books — 112 voters
Take a Thief by Mercedes LackeyBrightly Burning by Mercedes LackeyThe Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes LackeyReserved for the Cat by Mercedes LackeyPhoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
Favorite Mercedes Lackey
120 books — 91 voters

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
NYC Brownstones
83 books — 13 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Crucible by Arthur MillerJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Books Set in Massachusetts
516 books — 93 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
No longer available
277 books — 37 voters
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeKing Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey WoodThe Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna MayerThe Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenIron Hans by Jacob Grimm
Picture Books About Royalty
355 books — 45 voters