Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Iris Engel (5070 Lists)



The Snow White Bride by Claire Delacroix
Snow White Retellings
297 books — 210 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Unrequited Love
367 books — 194 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMacbeth by William ShakespeareDracula by Bram StokerHamlet by William ShakespeareCarrie by Stephen King
One Name as a Title
1,116 books — 203 voters
Holy Bible by Anonymous
Thought Provoking Books Every Christian Should Read
465 books — 297 voters

The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Middle Earth
140 books — 95 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaOutlander by Diana GabaldonIvanhoe by Walter ScottThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Authors in Historical Fiction
181 books — 91 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
A Good Book To Take Me Away
614 books — 105 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleDracula by Bram StokerRebecca by Daphne du MaurierLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Crime, Detective and Mystery Fiction
186 books — 112 voters

Forever Amber by Kathleen WinsorFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Historical Fiction: England's Second Civil War and Restoration
109 books — 109 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best New York Novels
146 books — 129 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Novels
139 books — 102 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
City Life
315 books — 179 voters

Burning Up Flint by Laurann Dohner
Robots, Androids, Gynoids, Cyborgs
353 books — 262 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Favorite Mystery Series
410 books — 136 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Man With the Golden Gun by Ian FlemingThe Spy Who Loved Me by Ian FlemingFor Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
Around the World through Fiction
449 books — 192 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe
434 books — 172 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNever Too Far by Abbi Glines
Servant Heroes/Heroines In Romance
160 books — 272 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Iliad by HomerDune by Frank Herbert
Best Horizon Expanding Books
914 books — 558 voters

1984 by George OrwellOutlander by Diana GabaldonDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
I Really Can't Believe You Haven't Read This Yet
385 books — 141 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Best YA Fiction
130 books — 73 voters

1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Guardian Top 100 books of all time
100 books — 166 voters
A Fractured Light by Jocelyn DaviesCursed by Jennifer L. ArmentroutThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
September 2012 YA Fiction
106 books — 85 voters

Half-Blood by Jennifer L. ArmentroutPure by Jennifer L. ArmentroutDeity by Jennifer L. ArmentroutApollyon by Jennifer L. ArmentroutElixir by Jennifer L. Armentrout
YA Books With Greek Mythology
103 books — 116 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickSilence by Becca FitzpatrickCrescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Broken Boys of YA
226 books — 127 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Hugo Award Winners and Nominees
294 books — 165 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 268 voters

Onyx by Jennifer L. ArmentroutCursed by Jennifer L. ArmentroutClockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Late 2012 and early 2013 Epic YA Fiction Debuts
56 books — 125 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOutlander by Diana GabaldonForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Superbly Written Historical Fiction
492 books — 256 voters