#21 Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.

[Dawn]

Missing the last few prompts, so i'll add. I'm going to read A Spindle Splintered

[Tara]

I'll read The Bennet Women (Eden Appiah-Kubi), a Pride & Prejudice retelling.

[Ronnie]

Beast

[Rachael]

Going for Ruinsong by Julia Ember, retelling of Phantom of the Opera

[Ron]

Does anyone have any good recs for this topic?

I'm trying to expand my sapphic reads next year.

[Mandie]

I like to try a fit in a few graphic novels outside of the specific graphic novel categories, so I'll be reading The Prince and the Dressmaker

[Dani]

Very excited for this category. Considering His Hideous Heart (Poe retellings), Take Her Down (Julius Caesar, out in March), As I Descended (Macbeth), and Great (Great Gatsby).

[Meredith]

I was excited to find a couple of Dracula retellings that work for this task!
The Route of Ice and Salt
A Dowry of Blood

There's also a new Jane Eyre retelling coming out next year that looks interesting (although I'm usually a bit closed to YA!):
Escaping Mr. Rochester

[Erin]

I'm thinking of Cinderella Is Dead or Robber Girl by S.T. Gibson, which I can't seem to find on here.

[Alex]

I'm planning to read Girls Made of Snow and Glass. It is a Snow White retelling

[Ron]

Wahoo after a thorough search I discovered Gay Pride and Prejudice .

P&P has been a favorite of mine for ages so I'm looking forward to this alternate interpretation.

[Beth]

Alex wrote: "I'm planning to read Girls Made of Snow and Glass. It is a Snow White retelling"

I loved this book. It was so, so good!

[Beth]

I am, as ever, late to the party, and planning to read The Song of Achilles.

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Tara wrote: "I'll read The Bennet Women (Eden Appiah-Kubi), a Pride & Prejudice retelling.
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Is Eden Appiah-Kubi queer?

[[deleted user]]

My plan: The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode

[Bonnie G.]

Margaret wrote: "Tara wrote: "I'll read The Bennet Women (Eden Appiah-Kubi), a Pride & Prejudice retelling.
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Is Eden Appiah-Kubi queer?"

There is no requirement that this be ownvoices

[[deleted user]]

Meredith wrote: "I was excited to find a couple of Dracula retellings that work for this task!
The Route of Ice and Salt

I'm so glad this exists! A retelling of one of the best parts of Dracula. It will be my pick!

[Jaime]

I'm planning to read Legendborn. It's a retelling of King Arthur and it's in this list by Book Riot: https://bookriot.com/queer-retellings/

[Sherri]

I read Kaikeyi

[GailW]

I read The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson, a retelling of Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale", written for the Hogarth Press Shakespeare Project.

[chysodema]

Ah, that feeling when you realize a book you read for fun turns out to fit a category you were struggling with!! I was so into fairy tale retellings, Austen retellings, etc. years ago when they first became a big thing, and I devoured so many that I think I burned out. I was not looking forward to figuring something out for this prompt.

But I just finished The Loophole, a YA debut novel about a queer Muslim-American teen on an epic journey. It is a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice (and possibly another underworld myth that I am not familiar with, I haven't been able to verify).

[chysodema]

Gail wrote: "I read The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson, a retelling of Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale", written for the Hogarth Press Shakespeare Project."

The Gap of Time is one of my favorite books! What did you think of it?

[Joanna]

I read Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms

[Emily]

I read Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore and it was charming and clever and sweet.