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.

Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix (Rise of the Empress, #2)
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
Outrun the Wind
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
Dragonshadow (Heartstone, #2)
The Revolution of Jack Frost
The Ice Princess's Fair Illusion (Fairytale Verses, #2)
Shadow of The Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)
Dear Evan Hansen
Dracul
Grim Lovelies (Grim Lovelies, #1)
Damsel
The Boneless Mercies
Blanca & Roja
Marilla of Green Gables
Circe
The Afterlife of Holly Chase
Dear Evan Hansen
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Charming (Bastan Hollow Saga, #1)
Spinning Silver
The Silence of the Girls
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1)
Pride
Home Fire
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
The Girl in the Tower (Winternight Trilogy, #2)
To Kill a Kingdom
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
Cinder by Marissa MeyerBeastly by Alex FlinnThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBeauty by Robin McKinleyA Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Fractured/ Retellings Fairytales
265 books — 277 voters
Splintered by A.G. HowardAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Looking Glass Wars by Frank BeddorSeeing Redd by Frank BeddorThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
Curiouser and Curiouser
145 books — 234 voters

Snow by Tracy LynnFairest by Gail Carson LevineWinter by Marissa MeyerThe Fairest Beauty by Melanie DickersonThe Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon
Snow White Retellings
205 books — 139 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Myth and Folktale Retellings
472 books — 494 voters


Popular Retellings Books

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Heartless
Cruel Beauty
Hunted
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
Splintered (Splintered, #1)
Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, #1)

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“ Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.” Chat. British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you. ”
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“ The smiting and righteous retribution happens less often than you would think - Hades ”
― Kennedy Vega , Blossom of Ash

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Before Beauty - A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
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