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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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)
Silver & Blood (Silver & Blood, #1)
Anne of a Different Island
The Scent of Oranges
The Younger Gods (The Younger Gods, #1)
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
Winter White: A Modern Retelling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
To Love a Lady (Dollar Princess #1)
A Heart So Green (Fair Folk, #3)
Brigid
Children of the Night (When Monsters Wake, #1)
Tender Cruelty (Dark Olympus, #9)
James
Demon Copperhead
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
I, Medusa
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
The Wife Upstairs
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
Wonka
The Comeback (Houston Pumas, #1)
Hemlock & Silver
Finding Her Edge
A Sorceress Comes to Call
Beth Is Dead
Ariadne
Wings of Starlight (Wings of Pixie Hollow)
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineCinder by Marissa MeyerBeastly by Alex FlinnPrincess Academy by Shannon HaleThe Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
YA Modern Retellings
429 books — 823 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
629 books — 583 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteMary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy by Mary  StewartLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
The Arthurian Legend Retold
455 books — 747 voters
Winter by Marissa MeyerFairest by Marissa MeyerThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehCrimson Bound by Rosamund HodgeA Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
2015 YA Fairy Tale Retellings
94 books — 380 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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