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Story Retellings List

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This was the last display I made when I worked for the library. The original list came from this website: http://www.epicreads.com/blog/an-epic-chart-of-162-young-adult-retellings/ The list below contains only those books that are available (at least in paper book form) from our local library system. There are about 25 books from the complete list of 162 that our library does not have. 

I enjoy reading retellings and thought I would pass the list along for anyone who might be interested. There are some unexpected ones here too. It's not strictly just fairy tales.  

Beauty and the Beast
East by Edith Pattou
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
Stung by Bethany Wiggins
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
The Little Mermaid
September Girls by Bennett Madison
Fathomless by Jackson Pearce
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
Midnight Pearls by Cameron Dokey
Mermaid: A Twist on a Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon

Cinderella
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
If I have A Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? by Melissa Kantor
Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey

The Frog Prince
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Water Song by Suzanne Weyn


The Snow Queen
Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce
Winter’s Child by Cameron Dokey
Stork by Wendy Delsol




Little Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Scarlet Moon
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston

The 12 Dancing Princesses
The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

Hansel and Gretel
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
Bewitching by Alex Flinn
Greta and the Goblin King by Chloe Jacobs

Rapunzel
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy C. Bennett
Towering by Alex Flinn
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Golden by Cameron Dokey
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli

Snow White
Snow by Tracy Lynn
The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block
The Serpent’s Shadow by Mercedes Lackey
Nameless by Lili St. Crow
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Devoured by Amanda Marrone

Sleeping Beauty
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay
The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross
A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman



Peter Pan J.M. barrie
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Child Thief by Brom
Wendy by Karen Wallace
Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Alice in Wonderland by
 lewis Carroll
Splintered by A.G. Howard
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Frankenstein by mary Shelley
Clay by David Almond
Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein
Hideous Love by Stephanie Hemphill
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

The Scarlet Pimpernel by
 Baroness Emma Orczy
Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd

The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
 By Robert Louis Stevenson
 Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd

Tarzan of the Apes by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
 Wild by Alex Mallory

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Washington Irving
 The Hollow by Jessica Verday

Moby Dick by Herman Melville
 Railsea by China Miéville

Robin Hood
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley




Edgar Allen Poe
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
The Fall by Bethany Griffin

Jane Austen
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (Persuasion)
Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman (Pride & Prejudice)
The Trouble with Flirting by Claire LaZebnik (Mansfield Park)
Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg (Pride & Prejudice)
Sass & Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler (Sense & Sensibility)
Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik (Pride & Prejudice) 

Bronte Sisters
Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (Jane Eyre)
Black Spring by Alison Croggon (Wuthering Heights)
Withering Tights by Louise Rennison (Wuthering Heights)
Catherine by April Lindner (Wuthering Heights)

Romeo and Juliet –Shakespeare
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub
Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper

Hamlet – Shakespeare
Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein
Something Rotten by Alan Gratz

Macbeth – Shakespeare
Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney
Lady Macbeth’s Daughter by Lisa M. Klein
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston




Asian Mythology
Eon by Alison Goodman
Prophecy by Ellen Oh
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon

Egyptian Mythology
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Sphinx’s Princess by Esther Friesner
Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer

Norse Mythology
Frost by Wendy Delsol
Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

Greco-Roman Mythology
Quicksilver by Stephanie Spinner
Oh My Gods by Tera Lynn Childs
Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Ithaka by Adele Geras
Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

Hades and Persephone Myth
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Solstice by PJ Hoover
Falling Under by Gwen Hayes

Helen of Troy
Nobody’s Princess by Esther Friesner
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini




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