🏷️ Retelling
23 entries tagged with this trope
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
The witch of Greek mythology gets her own story. Circe isn't powerful or beautiful like other gods. But she finds her own magic, on her own terms. Quietly devastating.
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair · 2019
Persephone meets Hades in a nightclub. She hates him. He's obsessed. A modern Hades and Persephone retelling where he's the god of the dead and she's a journalism student. The mythology nerd's dream romance.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Patroclus tells the story of Achilles — from boyhood friendship to the Trojan War. You know how it ends. You read it anyway. And it DESTROYS you. The last page is one of the most devastating in literature.
An Offer from a Gentleman
Julia Quinn · 2001
Benedict Bridgerton meets a mystery woman at a masquerade ball. She vanishes. A Cinderella retelling with class dynamics that feel real and a love interest who earns his happy ending.
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn · 2025
A feminist retelling of Carmilla, the 1872 Gothic novella that inspired Dracula. Gothic horror meets queer romance in this atmospheric page-turner.
Give Me a Reason
Jayci Lee · 2025
A modern retelling of Persuasion where Korean actor Anne Lee regrets breaking up with Frederick Nam a decade ago. When they end up in the same wedding party, sparks fly all over again.
A Soul of Ash and Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2023
Casteel's perspective of From Blood and Ash. See everything you thought you knew from his side. Changes the whole story.
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik · 2018
A moneylender's daughter boasts she can turn silver to gold. When the Staryk king takes her seriously, she must make good on her claim or die.
The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale · 2003
Princess Ani can speak to birds but struggles with people. Betrayed and stripped of her identity, she must find her voice to reclaim her throne.
This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi · 2022
Inspired by Persian mythology — a servant girl who's secretly a Jinn princess, and the prince ordered to destroy her kind. They're drawn to each other in the worst possible way.
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher · 2022
A retelling of Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' with a mycology twist. The lake is too still. The rabbits don't move right. Something in the house is growing. Skin-crawling perfection.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan · 2022
Xingyin's mother is the legendary Chang'e, imprisoned on the moon. To free her, Xingyin hides in the Celestial Kingdom and trains as a warrior. Chinese mythology retelling that soars.
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik · 2018
A Rumpelstiltskin retelling set in a frozen Russian-inspired world. Three women's stories interweave as they face down kings, ice demons, and expectations. Novik at her best.
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios, is banished to a deserted island where she hones her witchcraft. From Odysseus to the Minotaur, she encounters the most famous figures of mythology—on her own terms.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Patroclus tells the story of Achilles — not the hero of myth but the boy he loved. The most beautiful love story you'll ever read. The last chapter will ruin you.
James
Percival Everett · 2024
Huck Finn retold from Jim's perspective. Jim is brilliant, educated, and playing a dangerous game of survival in a world that refuses to see him. A masterwork of American fiction.
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik · 2018
Miryem can spin silver into gold — literally. The Staryk king notices. Three women's stories intertwine in a Rumpelstiltskin retelling set in a frozen Russian-inspired world.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
The Iliad from Patroclus's POV. A love story that knows where it's headed.
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
The witch of Aiaia tells her own story — from banishment to Odysseus to motherhood.
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik · 2018
Rumpelstiltskin retold. A moneylender's daughter turns silver to gold and attracts the attention of the winter king. Three women, three threads, one stunning tapestry.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan · 2022
Xingyin is the secret daughter of Chang'e. She must hide her identity while training as a celestial warrior — and falling for the wrong prince.
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher · 2022
A retelling of Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher.' Something is very wrong with the lake, the house, and Madeline. Fungal horror done beautifully.
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver · 2022
David Copperfield retold in Appalachian America. A boy fights through foster care, addiction, and poverty with a voice that'll stay with you forever.