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This week’s list is Ten Books for Readers Who Like X. I picked Fairy Tale Retellings!
1. The Rose Bride by Nancy Holder
This one is easily one of my top fairy tale retellings. It is the story of The White Bride and the Black Bride. This isn’t just a fairy tale though because, even though it is just for a bit, Artemis is also in it! Yep, a fairy tale retelling with a Greek goddess.
2. Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie
This version of The Little Mermaid is quite a bit different than the Disney version. It is great.
3. Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey
This is a retelling that doesn’t come up very often. It is The Magic Flute. I really love this one. It is easily one of my favorite retellings.
4. Beauty by Robin McKinley
This was probably one of the very first retellings I ever read. It is Beauty and the Beast and I remember reading this one from the school library quite a while ago.
5. The Shadow of the Bear by Regina Doman
This is the story of Snow White and Red Rose. I really like this one because it is a Catholic retelling. And it it awesome.
6. The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
This story is a Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling. I love the imagery in this one.
7. Snow by Tracy Lynn
This is a Snow White retelling set in Victorian England. I wrote a review for this previously on the blog.
8. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
This is so NOT cheating to choose a whole series. How else was I supposed to pick just one?? There is Cinder, Scarlet and Cress as well as Fairest and Winter. This series covers quite a few of the fairy tales: Cidnerella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White.
9. Splintered by A G Howard
I would say the whole series but I haven’t read Unhinged or Ensnared yet. This is an Alice in Wonderland retelling in case you were unaware.
10. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
This book was the first time I heard the East of the Sun, West of the Moon Nordic tale. I remember this being a good read. Especially since I really didn’t know how the story would end.
As I get to the end of this list I am realizing that half of these titles are part of the Once Upon A Time series. All of the books in that series are great retellings.
These are Ten Books for Readers Who Like Fairy Tale Retellings. Feel free to share yours as well and check out the rest of them at The Broke and the Bookish.
Oooh…I love a good fairy tale retelling and just finished Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge which is primarily based on Beauty & the Beast but also mixes in a little Bluebeard, Rumpelstiltskin and East of the Sun, West of the Moon.
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Cruel Beauty is on my TBR. The library doesn’t have it but I think the digital library might. I keep hearing great stuff about it.
i love Beauty!
I know I need to reread it. I haven’t read it in years. It is such a great book.
Great list! I really have to read The Lunar Chronicles series. I keep hearing so many amazing things!
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I liked the Lunar Chronicles a lot more than I thought I would. They really keep things interesting. 🙂
I love your choice of topic this week, I almost did it myself! Robin McKinley’s Beauty is one of my favorites. May I suggest Juliet Marillier’s Wildwood Dancing? It’s a retelling of the twelve dancing princesses. The women writes such enchanting stories. Excellent list, Amanda!
I’ve heard of Wildwood Dancing. I read the whole Daughter of the Forest series quite a while ago. I kind of want to reread those as well as check out Wildwood.
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This is such a cool list! It’s also the second time I’ve come across Beauty by Robin McKinley. I think it’s time I read it.
I haven’t read any of these (sadly), so it looks like my reading list just got a lot longer. 🙂 Thanks!
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No problem. 🙂
This was a fun list to come up with because I was limited to ten. There are so many others I could have included.
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Thanks for leaving me a comment on my TTT blog post! I like your list of books!!
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Aside from The Lunar Chronicles -which I loved- and Splintered -which I haven’t read yet- all of these are new to me! I love retellings, so I’ll definitely check some of the books on your list out 😀
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These are all great books. Especially if you love retellings.
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I don’t think I could pick just one of the book of the Lunar Chronicles either. 🙂 I would also recommend Enchanted by Alethea Kontis and A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz!
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I’ve heard a bit about Enchanted but nothing about A Tale Dark and Grimm. I’m going to have to check both of those out.
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I choose the same topic! Splintered is one of the books that I have sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. The Lunar Chronicles are high on my list as well, I don’t think I’ve met anyone who’s just been meh about those books. I cannot wait for Winter to come out. 😀 Great list!
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Thanks. I really liked Splintered. I currently have Unhinged from the library sitting on my kindle. I’ve been putting it off since I know that once I start it I won’t want to stop.
The wait for Winter is going to be a long one, I’m thinking.
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