Tag: retelling

8 books with this tag.

Often combined with: fantasy (7) · young adult (4)

Emily McIntire · 2021

James Hook kidnaps Wendy to take revenge on Peter Pan in this dark retelling.

2,584-word summary · 11 min read

Marissa Meyer · 2014

Imprisoned hacker Cress joins Cinder Scarlet Wolf Thorne to stop Levana's wedding to Kai.

2,534-word summary · 11 min read

Scarlett St. Clair · 2020

Persephone bargains with Hades in New Athens nightclub deal.

2,545-word summary · 11 min read

Marissa Meyer · 2013

Scarlet searches for her grandmother with Wolf while escaped Cinder fights Levana in the Lunar Chronicles sequel.

2,756-word summary · 12 min read

Gail Carson Levine · 1997

Cursed to obey, Ella fights for freedom and love in a Cinderella retelling.

2,725-word summary · 12 min read

Gregory Maguire · 1995

Elphaba is born green in Oz and called wicked for refusing the Wizard in Maguire's 1995 novel.

2,119-word summary · 9 min read

Madeline Miller · 2018

Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.

2,957-word summary · 13 min read

Marissa Meyer · 2012

Cyborg mechanic Cinder discovers she is Lunar royalty while plague and Queen Levana threaten New Beijing.

3,553-word summary · 16 min read