https://pithybooks.com/tags/retelling/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “retelling”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/a-touch-of-darkness/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-touch-of-darkness/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Persephone bargains with Hades in New Athens nightclub deal. https://pithybooks.com/books/cress/ https://pithybooks.com/books/cress/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Imprisoned hacker Cress joins Cinder Scarlet Wolf Thorne to stop Levana's wedding to Kai. https://pithybooks.com/books/hooked/ https://pithybooks.com/books/hooked/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT James Hook kidnaps Wendy to take revenge on Peter Pan in this dark retelling. https://pithybooks.com/books/ella-enchanted/ https://pithybooks.com/books/ella-enchanted/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cursed to obey, Ella fights for freedom and love in a Cinderella retelling. https://pithybooks.com/books/scarlet/ https://pithybooks.com/books/scarlet/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scarlet searches for her grandmother with Wolf while escaped Cinder fights Levana in the Lunar Chronicles sequel. https://pithybooks.com/books/wicked/ https://pithybooks.com/books/wicked/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Elphaba is born green in Oz and called wicked for refusing the Wizard in Maguire's 1995 novel. https://pithybooks.com/books/cinder/ https://pithybooks.com/books/cinder/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cyborg mechanic Cinder discovers she is Lunar royalty while plague and Queen Levana threaten New Beijing. https://pithybooks.com/books/circe/ https://pithybooks.com/books/circe/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.