I’ve had several people ask for some YA retelling book recommendations, so here are a few of each! I marked my favorites with an asterisk:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine*
Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge
Cinderella and the Colonel by K.M. Shea
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas (the sequels get way better)*
The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine
Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Nameless by Lili St. Crow
Devoured by Amanda Marrone
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge*
Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas*
Of Beast & Beauty by Stacey Jay
Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay (about Aurora’s daughter)*
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis
A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Reign of Shadow by Sophie Jordan
The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Entwined by Heather Dixon
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Never Never by Brianna Shrum
Everland by Wendy Spinale
Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury*
The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh*
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer*
Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Hansel & Gretel: Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
The Little Mermaid: Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Water Song by Suzanne Weyn
Rumpelstiltskin: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce
Winter’s Child by Cameron Dokey
Crown of Ice by Vicki L. Weavil
Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea
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