Friday, May 25, 2012

classic retellings booklist: a new twist on an old tale

I've been putting together a YA book display at the library of classic retellings, and thought I would share the list here. I had intended to put pictures and summaries, but the list is long so you just get links to goodreads.

Most are young adult, some are a little younger, some a little older.

This is a work in progress, one I'm going to keep updating as I find new books to add, so if I'm missing some please put them in the comments!

Fairy Tale Retellings
Beauty and the Beast
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck (2011) [goodreads]
Beauty by Robin McKinley [goodreads]
Beastly by Alex Flinn (2007) [goodreads]

Little Red Riding Hood
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (2010) [goodreads]

12 Dancing Princesses
Entwined by Heather Dixon (2011) [goodreads]
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George (2009) [goodreads]
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (2007) [goodreads]
The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell (2011) [goodreads]

Cinderella
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (2012) [goodreads]
Cindy Ella by Robin Palmer (2008) [goodreads]
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix (2007) [goodreads]
Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott (2011) [goodreads]
Cinderella: Ninja Warrior by Maureen McGowan (2001) [goodreads]
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (1997) [goodreads]
Ash by Mainda Lo (2010) [goodreads]

Snow White
Wicked Jealous by Robin Palmer (July 2012) [goodreads]
Snow White Sorry by Cameron Jace (Oct 2012) [goodreads]Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia Wrede (1989) [goodreads]

East of the Sun, West of the Moon
East by Edith Pattou (2005) [goodreads]
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George (2008) [goodreads]
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst (2009) [goodreads]

Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer by Maureen McGowan (2011) [goodreads]
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn (2009) [goodreads
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (1988) [goodreads]
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card (1999) [goodreads]
The Wide Awake Princess by E.D. Baker (2010) [goodreads]

Other
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce--Hansel and Gretel (2011) [goodreads]
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale--Maid Maleen (2007) [goodreads]
Goose Girl by Shannon Hale--The Goose Girl (2003) [goodreads]
The Blue Castle by Lucy M. Montgomery--Blue Beard (1926) [goodreads]
The Brixen Witch by Stacy DeKeyser--The Pied Piper (2012) [goodreads]
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce--Rumpelstiltskin (2008) [goodreads]
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli--Rapunzel (1996) [goodreads]
The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker--Frog Prince (2002) [goodreads]

Fairytale Mashups
Enchanted by Aleathea Kontis (2012) [goodreads]
Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross (2012) [goodreads]
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (2010) [goodreads]

Shakespeare Retellings
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay (2011) [goodreads]
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors (2008) [goodreads]
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman (2002) [goodreads]
Romeo's Ex: Rosalind's Story by Lisa Fiedler (2006) [goodreads]
When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle (2012) [goodreads]
Temptation by Karen Ann Hopkins (2012) [goodreads]
Hamlet
Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray (2011) [goodreads]
Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein (2006) [goodreads]

A Midsummer Night's Dream
This Must Be Love by Tui T. Sutherland (2005) [goodreads]
Wonderous Strange by Leslie Livingston (2008) [goodreads]
The Loser's Guide to Life and Love by A.E. Cannon (2008) [goodreads]

Macbeth
Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney (2007) [goodreads]

Much Ado About Nothing
Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman (2008) [goodreads]

The Tempest
Ariel by Grace Tiffany (2005) [goodreads]

Twelfth Night
Illyria by Elizabeth Hand (2010) [goodreads]

 Jane Austen Retellings
Pride and Prejudice
Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulbert (2011) [goodreads]
Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard (2009) [goodreads
Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik (2011) [goodreads]
Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman (2006) [goodreads]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (2009) [goodreads]
Pride and Popularity by Jenni James (2011) [goodreads]

Persuasion
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (2012) [goodreads]

Sense and Sensability
Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler (2011) [goodreads]
The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love by Rosie Rushton (2006) [goodreads]
Northanger Abby
Northanger Alibi by Jenni James (2012) [goodreads]

Emma
The Espressologist by Kristina Springer (2009) [goodreads]

Classic Retellings
Jekyll and Hyde
Jekel loves Hyde by Beth Fantasky (2010) [goodreads]

Sherlock Holmes
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane (2010) [goodreads]

Robin Hood
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (2012) [goodreads
Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig (2012) [goodreads]

Peter Pan
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (2012) [goodreads]
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (2004) [goodreads]

King Arthur/Merlin
Avalon High by Meg Cabot (2006) [goodreads]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane by April Lindner (2010) [goodreads]
A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont (2012) [goodreads]
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey (2012) [goodreads]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Catherine by April Lindner (2013) [goodreads]
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
His Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel (2011) [goodreads]
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley (2011) [goodreads]

Don Quixote
Going Bovine by Libba Bray (2009) [goodreads]

Turn of the Screw
Tighter by Adele Griffin (2011) [goodreads]

Poe's The Raven (poem)
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (2010) [goodreads]

Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier
New Girl by Paige Harbison (2011) [goodreads

Faust
Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri (2009) [goodreads]

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Flawless by Lara Chapman (2011) [goodreads]
At Face Value by Emily Franklin (2008) [goodreads]

Lysistrata
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger (2011) [goodreads]

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Humming Room by Ellen Potter--The Secret Garden (2012) [goodreads]

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Ten by Gretchen McNeil (Sept 2012) [goodreads]

Beowulf
The Coming of the Dragon by Rebecca Barnhouse

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Marly's Ghost by David Levithan (2005) [goodreads]

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick (2007) [goodreads]
Myth Retellings
Persephone
Abandon by Meg Cabot (2011) [goodreads]
Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman (2009) [goodreads]
Everneath by Brodi Ashton (2012) [goodreads]
The Goddess Test by Amie Carter (2011) [goodreads]

Helen of Troy
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (2011) [goodreads]
Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner (2007) [goodreads]

Odysseus
King of Ithaka by Tracy Barrettt (2010) [goodreads]
Torn from Troy by Patrick Bowman (2011) [goodreads]

2 comments:

melissa @ 1lbr said...

Ooh, good list! I've been putting together a non-comprehensive list for my Classic Double challenge. Here are the fairy tale retellings list and the other retellings list.

resugo said...

great lists! I especially like your 'other retelling list.' thanks for sharing!