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Retellings

Classic tales spring to life in bold new settings, from Romeo and Juliet in 1920s Shanghai to Greek gods in modern cities. Here you'll find beloved stories reimagined through fresh perspectives, spinning familiar characters and timeless themes into daring new directions.

Retellings Book Summaries

Hera
by Jennifer Saint • 2024
When Zeus makes Hera his queen, she wages a secret war from the shadows of Olympus.
3.55
21k+
🏹 Feminist Mythology🏺 Ancient Greece🖤 Feminine Rage🥀 Twilight Of The Gods🌆 Gods Among Mortals
Hera Summary
Hera
When Zeus makes Hera his queen, she wages a secret war from the shadows of Olympus.
by Jennifer Saint 2024 389 pages
3.55
21k+ ratings
🏹 Feminist Mythology🏺 Ancient Greece🖤 Feminine Rage🥀 Twilight Of The Gods🌆 Gods Among Mortals
Allison's Adventures in Underland
by C.M. Stunich • 2017
A rabbit-eared killer drags a teen into a bloody Wonderland where she is the prophesied bride.
3.95
17k+
🐇 Wonderland Retelling🔮 Fated Mates🖤 Villain Love Interests🎪 Dark Whimsy⛓️ Captive Romance
Allison's Adventures in Underland Summary
Allison's Adventures in Underland
A rabbit-eared killer drags a teen into a bloody Wonderland where she is the prophesied bride.
by C.M. Stunich 2017 152 pages
3.95
17k+ ratings
🐇 Wonderland Retelling🔮 Fated Mates🖤 Villain Love Interests🎪 Dark Whimsy⛓️ Captive Romance
The Wolf and the Woodsman
by Ava Reid • 2021
A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.
3.50
32k+
🏛️ Mythic Fantasy💔 Enemies To Lovers🏕️ Forced Proximity🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere👑 Political Intrigue
The Wolf and the Woodsman Summary
The Wolf and the Woodsman
A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.
by Ava Reid 2021 448 pages
3.50
32k+ ratings
🏛️ Mythic Fantasy💔 Enemies To Lovers🏕️ Forced Proximity🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere👑 Political Intrigue
Dreadful
by Greer Rivers • 2023
A mafia enforcer loves the woman hunting his family, unaware she saved him as a child.
4.10
5k+
🖤 Mafia Revenge🎭 Dark Retelling💔 Childhood Trauma Bond📜 Revenge Hit List🩹 Scarred Heroine
Dreadful Summary
Dreadful
A mafia enforcer loves the woman hunting his family, unaware she saved him as a child.
by Greer Rivers 2023 416 pages
4.10
5k+ ratings
🖤 Mafia Revenge🎭 Dark Retelling💔 Childhood Trauma Bond📜 Revenge Hit List🩹 Scarred Heroine
Queen of Snow
by Laura Burton • 2021
An orphan falls through a mirror into broken fairy tales and a princess made of winter.
3.59
3k+
🚪 Portal Fantasy🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup👑 Reluctant Princess❤️ Enemies To Lovers🎭 Secret Identity
Queen of Snow Summary
Queen of Snow
An orphan falls through a mirror into broken fairy tales and a princess made of winter.
by Laura Burton 2021 157 pages
3.59
3k+ ratings
🚪 Portal Fantasy🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup👑 Reluctant Princess❤️ Enemies To Lovers🎭 Secret Identity
The Wild Huntress
by Emily Lloyd-Jones • 2024
A huntress joins a trickster prince in a deadly fae tournament to save her mother.
3.97
9k+
🏛️ Mythic Fantasy🏰 Welsh Mythology⚔️ Deadly Competition🦊 Trickster Love Interest🤝 Reluctant Allies
The Wild Huntress Summary
The Wild Huntress
A huntress joins a trickster prince in a deadly fae tournament to save her mother.
by Emily Lloyd-Jones 2024 421 pages
3.97
9k+ ratings
🏛️ Mythic Fantasy🏰 Welsh Mythology⚔️ Deadly Competition🦊 Trickster Love Interest🤝 Reluctant Allies
Losing Neverland
by Evelyn Montgomery • 2024
Peter Pan returns as dark Captain Hook, dragging grown Wendy to a Neverland ruled by obsession.
3.72
2k+
🖤 Dark Fairytale Retelling⚔️ Villain Gets The Girl🖤 Obsessive Love💫 First Love Returns🔮 Fated Love Curse
Losing Neverland Summary
Losing Neverland
Peter Pan returns as dark Captain Hook, dragging grown Wendy to a Neverland ruled by obsession.
by Evelyn Montgomery 2024
3.72
2k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Fairytale Retelling⚔️ Villain Gets The Girl🖤 Obsessive Love💫 First Love Returns🔮 Fated Love Curse
The Weaver and the Witch Queen
by Genevieve Gornichec • 2023
After a Viking raid enslaves her sister, a healer strikes a deadly bargain with a witch-queen.
3.84
10k+
🪓 Viking Fantasy📜 Mythic Retelling🤝 Sworn Sisters💘 Enemies To Lovers👑 Political Marriage
The Weaver and the Witch Queen Summary
The Weaver and the Witch Queen
After a Viking raid enslaves her sister, a healer strikes a deadly bargain with a witch-queen.
by Genevieve Gornichec 2023 424 pages
3.84
10k+ ratings
🪓 Viking Fantasy📜 Mythic Retelling🤝 Sworn Sisters💘 Enemies To Lovers👑 Political Marriage
Dark & Darker Still
by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025
She hears the dead and is bound to two monster brothers. A political marriage spells catastrophe.
4.16
4k+
🃏 Wonderland Retelling🥀 Toxic Monster Romance🖤 Toxic Love Triangle🗡️ Touch Her And Die💀 Necromancer Heroine
Dark & Darker Still Summary
Dark & Darker Still
She hears the dead and is bound to two monster brothers. A political marriage spells catastrophe.
by Nikki St. Crowe 2025 149 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
🃏 Wonderland Retelling🥀 Toxic Monster Romance🖤 Toxic Love Triangle🗡️ Touch Her And Die💀 Necromancer Heroine
Dark Restraint
by Katee Robert • 2024
Sent to kill Ariadne, the Minotaur hunts her for a darker purpose: he wants her back.
3.47
20k+
🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling⚡ Modern Gods🖤 Possessive Hero👑 Political Marriage🌑 Morally Gray Hero
Dark Restraint Summary
Dark Restraint
Sent to kill Ariadne, the Minotaur hunts her for a darker purpose: he wants her back.
by Katee Robert 2024 300 pages
3.47
20k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling⚡ Modern Gods🖤 Possessive Hero👑 Political Marriage🌑 Morally Gray Hero
Devour the Dark
by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025
Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.
4.05
12k+
🌑 Dark Retelling🖤 Monster Romance😈 Cursed Hero💕 Why Choose🗡️ Touch Her And Die
Devour the Dark Summary
Devour the Dark
Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.
by Nikki St. Crowe 2025 206 pages
4.05
12k+ ratings
🌑 Dark Retelling🖤 Monster Romance😈 Cursed Hero💕 Why Choose🗡️ Touch Her And Die
Grendel
by John Gardner • 1971
Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.
3.69
43k+
🧠 Philosophical Fantasy👹 Monster Protagonist📖 Literary Retelling🗣️ Unreliable Narrator👁️ Outsider Narrator
Grendel Summary
Grendel
Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.
by John Gardner 1971 194 pages
3.69
43k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Fantasy👹 Monster Protagonist📖 Literary Retelling🗣️ Unreliable Narrator👁️ Outsider Narrator
The Canterbury Tales
by Peter Ackroyd • 2009
A storytelling contest on a spring pilgrimage to Canterbury unmasks the soul of medieval England.
3.57
2k+
📖 Frame Narrative🏰 Medieval England🍻 Bawdy Humor🦊 Trickster Tales⛪ Church Corruption
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A storytelling contest on a spring pilgrimage to Canterbury unmasks the soul of medieval England.
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.57
2k+ ratings
📖 Frame Narrative🏰 Medieval England🍻 Bawdy Humor🦊 Trickster Tales⛪ Church Corruption
Radiant Sin
by Katee Robert • 2023
A spymaster's assistant becomes his fake lover at a house party where the games are murder.
3.78
55k+
🎭 Fake Relationship🏠 Forced Proximity🏛️ Modern Greek Gods🗡️ Political Intrigue🌶️ Dark And Steamy
Radiant Sin Summary
Radiant Sin
A spymaster's assistant becomes his fake lover at a house party where the games are murder.
by Katee Robert 2023 348 pages
3.78
55k+ ratings
🎭 Fake Relationship🏠 Forced Proximity🏛️ Modern Greek Gods🗡️ Political Intrigue🌶️ Dark And Steamy
Cinderella Is Faking It
by Dilan Dyer • 2023
A broke teacher impersonates an heiress; the CEO who wants her fortune wants her even more.
3.74
2k+
👠 Cinderella Retelling🔄 Mistaken Identity🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family
Cinderella Is Faking It Summary
Cinderella Is Faking It
A broke teacher impersonates an heiress; the CEO who wants her fortune wants her even more.
by Dilan Dyer 2023 476 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
👠 Cinderella Retelling🔄 Mistaken Identity🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family
Enchanted
by Nancy Madore • 2004
Erotic retellings of classic fairy tales where heroines navigate forbidden desires and dark secrets.
3.31
2k+
🍎 Erotic Fairy Tales🔥 Female Desire⚖️ Power Dynamics🚪 Curiosity And Danger🌙 Erotic Awakening
Enchanted Summary
Enchanted
Erotic retellings of classic fairy tales where heroines navigate forbidden desires and dark secrets.
by Nancy Madore 2004 256 pages
3.31
2k+ ratings
🍎 Erotic Fairy Tales🔥 Female Desire⚖️ Power Dynamics🚪 Curiosity And Danger🌙 Erotic Awakening
Catwoman
by Sarah J. Maas • 2018
Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.
4.06
27k+
🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story🗡️ Assassin Training❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond🖤 Found Family
Catwoman Summary
Catwoman
Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.
by Sarah J. Maas 2018 384 pages
4.06
27k+ ratings
🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story🗡️ Assassin Training❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond🖤 Found Family
The Kingdom of Back
by Marie Lu • 2020
A prodigy sister's wish for immortality ensnares her in a faery prince's perilous bargain.
3.70
23k+
🕰️ 18th Century Fantasy🤝 Faustian Bargain🧚 Fae Bargain⚔️ Sibling Rivalry👩‍🎤 Ambitious Heroine
The Kingdom of Back Summary
The Kingdom of Back
A prodigy sister's wish for immortality ensnares her in a faery prince's perilous bargain.
by Marie Lu 2020 313 pages
3.70
23k+ ratings
🕰️ 18th Century Fantasy🤝 Faustian Bargain🧚 Fae Bargain⚔️ Sibling Rivalry👩‍🎤 Ambitious Heroine
Spin the Dawn
by Elizabeth Lim • 2019
Disguised as her brother, a tailor wins the emperor's trial, then must sew gowns from light.
3.97
65k+
🏮 Mulan Retelling🧵 Competition Fantasy🗺️ Mythic Quest💔 Forbidden Romance🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy
Spin the Dawn Summary
Spin the Dawn
Disguised as her brother, a tailor wins the emperor's trial, then must sew gowns from light.
by Elizabeth Lim 2019 392 pages
3.97
65k+ ratings
🏮 Mulan Retelling🧵 Competition Fantasy🗺️ Mythic Quest💔 Forbidden Romance🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy
A House Between Sea and Sky
by Beth Cato • 2025
A grieving screenwriter's magical bread awakens a sentient house that opens doors for the hungry.
4.08
6k+
🏠 Sentient House🍞 Magical Baking🪶 Baba Yaga Retelling🤝 Found Family🚪 Portal Fantasy
A House Between Sea and Sky Summary
A House Between Sea and Sky
A grieving screenwriter's magical bread awakens a sentient house that opens doors for the hungry.
by Beth Cato 2025 301 pages
4.08
6k+ ratings
🏠 Sentient House🍞 Magical Baking🪶 Baba Yaga Retelling🤝 Found Family🚪 Portal Fantasy
The Demon and the Light
by Axie Oh • 2025
A hidden celestial maiden loves a boy with a demon inside. Every kiss feeds the monster.
3.78
2k+
🏯 Korean Folklore Fantasy⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy😈 Demon Love Interest🖤 Inner Demon Struggle👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
The Demon and the Light Summary
The Demon and the Light
A hidden celestial maiden loves a boy with a demon inside. Every kiss feeds the monster.
by Axie Oh 2025 400 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
🏯 Korean Folklore Fantasy⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy😈 Demon Love Interest🖤 Inner Demon Struggle👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Second to the Right
by T.S. Kinley • 2022
Gwen Darling flies to a dark Neverland where grown Peter Pan shares her with his Lost Boys.
3.57
11k+
🏴‍☠️ Dark Peter Pan Retelling🪟 Portal Fantasy💚 Found Family🔪 Touch Her And Die⛓️ Captor And Captive
Second to the Right Summary
Second to the Right
Gwen Darling flies to a dark Neverland where grown Peter Pan shares her with his Lost Boys.
by T.S. Kinley 2022 274 pages
3.57
11k+ ratings
🏴‍☠️ Dark Peter Pan Retelling🪟 Portal Fantasy💚 Found Family🔪 Touch Her And Die⛓️ Captor And Captive
Our Violent Ends
by Chloe Gong • 2021
In 1927 Shanghai, rival gang heirs unite against a blackmailer threatening the city with monsters.
4.27
77k+
🎭 Romeo And Juliet Retelling🗡️ Rival Gangs💔 Star-Crossed Lovers⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🏠 Found Family
Our Violent Ends Summary
Our Violent Ends
In 1927 Shanghai, rival gang heirs unite against a blackmailer threatening the city with monsters.
by Chloe Gong 2021 494 pages
4.27
77k+ ratings
🎭 Romeo And Juliet Retelling🗡️ Rival Gangs💔 Star-Crossed Lovers⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🏠 Found Family
Straight on till Morning
by T.S. Kinley • 2022
Her dying sister's only hope lies in the faerie realm Gwen fled, and the lovers she abandoned.
3.99
7k+
🧚 Dark Peter Pan Retelling💕 Why Choose Romance🫂 Found Family💔 Sibling Sacrifice🔄 Second Chance Romance
Straight on till Morning Summary
Straight on till Morning
Her dying sister's only hope lies in the faerie realm Gwen fled, and the lovers she abandoned.
by T.S. Kinley 2022 408 pages
3.99
7k+ ratings
🧚 Dark Peter Pan Retelling💕 Why Choose Romance🫂 Found Family💔 Sibling Sacrifice🔄 Second Chance Romance
Fairest
by Marissa Meyer • 2015
Masking her scars with glamour, a Lunar princess schemes to possess the guard she obsesses over.
3.94
100k+
🖤 Villain Origin🌑 Dark Fairytale⚔️ Sibling Rivalry💔 Obsessive Love💍 Forced Marriage
Fairest Summary
Fairest
Masking her scars with glamour, a Lunar princess schemes to possess the guard she obsesses over.
by Marissa Meyer 2015 272 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
🖤 Villain Origin🌑 Dark Fairytale⚔️ Sibling Rivalry💔 Obsessive Love💍 Forced Marriage
The Mirror of Beasts
by Alexandra Bracken • 2024
Death rides with her brother. Magicless, she hunts the mirror that can end him before solstice.
4.12
4k+
👑 Modern Arthurian🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Found Family🌲 Folk Horror❄️ Winter Gothic
The Mirror of Beasts Summary
The Mirror of Beasts
Death rides with her brother. Magicless, she hunts the mirror that can end him before solstice.
by Alexandra Bracken 2024 486 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
👑 Modern Arthurian🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Found Family🌲 Folk Horror❄️ Winter Gothic
Silver in the Bone
by Alexandra Bracken • 2023
A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.
3.87
12k+
⚔️ Arthurian Retelling🚪 Portal Fantasy💕 Rivals To Lovers🤝 Found Family🧠 Non Magical Heroine
Silver in the Bone Summary
Silver in the Bone
A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.
by Alexandra Bracken 2023 467 pages
3.87
12k+ ratings
⚔️ Arthurian Retelling🚪 Portal Fantasy💕 Rivals To Lovers🤝 Found Family🧠 Non Magical Heroine
A Vow So Bold and Deadly
by Brigid Kemmerer • 2021
Two kings, one curse, and an enchantress determined to watch both kingdoms burn.
3.78
52k+
🏰 Cursed Prince👑 Political Fantasy Romance🫂 Found Family🗡️ Reluctant Ruler✨ Magic As Burden
A Vow So Bold and Deadly Summary
A Vow So Bold and Deadly
Two kings, one curse, and an enchantress determined to watch both kingdoms burn.
by Brigid Kemmerer 2021 408 pages
3.78
52k+ ratings
🏰 Cursed Prince👑 Political Fantasy Romance🫂 Found Family🗡️ Reluctant Ruler✨ Magic As Burden
Carrion
by Amarah Calderini • 2024
She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.
4.11
500+
🧚 Peter Pan Retelling🌑 Dark Fairy Tale⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Touch Her And Die🚪 Portal Fantasy
Carrion Summary
Carrion
She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.
by Amarah Calderini 2024 466 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
🧚 Peter Pan Retelling🌑 Dark Fairy Tale⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Touch Her And Die🚪 Portal Fantasy
Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid • 2022
A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.
3.62
29k+
🌲 Dark Fairy Tale🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters🩸 Body Horror🔒 Captive Protagonist🐺 Monstrous Transformation
Juniper & Thorn Summary
Juniper & Thorn
A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.
by Ava Reid 2022 368 pages
3.62
29k+ ratings
🌲 Dark Fairy Tale🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters🩸 Body Horror🔒 Captive Protagonist🐺 Monstrous Transformation
The Last Best Kiss
by Claire LaZebnik • 2014
She blew her shot with the nerdy boy. Senior year, he returns transformed and utterly indifferent.
3.78
4k+
🎩 Austen Retelling💕 Second Chance Romance✨ Nerd Glow Up🤫 Secret Relationship💔 Pining Heroine
The Last Best Kiss Summary
The Last Best Kiss
She blew her shot with the nerdy boy. Senior year, he returns transformed and utterly indifferent.
by Claire LaZebnik 2014 374 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
🎩 Austen Retelling💕 Second Chance Romance✨ Nerd Glow Up🤫 Secret Relationship💔 Pining Heroine
Arjun
by Shinde Sweety • 2015
Fire-born and fierce, she weds five brothers, loves one, and watches an ancient kingdom burn.
4.23
278
🏛️ Mythological Retelling✊ Feminist Retelling🕌 Indian Mythology💔 Tragic Romance⚖️ Conflicting Loyalties
Arjun Summary
Arjun
Fire-born and fierce, she weds five brothers, loves one, and watches an ancient kingdom burn.
by Shinde Sweety 2015 306 pages
4.23
278 ratings
🏛️ Mythological Retelling✊ Feminist Retelling🕌 Indian Mythology💔 Tragic Romance⚖️ Conflicting Loyalties
The Excalibur Curse
by Kiersten White • 2021
A captive queen discovers she's a magical copy, and the truth could destroy her.
3.60
4k+
🏰 Arthurian Retelling👑 Feminist Fantasy🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🌙 Dream Magic🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Knight
The Excalibur Curse Summary
The Excalibur Curse
A captive queen discovers she's a magical copy, and the truth could destroy her.
by Kiersten White 2021 11 pages
3.60
4k+ ratings
🏰 Arthurian Retelling👑 Feminist Fantasy🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🌙 Dream Magic🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Knight
The Golden Braid
by Melanie Dickerson • 2015
A peasant girl's reading lessons with a knight unearth a stolen identity and a fierce love.
4.09
9k+
🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Retelling👑 Hidden Princess😠☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine✝️ Christian Romance🙏 Faith And Forgiveness
The Golden Braid Summary
The Golden Braid
A peasant girl's reading lessons with a knight unearth a stolen identity and a fierce love.
by Melanie Dickerson 2015 308 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Retelling👑 Hidden Princess😠☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine✝️ Christian Romance🙏 Faith And Forgiveness
The Ashfire King
by Chelsea Abdullah • 2025
Blackmailed into finding a jinn lamp, a merchant must trust a prince hiding his true identity.
3.99
3k+
🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy🧞 Jinn Mythology💎 Magical Relics⛓️ Binding Magic⚔️ Shifting Alliances
The Ashfire King Summary
The Ashfire King
Blackmailed into finding a jinn lamp, a merchant must trust a prince hiding his true identity.
by Chelsea Abdullah 2025 544 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy🧞 Jinn Mythology💎 Magical Relics⛓️ Binding Magic⚔️ Shifting Alliances
Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler • 2016
Her father's Russian lab assistant needs a green card, so Kate Battista is volunteered for marriage.
3.38
41k+
🌿 Shakespeare Retelling💍 Marriage Of Convenience😤 Grumpy Heroine🐟 Fish Out Of Water🌍 Cultural Clash
Vinegar Girl Summary
Vinegar Girl
Her father's Russian lab assistant needs a green card, so Kate Battista is volunteered for marriage.
by Anne Tyler 2016 237 pages
3.38
41k+ ratings
🌿 Shakespeare Retelling💍 Marriage Of Convenience😤 Grumpy Heroine🐟 Fish Out Of Water🌍 Cultural Clash
Treasury of Greek Mythology
by Donna Jo Napoli • 2011
Greek myths retold by what they explain: seasons, stars, earthquakes, and why power never stays put.
4.01
3k+
🌿 Greek Mythology📖 Mythological Retellings🏛️ Ancient Greece⚔️ Heroic Quests👸 Women In Mythology
Treasury of Greek Mythology Summary
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Greek myths retold by what they explain: seasons, stars, earthquakes, and why power never stays put.
by Donna Jo Napoli 2011 192 pages
4.01
3k+ ratings
🌿 Greek Mythology📖 Mythological Retellings🏛️ Ancient Greece⚔️ Heroic Quests👸 Women In Mythology
Under a Dancing Star
by Laura Wood • 2019
Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.
4.13
3k+
💕 Enemies To Lovers🎭 Shakespeare Retelling🏡 Tuscan Villa🇮🇹 1930s Italy🔬 Scientific Heroine
Under a Dancing Star Summary
Under a Dancing Star
Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.
by Laura Wood 2019 356 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
💕 Enemies To Lovers🎭 Shakespeare Retelling🏡 Tuscan Villa🇮🇹 1930s Italy🔬 Scientific Heroine
Small Favors
by Erin A. Craig • 2021
In a frontier town bound by rigid rules, the monsters in the woods start granting wishes.
4.00
24k+
✨ Rumpelstiltskin Retelling😈 Deal With The Devil🐺 Monster Boyfriend👀 Small Town Paranoia👯 Twin Bond
Small Favors Summary
Small Favors
In a frontier town bound by rigid rules, the monsters in the woods start granting wishes.
by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages
4.00
24k+ ratings
✨ Rumpelstiltskin Retelling😈 Deal With The Devil🐺 Monster Boyfriend👀 Small Town Paranoia👯 Twin Bond
My Dark Beast
by Olivia Wildenstein • 2024
A cursed rune binds a Boston florist to an Atlantean heir, linking their dreams and doom.
3.86
5k+
🔄 Sleeping Beauty Retelling💫 Fated Mates🖤 Morally Grey Hero🌙 Shared Dreams🔗 Forced Proximity
My Dark Beast Summary
My Dark Beast
A cursed rune binds a Boston florist to an Atlantean heir, linking their dreams and doom.
by Olivia Wildenstein 2024 600 pages
3.86
5k+ ratings
🔄 Sleeping Beauty Retelling💫 Fated Mates🖤 Morally Grey Hero🌙 Shared Dreams🔗 Forced Proximity
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
by Karen Foxlee • 2014
To stop an eternal winter, a grieving girl must find a magical sword inside an enchanted museum.
3.87
6k+
❄️ Snow Queen Retelling🏛️ Museum Fantasy😢 Loss Of A Parent🔬 Skeptic To Believer🌨️ Wintry Atmosphere
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy Summary
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
To stop an eternal winter, a grieving girl must find a magical sword inside an enchanted museum.
by Karen Foxlee 2014 233 pages
3.87
6k+ ratings
❄️ Snow Queen Retelling🏛️ Museum Fantasy😢 Loss Of A Parent🔬 Skeptic To Believer🌨️ Wintry Atmosphere
Just as You Are
by Camille Kellogg • 2023
Her queer magazine's new butch co-owner wants to gut her column. Liz wants her.
3.70
5k+
🔥 Enemies To Lovers📖 Pride And Prejudice Retelling💇 Butch/Femme🏠 Found Family💼 Workplace Romance
Just as You Are Summary
Just as You Are
Her queer magazine's new butch co-owner wants to gut her column. Liz wants her.
by Camille Kellogg 2023 320 pages
3.70
5k+ ratings
🔥 Enemies To Lovers📖 Pride And Prejudice Retelling💇 Butch/Femme🏠 Found Family💼 Workplace Romance
Queen of the Lost Boys
by T.S. Kinley • 2023
A dark Neverland. Four Lost Boys, one pirate captain, and the woman they would kill to claim.
3.95
5k+
🧚 Peter Pan Retelling💕 Found Family⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🌑 Dark Fairytale👯 Sisterly Bond
Queen of the Lost Boys Summary
Queen of the Lost Boys
A dark Neverland. Four Lost Boys, one pirate captain, and the woman they would kill to claim.
by T.S. Kinley 2023 438 pages
3.95
5k+ ratings
🧚 Peter Pan Retelling💕 Found Family⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🌑 Dark Fairytale👯 Sisterly Bond
Ten Thousand Stitches
by Olivia Atwater • 2020
A maid bargains with a faerie lord: one stitch a day for a chance at love and a life beyond service.
3.92
19k+
📖 Cinderella Retelling🧚 Faerie Bargain💕 Class Divide Romance🏰 Regency England☕ Cozy Fantasy
Ten Thousand Stitches Summary
Ten Thousand Stitches
A maid bargains with a faerie lord: one stitch a day for a chance at love and a life beyond service.
by Olivia Atwater 2020 288 pages
3.92
19k+ ratings
📖 Cinderella Retelling🧚 Faerie Bargain💕 Class Divide Romance🏰 Regency England☕ Cozy Fantasy
Tangled Up in You
by Christina Lauren • 2024
Her DNA test upends her world; she blackmails a guarded charmer into a cross-country road trip.
3.89
45k+
🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling🚗 Road Trip Romance🎓 College Romance🐠 Fish Out Of Water💕 Opposites Attract
Tangled Up in You Summary
Tangled Up in You
Her DNA test upends her world; she blackmails a guarded charmer into a cross-country road trip.
by Christina Lauren 2024 309 pages
3.89
45k+ ratings
🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling🚗 Road Trip Romance🎓 College Romance🐠 Fish Out Of Water💕 Opposites Attract
Unravel the Dusk
by Elizabeth Lim • 2020
The demon curse inside the imperial tailor is winning. Outside, the empire's last war has begun.
3.77
28k+
🌏 Asian Inspired Fantasy⚖️ Faustian Bargain🖤 Losing Humanity💫 Star Crossed Lovers🌑 Cursed Heroine
Unravel the Dusk Summary
Unravel the Dusk
The demon curse inside the imperial tailor is winning. Outside, the empire's last war has begun.
by Elizabeth Lim 2020 355 pages
3.77
28k+ ratings
🌏 Asian Inspired Fantasy⚖️ Faustian Bargain🖤 Losing Humanity💫 Star Crossed Lovers🌑 Cursed Heroine
The Stardust Thief
by Chelsea Abdullah • 2022
A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.
3.98
29k+
🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy🏜️ Epic Desert Quest✨ Magical Relic Trade👥 Found Family⚖️ Morally Gray Characters
The Stardust Thief Summary
The Stardust Thief
A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.
by Chelsea Abdullah 2022 468 pages
3.98
29k+ ratings
🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy🏜️ Epic Desert Quest✨ Magical Relic Trade👥 Found Family⚖️ Morally Gray Characters
Princess of Souls
by Alexandra Christo • 2022
A death witch's touch binds her fate to a soldier who wants her king dead.
3.72
12k+
🏰 Rapunzel Retelling⚔️ Enemies To Lovers💀 Soul Magic🌑 Gothic Fairy Tale🏝️ Island Kingdom
Princess of Souls Summary
Princess of Souls
A death witch's touch binds her fate to a soldier who wants her king dead.
by Alexandra Christo 2022 352 pages
3.72
12k+ ratings
🏰 Rapunzel Retelling⚔️ Enemies To Lovers💀 Soul Magic🌑 Gothic Fairy Tale🏝️ Island Kingdom
Sister Snake
by Amanda Lee Koe • 2024
Two snake sisters pass as human, but hunger and old vows pull them toward a reckoning.
3.76
5k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Retelling🏛️ Mythic Fantasy🐍 Magical Sisters🎭 Passing🦎 Body Transformation
Sister Snake Summary
Sister Snake
Two snake sisters pass as human, but hunger and old vows pull them toward a reckoning.
by Amanda Lee Koe 2024 261 pages
3.76
5k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Retelling🏛️ Mythic Fantasy🐍 Magical Sisters🎭 Passing🦎 Body Transformation
The Penelopiad
by Margaret Atwood • 2005
Penelope narrates from the afterlife, but the twelve maids her husband hanged keep interrupting.
3.71
89k+
🏛️ Feminist Mythology🏺 Ancient Greece👻 Afterlife Narration🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🦊 Female Cunning
The Penelopiad Summary
The Penelopiad
Penelope narrates from the afterlife, but the twelve maids her husband hanged keep interrupting.
by Margaret Atwood 2005 198 pages
3.71
89k+ ratings
🏛️ Feminist Mythology🏺 Ancient Greece👻 Afterlife Narration🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🦊 Female Cunning
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