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26 Books That Give Iconic Literary Characters a Different Story

"Last month, we asked BuzzFeed Book Club members to share their favorite retellings of classic novels, in honor of our June selection, Anna K by Jenny Lee. Here are the books that got the most love."
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Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
Art of Fielding
1
Chad Harbach
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
2
Helen Fielding
Belzhar (Meg Wolitzer)
Belzhar
3
Meg Wolitzer
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
4
Seth Grahame-Smith
Ayesha at Last (Uzma Jalaluddin)
Ayesha at Last
5
Uzma Jalaluddin
Eligible (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Eligible
6
Curtis Sittenfeld
Sansei and Sensibility (Karen Tei Yamashita)
Sansei and Sensibility
7
Karen Tei Yamashita
Pride (Ibi Zoboi)
Pride
8
Ibi Zoboi
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
9
Michael Cunningham
Telling Tales (Patience Agbabi)
Telling Tales
10
Patience Agbabi
Cress (Marissa Meyer)
Cress
11
Marissa Meyer
Hausfrau (Jill Alexander Essbaum)
Hausfrau
12
Jill Alexander Essbaum
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
13
Madeline Miller
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
14
Zadie Smith
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
15
Jasper Fforde
When She Woke (Hillary Jordan)
When She Woke
16
Hillary Jordan
Meg and Jo (Virginia Kantra)
Meg and Jo
17
Virginia Kantra
If I'm Being Honest (Emily Wibberley)
If I'm Being Honest
18
Emily Wibberley
Jane Steele (Lyndsay Faye)
Jane Steele
19
Lyndsay Faye
The Double Bind
The Double Bind
20
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
21
Phillip Pullman
Ophelia (Lisa Klein)
Ophelia
22
Lisa Klein
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (Sonali Dev)
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
23
Sonali Dev
Tiger Lily (Jodi Lynn Anderson)
Tiger Lily
24
Jodi Lynn Anderson
By the Book (Julia Sonneborn)
By the Book
25
Julia Sonneborn
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
26
Margaret Atwood
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