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Goodreads: 48 Recent and New Retellings (That Are Not Based on Greek Mythology)

"Below, we've gathered up 48 new and upcoming retellings: books that take old classic stories (or myths or fairy tales or plays) and transport them into wild and wonderful new territories.

Retellings is typically the term used for these kinds of books, but often they're more like reimaginings, extended riffs, or wholesale transformations. These stories might shift the POV to another character or modernize the time frame of an older tale or change its genre entirely" ~GoodReads
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Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
1
Barbara Kingsolver
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
2
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Beautiful Little Fools (Jillian Cantor)
Beautiful Little Fools
3
Jillian Cantor
James (Percival Everett)
James
4
Percival Everett
Fair Rosaline (Natasha Solomons)
Fair Rosaline
5
Natasha Solomons
Henry Henry (Allen Bratton)
Henry Henry
6
Allen Bratton
Heartless Hunter (Kristen Ciccarelli)
Heartless Hunter
7
Kristen Ciccarelli
The Sisters K (Maureen Sun)
The Sisters K
8
Maureen Sun
Say Hello to My Little Friend: A Novel (Jennine Capo Crucet)
Say Hello to My Little Friend: A Novel
9
Jennine Capo Crucet
These Deathless Shores (P. H. Low)
These Deathless Shores
10
P. H. Low
A Botanical Daughter (Noah Medlock)
A Botanical Daughter
11
Noah Medlock
An Education in Malice (S.T. Gibson)
An Education in Malice
12
S.T. Gibson
Goddess of the River (Vaishnavi Patel)
Goddess of the River
13
Vaishnavi Patel
The Night Ends With Fire (K.X. Song)
The Night Ends With Fire
14
K.X. Song
Relative Strangers (A H Kim)
Relative Strangers
15
A H Kim
Bunyan and Henry: Or the Beautiful Destiny (Mark Cecil)
Bunyan and Henry: Or the Beautiful Destiny
16
Mark Cecil
The Death I Gave Him (Em X. Liu)
The Death I Gave Him
17
Em X. Liu
Hamlet, Prince of Robots (M. Darusha Wehm)
Hamlet, Prince of Robots
18
M. Darusha Wehm
Julia (Sandra Newman)
Julia
19
Sandra Newman
In the Lives of Puppets (T.J. Klune)
In the Lives of Puppets
20
T.J. Klune
The Bright Sword (Lev Grossman)
The Bright Sword
21
Lev Grossman
Sex, Lies and Sensibility (Nikki Payne)
Sex, Lies and Sensibility
22
Nikki Payne
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Sue Lynn Tan)
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
23
Sue Lynn Tan
A Rose by Any Other Name (Mary McMyne)
A Rose by Any Other Name
24
Mary McMyne
All Our Yesterdays (Joel H. Harris)
All Our Yesterdays
25
Joel H. Harris
Wild and Distant Seas (Tara Karr Roberts)
Wild and Distant Seas
26
Tara Karr Roberts
The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D.Jackson)
The Weight of Blood
27
Tiffany D.Jackson
Chicano Frankenstein (Daniel A. Olivas)
Chicano Frankenstein
28
Daniel A. Olivas
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch (Melinda Taub)
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
29
Melinda Taub
One for All (Lillie Lainoff)
One for All
30
Lillie Lainoff
A Sweet Sting of Salt (Rose Sutherland)
A Sweet Sting of Salt
31
Rose Sutherland
Scarlet (Genevieve Cogman)
Scarlet
32
Genevieve Cogman
Thunderhead (Miranda Darling)
Thunderhead
33
Miranda Darling
The Hacienda (Isabel Canas)
The Hacienda
34
Isabel Canas
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful
35
Ann Napolitano
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta (James Hannaham)
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
36
James Hannaham
Queen Bee (Amalie Howard)
Queen Bee
37
Amalie Howard
Thistlefoot (Gennarose Nethercott)
Thistlefoot
38
Gennarose Nethercott
What Moves the Dead (T. Kingfisher)
What Moves the Dead
39
T. Kingfisher
Tastes Like Shakkar (Nisha Sharma)
Tastes Like Shakkar
40
Nisha Sharma
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