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Retellings I've Read and Their Inspiration

These are retellings and the story they are based on or inspired by. Classics, mythology, fairy tales, legends. The order is the book/inspiration source, then the retellings that are related. If I didn't have an exact book to use for the inspiration source, I used the closest I could find.
Edit! I just noticed that the Ballad of Mulan got moved and isn't in front of Magnolia Sword. Whoops! I can't reorder the books anymore.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Austenland (Shannon Hole)
Austenland
2
Shannon Hole
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
3
Jane Austen
Midnight in Austenland (Austenland, #2) (Shannon Hale)
Midnight in Austenland (Austenland, #2)
4
Shannon Hale
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
The Looking Glass Wars (Frank Beddor)
The Looking Glass Wars
6
Frank Beddor
Alice in Winterland: A Fangirl Novel (DKS Dhara)
Alice in Winterland: A Fangirl Novel
7
DKS Dhara
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wizard of Oz
8
L. Frank Baum
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
9
Gregory Maguire
Spelled (Betsy Schow)
Spelled
10
Betsy Schow
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
11
H.G. Wells
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
12
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
13
Jules Verne
Daughter of the Deep (Rick Riordan)
Daughter of the Deep
14
Rick Riordan
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (Kiersten White)
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
16
Kiersten White
M Is for Monster (Talia Dutton)
M Is for Monster
17
Talia Dutton
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
19
Elizabeth Kostova
Hunting Prince Dracula (Kerri Maniscalco)
Hunting Prince Dracula
20
Kerri Maniscalco
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
21
J.M. Barrie
Lost Girl (Chanda Hahn)
Lost Girl
22
Chanda Hahn
Tiger Lily (Jodi Lynn Anderson)
Tiger Lily
23
Jodi Lynn Anderson
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
24
William Shakespeare
Romeo And/Or Juliet (Ryan North)
Romeo And/Or Juliet
25
Ryan North
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
26
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
27
John Gardner
Ibn Fadlan & the Land of Darkness (Ibn Fadlan)
Ibn Fadlan & the Land of Darkness
28
Ibn Fadlan
Eaters of the Dead (Michael Crichton)
Eaters of the Dead
29
Michael Crichton
The Magnolia Sword (Sherry Thomas)
The Magnolia Sword
30
Sherry Thomas
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper
31
Mark Twain
The Princess and the Fangirl (Ashley Poston)
The Princess and the Fangirl
32
Ashley Poston
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
33
Thomas Malory
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
34
Mark Twain
Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Mists of Avalon
35
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
36
T.H. White
Sword of the Rightful King (Jane Yolen)
Sword of the Rightful King
37
Jane Yolen
Legendborn (Tracy Deonn)
Legendborn
38
Tracy Deonn
Bloodmarked (Tracy Deonn)
Bloodmarked
39
Tracy Deonn
The Crystal Cave (Mary Stewart)
The Crystal Cave
40
Mary Stewart
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