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Fairytale Retellings You'll Want to Read
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Familiar stories, but twisted in the best ways. These fairytale retellings will pull you in with their magic, heartbreak, and everything in between.
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YA

For the younger readers

 
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Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen, Paperback
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To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo, Paperback
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A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, Paperback
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Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge, Paperback
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Small Favors by Erin A. Craig, Paperback
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Cinderella, but make it cyber punk
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer, Paperback
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Ever wondered how the queen of heart from alice in wonderland become the most heartless person?
Heartless by Marissa Meyer, Paperback
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust, Paperback
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A princess in exile. A wicked queen who would do anything to stop her from returning. You'll probably cry at the end.
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim, Paperback
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Little Thieves by Margaret Owen, Paperback
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The OG retelling. The story that will live on forever.
Ella Enchanted #1 - Gail Carson Levine
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Adult

For the mature readers

 
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Paperback
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What if the fairytale that you've known your entire life is based on a lie?
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher, Hardcover
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The Little Mermaid retelling, but make it a love triangle
Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods, Hardcover
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The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1)
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The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid, Paperback
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For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten, Paperback
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Justice for all the women who were being portayed as evil in the history books
Kaikeyi: A Novel by Vaishnavi Patel, Paperback
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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Paperback
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Malice by Heather Walter, Paperback
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Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer, Paperback
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The Girl in Red by Christina Henry, Paperback
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