I love YA Books Based on Fairy Tales! I think what I like best about them are the similarities of the old classics paired with the twists of the author’s imagination.
When you delve into a new retelling of Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty or any of the others you start with a familiar premise and so it’s exciting to get to meet all the characters told in a new and different way.
One of the book series I picked up this year was The Lunar Chronicles. This is the story of Cinderella as a cyborg, Little Red Riding hood searching for her missing granny and falling in love with the “Wolf” and Rapunzel held prisoner in a satellite orbiting the earth.
I mean seriously, could you get any more fun? I LOVE The Lunar Chronicles, if you haven’t read them I HIGHLY recommend it.
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I’ve put together a list of a bunch more Young Adult Books Based on Fairy Tales you just might want to check out! (all the below links are affiliate links)
- The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer- Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White
- Mirrored by Alex Flinn-Snow White
- Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen- Peter Pan
- Beastly by Alex Flinn- Beauty and the Beast
- Belle by Cameron Dokey- Beauty and the Beast
- Ash by Malinda Lo- Cinderella
- Wayfarer by Lili St. Crow- Cinderella
- Water Song by Suzanne Weyn- The Frog Prince
- The World Above by Cameron Dokey- Jack and the Bean Stalk
- Drown by Esther Dalseno- The Little Mermaid
- Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie – The Little Mermaid
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce- Little Read Riding Hood
- Golden by Cameron Dokey- Rapunzel
- A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn- Sleeping Beauty
- Nameless by Lili St. Crow- Snow White
- Alice in Zombieland by Nickolas Cook- Alice in Wonderland
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen- Robin Hood
- The Ugly Stepsister by Aya Ling- Cinderella
And a few bonus titles I just heard of:
- Through a Tangled Wood (multiple stories and authors)
- Alice in Wonderland High by Rachel Shane- Alice in Wonderland
Anyone have any of their favorite Fairy Tale retellings? Leave us a comment.
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I have to share this list with my friends daughter
awesome
Thanks for the amazing list!
no problem
Awesome list! Thank you. Another great series is the Splintered Series by A.G. Howard – Alice in Wonderland
nice, I will have to check it out.
YES!! Love this series!
I’ve got some fractured fairy tales. The Subtle Beauty, Moonlight, Fallen, and A Piece of Sky
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nice.. thanks for sharing those!
Lunar Chronicles is the only one I’ve checked out, but I’m interested in checking out the others. Thanks for this post!
no problem!
I definitely need to read some of these. It also reminds me that I need to read the *Ever After High* series, which is a MG series featuring the sons/daughters of fairytale characters. Also, *Isle of the Lost*, which is the book *Disney Descendants* was based on – featuring the sons/daughters of fairytale villians/heroines of Disney movie versions of fairytales.
love it
A Court of Thorns and Roses is a beauty and the beast ‘retelling’. It’s Beauty and the Beast in a super original new way, by Sarah J. Maas, who also wrote the well known Throne of Glass series. It’s a good addition to the list 😉
ooh.. thanks!
Entwined is 12 Dancing Princesses and a whole series by km shea on kindle.
awesome
Beauty by Robin McKinley. She did it first and, in my opinion, is still the best!
How is Ella Enchanted not on this list? Is it just not considered YA? It’s my favorite