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Fairy Tale Retellings

Familiar tales rebuilt with new voice, stakes, and structure.

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1. Mistress of All Evil-villains, Book 4
Serena Valentino
Chosen for clear overlap with series.
2. Cinder
Marissa Meyer, Rebecca Soler
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and retellings.
3. As Old As Time
Liz Braswell
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
4. Never Ever After
Sue Lynn Tan
Fits this list for its focus on fairy.
5. So This Is Love
Elizabeth Lim
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and tale.
6. Heartless
Marissa Meyer
Chosen for clear overlap with classic.
7. Damsel
Elana K. Arnold
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and tale.
8. The Shadow Queen
C. J. Redwine
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
9. A Twisted Tale Anthology
Livia Blackburne, Liz Braswell
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
10. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Gregory Maguire, Jenny Sterlin
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and its.
11. Mirror, Mirror
Jen Calonita
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
12. What Once Was Mine
Liz Braswell
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
13. Fate Be Changed
Farrah Rochon
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
14. Kill the Beast
Serena Valentino
Fits this list for its focus on tale and told.
15. Unbirthday
Liz Braswell
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
16. The Noble Servant
Melanie Dickerson
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and tale.
17. A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher
Included for strong modern alignment with this fairy tale retellings list.
18. Part of Your World
Stephanie Kate Strohm, Kelly Matthews
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
19. Straight on Till Morning
Liz Braswell
Fits this list for its focus on tale.
20. Fairy Godmother: an Enchanters Tale
Jen Calonita
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and tale.
21. Little Red
Bethan Woollvin
Fits this list for its focus on fairy and how.
22. Fire and Fate
Serena Valentino
Chosen as a strong young adult fiction fit for this list.
23. Fairest
Rebecca Soler, Marissa Meyer
Fits this list for its focus on fairy.
24. Hemlock & Silver
Jennifer Pickens, T. Kingfisher
Included for strong best alignment with this fairy tale retellings list.

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