Top Ten Fairytale Retellings I Have Read & Want To Read!
Hello bookworms and welcome back to Josie’s Book Corner! It’s Tuesday, and that only means one thing here on my blog… Top Ten Tuesday! This is a weekly meme hosted by the lovely blog The Broke and the Bookish, so please click their name to go to their blog to see more info on this awesome meme that they host.
This week’s topic is Top Ten Fairytale Retellings We Have Read/Want To Read. I love fairytale retellings but sadly, I have not read many. I have only read 2 fairytale retellings but there are a TON of books I want to read, so I will show you both the books I’ve read and the ones I want to read!
Let’s Go!
Fairytale Retellings I’ve Read
1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
DID ANYONE ELSE KNOW THIS WAS A FAIRYTALE RETELLING OF CINDERELLA?! I didn’t know until I saw it in someone else’s Top Ten Tuesday, but the more I think about it, the more I see that this really has some similarities!
I would say that it’s not an actual retelling, but more like a book that was inspired by Cinderella, with a few elements of the overall fairytale story, if you think about it a little harder.
But needless to say, this is probably and most possibly my favourite fantasy series of this year, hands down. Nothing has come close to this so far! Sarah J Maas is queen.
And just in case you’re interested… click here to see my review of Throne of Glass!
And click here to go to the Goodreads page where you can add this to your Goodreads TBR if you have not read this amazing series and would like to!
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Another fairytale retelling by the AMAZING Sarah J Maas. Honestly, Maas writes some great quality re-tellings that are definitely original.
If you don’t know already – and if you don’t know, then where the heck have you been over the past couple of months?! – this is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. And it’s the best I’ve read! (Well, the fact that it’s the ONLY one that I’ve read makes it hard for me to say this).
But if you’re looking for a great Beauty and the Beast retelling, this is one you need to check out. Plus, it incorporated fae into it! So if you’re a fan of fae, then here’s another book you need to check out!
If you’re interested, I have a review of this book, so click here to see that if you need any more convincing to read this one heck of a great book.
And if you’d like to add this to your Goodreads list, click here!
Fairytale Retellings I Want To Read:
3. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
You guys have no idea how badly I want to read this book and the rest in the series, which are also featured in this list!
Cinder is a fairytale retelling of Cinderella but with a twist . . . Cinder is a cyborg! It’s set in New Beijing in which androids and cyborgs exist. If that doesn’t intrigue you, I don’t know what will!
If you’d like to know more about the book or add it to your Goodreads list, click here!
This is the second book in the Lunar Chronicles series and this time, it’s a fairytale retelling of Red Riding Hood! How freaking cool is that?!
Unlike Cinder, this book is set in France, which is so so cool. Not just because France is one of the places I dream of visiting someday, it’s just really cool how this series alternates between different settings!
If you’d like to know more or add this to your Goodreads list, click here!
Cress is a fairytale retelling of Rapunzel which was one of my favourite fairytales as a child – well, one of my most memorable ones!
Click here to go to the Goodreads page to add it to your TBR!
Winter is the final installment in the series and is a retelling of Snow White. This one is probably the one I am most looking forward to, because I remember re-watching Snow White so many times when I was a child. I LOVE the story!
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
4. The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
This book has been getting so much hype all over the book community lately! It is a re-telling of A Thousand and One Nights which I personally have never heard of and have no idea how the story goes, but it’s a retelling I want to read so badly, and will be reading this month! Yay!
Click here if you’d like to check out the Goodreads page!
5. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
This is a retelling of The Beauty and the Beast fairytale. I find that it is a very popular fairytale that is being retold. I have been seeing so many Top Ten Tuesday posts featuring many Beauty and the Best retellings.
But despite that, this book sounds very interesting!
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
6. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Now this is a retelling of The Wizard of Oz. Another fairytale type story that was a big part of my childhood. This book takes a big twist on the story.
In Dorothy Must Die, Dorothy found a way to get back to Oz and took over, becoming the evil one, turning Oz into a crazy place. The main character has a mission – to kill Dorothy.
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
7. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
I just love this cover so much! The green, and the splash of red… ah it’s beautiful! Anyway, back to the topic. This is a story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
It’s got magic, darkness and evil, what I get from it is a feel of a story of good vs. evil with a potentially great romance. I’m excited for this one!
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
8. Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
Oh my lord, another beautiful cover! I cannot resist! This is a retelling of Cinderella with a protagonist who is good with mechanics. She’s an inventor forced to be a servant in her home. You guys know the Cinderella story.
From the blurb, it says this book contains themes of social injustice and family, and that makes the story even more intriguing, so I will definitely be reading this when I can!
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
9. A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
Now THIS one is definitely the fresh one out of this entire bunch of books I’ve listed! Maybe you can guess from the title, but this is a retelling of Aladdin with a twist. (Oh how I love twists!) What if Jafar was the first one to summon the Genie?
DOESN’T THAT SOUND ABSOLUTELY CRAZY INTERSTING?! I don’t know about you, but I’m so intrigued by this. Aladdin was one of my favourite fairytales by Disney. To see this twist on the story has me hooked already!
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
10. The Child Theif by Brom
I discovered this on Aimal’s blog post for the Top Ten Tuesday topic this week and oh my goodness I rushed to put it on my TBR!
This is a retelling of Peter Pan, in which Peter Pan is not the friendly, harmless boy who will lead you to Neverland. It’s got magic and faeries, a combination that gets an automatic approval from me. This is very high on my to read list.
Click here to go to the Goodreads page!
That is all for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed seeing all the fairytale retelling books I have and want to read and I hope I’ve given you some new books to add to your TBR!
What is your favourite fairytale retelling book that you’ve read?
What fairytale retelling book to do REALLY want to read?
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