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Adult One Read Read-alikes Reimagined Fairy Tales, Folklore, & Mythology |
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After the forest
by Kell Woods
Twenty years after escaping a witch, Greta and Hans are struggling in the aftermath of a brutal war, but Greta still has the witch's grimoire and plans to keep her family afloat with a delicious gingerbread recipe. 1,000,000 first printing.
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The Beast's heart
by Leife Shallcross
A retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in 17th-century France is told by the Beast himself, who has been given one last chance at reclaiming his old life when the beautiful Isabeau agrees to spend a year with him.
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The book of Gothel
by Mary McMyne
In this reimagining of Rapunzel, as told from the witch's perspective, Haelewise, after her mother dies, finds the legendary tower—the Gothel—where she encounters Rika, who carries a dark secret the Church strives to keep hidden—one of ancient spells and murderous nobles. 30,000 first printing.
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The girl in red
by Christina Henry
The woman in the jacket has no choice but to trek through the woods alone in the aftermath of the Crisis in this postapocalyptic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood from the author of Alice. Original.
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A spindle splintered
by Alix E. Harrow
Left with a rare condition caused by an industrial accident, Zinnia Gray celebrates her 21st, and possibly last, birthday and pricks her finger on a spinning wheel at a party, in a modern retelling of Sleeping Beauty. 75,000 first printing.
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Spinning silver
by Naomi Novik
Deciding to collect on the outstanding debts owed her family of moneylenders, a young woman is overheard boasting about being able to turn silver into gold by the creatures who haunt the wood, in this reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin story.
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Thief liar lady : a novel
by Destiny Soria
In this clever reimagining of the Cinderella fairytale, the narrator, taught how to get everything she wants in the world, is distracted from her true purpose by waning magic, looming war and a handsome—and strictly forbidden—hostage prince who could ruin everything.
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How to fracture a fairy tale
by Jane Yolen
Creative adaptations of classic fairy tales by the iconic fantasy author include the stories of a spinner of straw as a falsely accused money-lender, a philosophical bridge who longs for its troll and a villainous wolf nursing-home retiree. Original.
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A wild swan : and other tales
by Michael Cunningham
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours presents four modern fairy tales in which elements from traditional stories are interwoven with the experiences of people at times of profound revelation.
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The bear and the nightingale : a novel
by Katherine Arden
A debut novel inspired by Russian fairy tales follows the experiences of a wild young girl who taps the mysterious powers of a precious necklace given to her father years earlier to save her village from dark and dangerous forces. A first novel.
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Daughter of the moon goddess : a novel
by Sue Lynn Tan
Forced to flee her home on the moon after her magic flares up, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest to save her mother, in a new fantasy novel inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess. 100,000 first printing.
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Gods of jade and shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A dark fairy tale inspired by folklore is set against the Jazz age in Mexico’s underworld, where a young dreamer is sent by the Mayan God of Death on a life-changing journey. By the award-winning author of Signal to Noise.
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The house of rust : a novel
by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
After surviving a fantastical sea voyage to rescue her father, Aisha finds things at home growing only stranger as she, pushed towards a match with a sweet local boy, must fight for her independence by vanquishing the imprisoned snake-demon ruler of Mombasa, Original. 15,000 first printing.
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Kaikeyi : a novel
by Vaishnavi Patel
The only princess of the kingdom of Kekaya discovers she possesses magic when she revisits the ancient texts she used to read with her banished mother and transforms herself into a warrior to make a better world for other women.
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Sistersong
by Lucy Holland
The three children of King Cador, as the Saxons prepare to invade, must fight to forge their own paths when they become entangled in a web of treachery and heartbreak upon the arrival of a meddling magician and a great warrior. 25,000 first printing.
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The witch's heart
by Genevieve Gornichec
A subversive reimagining of Norse mythology traces the experiences of a banished witch whose unexpected passionate relationship with the trickster Loki produces three remarkable offspring before her family is targeted by wrathful gods. A first novel.
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