Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andrea (10 Lists)



Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stranger by Albert CamusWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,224 books — 118,034 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersBoy and Going Solo by Roald Dahl
Memoirs by Men
1,676 books — 646 voters

Barefoot Heart by Elva Treviño HartOperating Instructions by Anne LamottTraveling Mercies by Anne LamottThe Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1 by Anaïs Nin
Memoirs by Women
2,945 books — 2,992 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Stories For Book Lovers
8,331 books — 8,211 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Son of the Circus by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 342 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Favorite books from my childhood
4,380 books — 7,399 voters

The Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyOliver Twist by Charles DickensJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,403 books — 8,330 voters
Ibid by Mark DunnA Graveyard for Lunatics by Ray BradburyThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniWicked by Gregory Maguire
Abandoned Books
1,469 books — 1,467 voters

Henry and June by Anaïs NinThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 480 voters
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtryMusic from the motion picture The bridges of Madison County by Warner Brothers PublicationsHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View and Howards End by E.M. ForsterDracula by Bram Stoker
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters