Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah E B (90 Lists)



Horrid by Katrina Leno
Horror for Halloween 2023
49 books — 39 voters
Eon by Alison GoodmanThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze ChooThrone of Jade by Naomi NovikThe Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
308 books — 436 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Time Loops in YA
25 books — 22 voters
Let Me In by John Ajvide LindqvistWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Bad Seed by William MarchWarm Bodies by Isaac MarionThe Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Creepy Kids
124 books — 82 voters

Through the Woods by Emily CarrollThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Atmospheric Woods
60 books — 49 voters
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Love Triangle
332 books — 469 voters

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettEmily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksCold Storage by David KoeppDelicious in Dungeon, Vol. 8 by Ryoko Kui
Mushrooms, Toadstools, Fungi
120 books — 42 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerCold Storage by David Koepp
Fungus Fiction
50 books — 43 voters

Semiosis by Sue BurkeAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeerInterference by Sue Burke
Weird Botany
45 books — 19 voters
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. CraigThe Screaming Staircase by Jonathan StroudWhere He Can't Find You by Darcy CoatesI Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham JonesPrince of Fools by Mark Lawrence
YA Horror Books
220 books — 23 voters

Written in Red by Anne BishopPride Mates by Jennifer AshleyCry Wolf by Patricia BriggsMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
World Knows about Supernatural/ Paranormal
19 books — 4 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireDorothy Must Die by Danielle PaigeSon of a Witch by Gregory MaguireThe Wicked Will Rise by Danielle PaigeForensics of a Fable by Nicole Scarano
Twisted old favorites
106 books — 8 voters

Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder
Bluebeard Retellings
91 books — 54 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerAll Systems Red by Martha WellsEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettGone Girl by Gillian FlynnEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
52 Book Club 2025: #32 - Includes A Diary Entry
165 books — 114 voters

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
2025 Adult Fantasy/Sci-fi/Speculative Releases by BIPOC Authors
71 books — 16 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 by Philip K. DickI Am Legend by Richard MathesonThe Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Dystopian Futures You Really Don't Want To Live In
63 books — 7 voters

Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDust by Hugh HoweyLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferAshfall by Mike Mullin
Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Books without Zombies
143 books — 113 voters
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Weird Fantasy Cities
21 books — 3 voters

Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyUnder the Dome by Stephen KingThe Compound by S.A. BodeenNo Safety in Numbers by Dayna LorentzGone by Michael Grant
Best Apocalypses in a Closed Space
24 books — 44 voters
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Western Horror, Western Weird
66 books — 3 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikSoulless by Gail CarrigerThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Alternate England
384 books — 309 voters
Sabriel by Garth NixThe Summoning by Kelley ArmstrongThe Bone Witch by Rin ChupecoThe Awakening by Kelley ArmstrongDead Things by Stephen Blackmoore
Books With Necromancer Protagonists
108 books — 91 voters

The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle PaigeDorothy Must Die by Danielle PaigeAfter Oz by Gordon McAlpine
YA in Oz
25 books — 45 voters
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Books Containing Survival Cannibalism
22 books — 8 voters

Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin
Cannibal Books
121 books — 81 voters
Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun
Adult SFF by BIPOC Authors
231 books — 39 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiDark Water by Kōji SuzukiRing by Kōji SuzukiJu-on Volume 1 by Kei Ohishi
Foreign Horror
29 books — 17 voters
The Bad Seed by William MarchLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoThe Hunger by Alma KatsuThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Books in the Freezer Podcast
106 books — 43 voters

Slade House by David MitchellThe Hunger by Alma KatsuWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonTokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui IshidaRing by Kōji Suzuki
If you liked Get Out, Midsommar, Annihilation... Read These!
66 books — 22 voters
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. CraigThe Hunger by Alma KatsuThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Yellowjackets Book Club (Showtime TV Show)
78 books — 21 voters


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