Top Retellings of Classic Tales

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The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Outsiders Text Pairs
11 books — 2 voters
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny NimmoThe Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis RobertsSavvy by Ingrid LawThe Supernaturalist by Eoin ColferMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Special Abilities YA/MG
141 books — 28 voters

The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Hero's Journey Books
27 books — 8 voters
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce CovilleEragon by Christopher PaoliniHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDragonology by Ernest Drake
Dragon on the Cover
119 books — 17 voters

The Capture by Kathryn LaskyHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
MG/YA Books Featuring Owls
18 books — 16 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienCoraline by Neil GaimanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMidnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Best fantasy for kids
27 books — 13 voters

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Adult Protagonists in Children's Fiction
4 books — 2 voters
Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
YA Magical Circus Stories
13 books — 10 voters

Soul Surfer by Bethany HamiltonSmile by Raina TelgemeierChinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Memoir and Autobiographies for Middle Grades
19 books — 9 voters
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharWayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharWayside School Gets A Little Stranger by Louis SacharHoles by Louis Sachar
Best of Louis Sachar
13 books — 5 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingJourney to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Classics that are actually YA
36 books — 12 voters
Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins
Covers: Fire and Flames [Fiction]
222 books — 26 voters

Into the Wild by Erin HunterFirestar's Quest by Erin HunterThe Lost Warrior by Erin HunterThe Rise of Scourge by Erin HunterInto the Woods by Erin Hunter
warriors series
38 books — 2 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Teen Fantasy Series
13 books — 2 voters

The Four Loves by C.S. LewisLive Alone and Like It by Marjorie HillisWake Up and Live! by Dorothea BrandeLady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. LawrenceLove That Dog by Sharon Creech
Live, Laugh, or Love in the title
462 books — 17 voters
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
MG and YA Immigration-Themed Fiction
59 books — 16 voters

Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Children's Epistolary Historical Fiction
26 books — 7 voters
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
YA books with mad mothers
9 books — 3 voters

Dramacon, Vol. 1 by Svetlana ChmakovaGenshiken by Shimoku Kio
Nerdy/Geeky/Fangirl/Fanboy Books
80 books — 11 voters
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. GoingSlob by Ellen Potter
YA & MG Body Image
47 books — 15 voters

Yakitate!! Japan, Volume 1 by Takashi HashiguchiFood Wars! by Yūto Tsukuda
Cooking Contests in Fiction
102 books — 12 voters
Akuma no Elevator [Nightmare Elevator] by Hanta Kinoshita
Fiction: Stuck/Trapped in an Elevator
86 books — 16 voters

SilverFin by Charlie Higson
Clean Spy Books YA MG
13 books — 10 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottTuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Bildungsroman: Ultimate Coming of Age Books
48 books — 14 voters

Tomorrow's Magic by Pamela F. Service
Overlooked YA/Children's Adventure, Fantasy and SF
140 books — 29 voters
After by Francine ProseDisney After Dark by Ridley PearsonDinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreHana & Hina After School Vol. 1 by Milk Morinaga
Before and After in the Title
834 books — 53 voters

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Young Adult Holocaust/WWII books
27 books — 15 voters
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula DanzigerBook of a Thousand Days by Shannon Halettyl by Lauren MyracleDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
YA & Middle Grade Epistolary Novels
203 books — 29 voters

Quicksilver by Stephanie Spinner
Ancient Greece in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
76 books — 29 voters
First They Killed My Father by Loung UngSkim by Mariko TamakiThe Memory Police by Yōko OgawaAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Books by Asian Authors with Asian People on the Cover
221 books — 56 voters