Top Retellings of Classic Tales

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
What's My YA Name Again?
353 books — 69 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
children's & teen's series
86 books — 50 voters

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny NimmoHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein
Best Tween Fantasy
44 books — 54 voters
The Philosophy of Communism by Charles Joseph McFaddenThe Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Dr. SeussThe Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix PotterThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
The
1,345 books — 43 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisSoul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Christian Books for Teenage Girls
94 books — 31 voters
Beowulf by Gareth Hinds
YA Vikings
88 books — 49 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisDracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Peanuts, 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz
I Love Lucy
95 books — 37 voters
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
YA novels set in South Carolina
15 books — 13 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Pacific Zone
17 books — 14 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Fictitious Vietnam
43 books — 30 voters

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainRunaways, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Runaways in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
367 books — 48 voters
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann SandellCatherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Medieval Europe in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
130 books — 23 voters

New Moon by Stephenie MeyerPromise by Kristie Cook
YA Flower Covers
135 books — 25 voters
Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Tattoo
59 books — 13 voters

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
YA Redheads
30 books — 9 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Old-Fashioned withOUT paranormal & smut-free
42 books — 23 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
20 Novellas You Should Read
87 books — 52 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyFreak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Freaks and Geeks, Beautiful Weirdos, Outsiders and Oddballs
132 books — 47 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Gateways to books beyond YA
50 books — 13 voters
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren WrightThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyBehind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
Paperback Crush
295 books — 25 voters

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Child/Teen Brides
34 books — 9 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMy Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln CollierHatchet by Gary PaulsenAddy by Connie Rose PorterThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Look Right
244 books — 10 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMonstress, Volume 1 by Marjorie M. LiuThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhitePride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Look Left
222 books — 9 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Holocaust Fiction for Older Teens
60 books — 57 voters

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl
YA Books To Read During Coronavirus Self-Isolation
93 books — 22 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
YA Science Fiction, Dystopian, and Post-Apocalyptic Published in the 1990s
15 books — 12 voters

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Juvenile/YA Historical Fiction
197 books — 14 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Father
135 books — 32 voters