Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emma (15 Lists)



Walk Two Moons by Sharon CreechNumber the Stars by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Most Deserving Newbery
104 books — 2,990 voters
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Boyfriend List by E. LockhartAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Ivy League & Private School Preoccupations
133 books — 196 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Historical fiction worth reading
1,262 books — 533 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
YA Novels of 2012
1,235 books — 10,182 voters

Paper Towns by John Green13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen JohnsonAn Abundance of Katherines by John GreenSaving June by Hannah HarringtonThe Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Young Adult Road Trip Novels
382 books — 1,936 voters
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinWhile the Clock Ticked by Franklin W. Dixon
Best Mysteries for Young Readers
575 books — 468 voters

The Princess Diaries by Meg CabotBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen FieldingThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy FowlerThe Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love by Rosie Rushton
Best Jane Austen Retellings
343 books — 302 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartThe Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee StewartPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,918 books — 2,058 voters
Dave Cooks the Turkey by Stuart McLean
Favorite Christmas Books
1,471 books — 1,542 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMy Life in France by Julia ChildThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Beach Reads
136 books — 117 voters
Looking for Alaska by John GreenPaper Towns by John GreenThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Reading Rants! Boy Meets Book
124 books — 51 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil GaimanWicked by Gregory MaguirePeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,784 books — 9,159 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
A Book My Father Gave Me
265 books — 225 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,407 voters