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Fairytales for Grown-Ups (and Young Grown-Ups!)

Retellings and fairytale-adjacent tales for adults and teens.

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  • YA "dark reimagining" of Peter Pan.
    Book, 2021New York : Swoon Reads, 2021 — Young Adult Fiction THOMAS A
  • First in a trilogy inspired by Russian folklore and Slavic mythology.
    Book, 2017New York : Del Rey, [2017] — Science Fiction ARDEN K
  • Short story collection with dark retellings of various fairytales.
    Book, 2018New York : Holt Paperbacks/Henry Holt and Company, 2018 — Science Fiction ORTBERG M
  • Inspired by Rumpelstiltskin and interwoven with Jewish, Russian and Eastern European folklore.
    Book, 2018New York : Del Rey, [2018] — Science Fiction NOVIK N
  • Short story collection inspired by fairytales and urban myths.
    Book, 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017] — Science Fiction MACHADO
  • YA graphic novel featuring various Vietnamese fairytales.
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : RH Graphic, 2020 — Young Adult Graphic Novel MAGIC FISH
  • Inspired by the Russian fairytale "Snegurochka."
    Book, 2012New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012 — Fiction IVEY E
  • Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. (The sequel, FOR THE THRONE, is set to publish June 7, 2022.)
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Orbit, 2021 — Science Fiction WHITTEN H
  • Inspired by Hansel & Gretel.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Riverhead Books, [2019] — Fiction OYEYEMI H
  • Featuring a boy who "crosses the border between his world and a kingdom of elsewhere."
    Book, 2006New York : Atria Books, c2006 — Science Fiction CONNOLLY J
  • Features a young woman born with the power to kill or restore life at a touch.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Fiction FINE J
  • The Princess Bride

    S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

    Goldman, William, 1931-2018
    Yes, like the cult classic film!
    Book, 2007Orlando : Harcourt, c2007 — Science Fiction GOLDMAN W
  • Ya novel inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale The Snow Queen.
    Book, 2021New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2021 — Young Adult Fiction MCLEMORE A
  • All the Ever Afters

    the Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother

    Teller, Danielle,
    Alternate-perspective retelling of Cinderella.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Fiction TELLER D
  • YA retelling of Cinderella.
    Book, 2009New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009 — Young Adult Fiction LO M
  • "Fractured fable" novella inspired by Sleeping Beauty.
    Book, 2021New York : Tordotcom, 2021 — Science Fiction HARROW A
  • Contemporary romance Cinderella retelling.
    Book, 2021New York, USA : Disney Press, 2021 — Fiction MURPHY J
  • YA novel inspired by both Snow White and the Snow Queen.
    Book, 2017New York : Flatiron Books, 2017 — Young Adult Fiction BASHARDOUST M
  • Graphic novel retelling of Snow White from the stepmother's perspective.
    Graphic Novel, 2019Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2019 — Graphic Novel SNOW
  • YA novel featuring the granddaughter of a reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales.
    Book, 2018New York : Flatiron Books, 2018 — Young Adult Fiction ALBERT M