Top Retellings of Classic Tales

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ms. B (29 Lists)



Double Love by Francine PascalPretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Love Triangle Between Siblings
11 books — 6 voters
Classics Reimagined, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
There's No Place Like Home
60 books — 10 voters

When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
Highly Sensitive Person
7 books — 2 voters
Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera BrosgolTo Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
From Feet to Fins
34 books — 4 voters

I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
1970's Young Adult Standalones
253 books — 35 voters
Simon Sort of Says by Erin BowThat's Not What Happened by Kody KeplingerAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Survivor's Guilt
9 books — 7 voters

Pony by R.J. PalacioHattie Big Sky by Kirby LarsonOne Came Home by Amy Timberlake
YA Westerns
33 books — 28 voters
Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis
Retro Cooking
4 books — 3 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
I read the first one and didn't feel compelled to finish the trilogy/series
875 books — 2,058 voters
One Fat Summer by Robert LipsyteThe Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron
Fat Acceptance Books
39 books — 3 voters

One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte
YA & MG Body Image
47 books — 15 voters
Looks by Madeleine George
Plus-Size YA Heroines
206 books — 210 voters

Ophie's Ghosts by Justina IrelandRed, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
Mock Newbery 2022
132 books — 176 voters
Mel Fell by Corey R. TaborWatercress by Andrea WangTry It! by Mara RockliffBear Island by Matthew Cordell
2022 Mock Caldecott List
143 books — 67 voters

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon
2019 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
260 books — 215 voters
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Best Books of 1995
432 books — 190 voters

How It Went Down by Kekla MagoonThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisTyrell by Coe Booth
African American Books for Teens
318 books — 357 voters
Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt
Death of a Child in Middle Grade Fiction
115 books — 27 voters

Looks by Madeleine George
YA Eating Disorder Fiction
163 books — 516 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Best Little Girl in the World by Steven LevenkronFat Chance by Lesléa NewmanStick Figure by Lori Gottlieb
Content Warning—Eating Disorders
44 books — 23 voters

Squint by Chad MorrisMustaches for Maddie by Chad MorrisOut of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperHalfway Normal by Barbara Dee
Children's Books with Chronically Ill/Disabled Main Characters
474 books — 99 voters
The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla FriedrichThe Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose HeywardDaddy Long Ears by Robert Kraus
Easter Books
285 books — 110 voters

Crenshaw by Katherine ApplegateThe Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
2016 Mock Newbery
107 books — 420 voters
Float by Daniel MiyaresWaiting by Kevin Henkes
2016 Mock Caldecott
93 books — 182 voters

The Group by Mary McCarthy
Retro Reads
163 books — 133 voters
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla FrazeeAviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual by Kate Samworth
THE BEST 2014 WOMEN-ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOKS
51 books — 39 voters

Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
2014 Mock Caldecott
81 books — 237 voters
Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey
Clever, Curious and Cringeworthy Book Titles of 2012
22 books — 13 voters

No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux NelsonThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineThe Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
Newbery 2013
131 books — 1,297 voters