A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
2015
Books with the “Fairy Tale Retelling” trope
A familiar fairy tale reimagined with new twists, perspectives or a darker adult tone.
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Genre tropes · Fairy Tale Retelling
Books with this trope
Uprooted
Naomi Novik
2015
The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski
1993
The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani
2013
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
2017
Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
1997
Beauty
Robin McKinley
1978
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik
2018
Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher
2022
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Brigid Kemmerer
2019
The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale
2003
The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James
2012
Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim
2021
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