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There's power in fanfiction. Reimagining classic stories with changes in settings, or character dynamics, or genres can give an old well-loved story a new burst of interest bringing new fans into the story.
Below is a list of re-interpretations of classic stories, from Frankenstein to Pride & Prejudice and more.
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M Is for Monster
Talia Dutton - Abrams ComicArts - Surely
Format: Book
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A scientist attempts to bring her younger sister back to life with unexpected results in this Frankenstein-inspired graphic novel about ghosts, identity, and family When Doctor Frances Ai's younger sister Maura died in a tragic accident six months ago, Frances swore she would bring... |
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What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher
Format: Hardcover
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From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline... |
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A Study In Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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An NPR Best Book of 2016USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down ... With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even... |
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Dorothy Must Die
Danielle Paige - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige. Start at the beginning and discover your new series to binge!My name is Amy Gumm - and Im the other girl from Kansas. Ive been recruited by the Revolutionary Order... |
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Fool: A Novel
Christopher Moore - William Morrow
Format: Book
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"Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight English teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students." - Dallas Morning NewsFool - the bawdy and outrageous New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Christopher Moore - is a hilarious new take... |
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Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood - Hogarth
Format: Hardcover
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William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation,... |
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Lore Olympus: Volume One
Rachel Smythe - Inklore
Format: Paperback
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love - witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe..... |
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Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
Christina Henry - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook - a tale about Peter Pan and the friend who became his nemesis, a nemesis who may not be the blackhearted villain Peter says he is ... There is one version of my story that everyone knows.... |
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Meg and Jo
Virginia Kantra - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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The timeless classic Little Women inspired this heartwarming modern tale of four sisters from New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra.The March sisters - reliable Meg, independent Jo, stylish Amy, and shy Beth - have grown up to pursue their separate dreams. When... |
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Peter Darling
Austin Chant - Less Than Three Press
Format: Paperback
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Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is. But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed:... |
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Sky Without Stars
JESSICA BRODY - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of The Lunar Chronicles, this sweeping reimagining of Les Misrables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.A thief. An officer.... |
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Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik - Del Rey
Format: Book
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A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic" by The New York Times Book Review.Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders,... |
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The Chosen and the Beautiful
Nghi Vo - Tordotcom
Format: Hardcover
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"Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society -- she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction... |
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The Eyre Affair: A Novel
Jasper Fforde
Format: Book
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The first installment in Jasper Fforde's New York Times bestselling series of Thursday Next novels introduces literary detective Thursday Next and her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England Fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse will love visiting Jasper Fforde's... |
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Medusa Uploaded: A Novel
Emily Devenport - Tor Books
Format: Paperback
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Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport offers readers a fast-paced science fiction thriller on the limits of power and control, and the knife-edge between killing for revenge or a greater good.Vulture -- 10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2018io9 -- 28 New Scifi and Fantasy... |
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The Girl from the Well
Rin Chupeco - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Book
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"I am where dead children go." Okiku is a lonely soul. She has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the spirits of the murdered-dead. Once a victim herself, she now takes the lives of killers with the vengeance theyre due. But releasing innocent ghosts from their ethereal... |
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
Madeline Miller - Ecco; 37696th edition
Format: Paperback
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A New York Times Bestseller"At once a scholars homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art ... .A book I could not put down." - Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch HouseA thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan... |
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The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware - Gallery/Scout Press
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fifth novel.When she stumbles across... |
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Vinegar Girl: A Novel
Anne Tyler - Hogarth
Format: Hardcover
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Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty... |
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Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix
Gabe Cole Novoa - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Book
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In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live... |
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