Favorite Fairy Tale Retellings

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Beauty

door Robin McKinley

6,319 leden

201 besprekingen

4.1

26 Members: Aquila, Quaisior, trollsdotter, staffordcastle, Caramellunacy, Herenya, LShelby, jain, foggidawn, keristars, guyalice, SunnySD, loremistress, merrystar, nessreader, SylviaC, pwaites, ncgraham, briarhills, kceccato, al.vick, kerrygiven, Alloria, el_len, Charmella1, Chelsea_K
Verklaringen: Caramellunacy: On of my favorites - I read this retelling of beauty in the beast in high school (I think) originally and was pleasantly surprised at how much it felt like the Disney movie in terms of tone and sense of magic.

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Fire and Hemlock

door Diana Wynne Jones

2,135 leden

59 besprekingen

4.1

14 Members: Aquila, trollsdotter, staffordcastle, Herenya, foggidawn, inge87, guyalice, mkbird, merrystar, nessreader, souloftherose, briarhills, AlbaRosa, ManWithAnAgenda

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Ella Enchanted

door Gail Carson Levine

13,289 leden

400 besprekingen

4.1

16 Members: trollsdotter, Caramellunacy, Herenya, LShelby, jain, mybookshelf, foggidawn, MikeBriggs, norabelle414, nessreader, pwaites, ncgraham, kceccato, parasolofdoom, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
Verklaringen: Caramellunacy: I absolutely loved this re-telling of Cinderella. It stands pretty much as the pinnacle of what I wanted my middle grade reading to be. Plus I swooned a bit over Prince Charmont...
jain: Cinderella

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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

door Angela Carter

5,510 leden

150 besprekingen

4

14 Members: jain, rarm, inge87, guyalice, Cecrow, DeltaQueen50, blackdove07, nessreader, sturlington, souloftherose, briarhills, spiphany, kceccato, parasolofdoom

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The Goose Girl

door Shannon Hale

4,288 leden

180 besprekingen

4.2

13 Members: hailelib, Caramellunacy, Herenya, foggidawn, keristars, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, merrystar, pwaites, ncgraham, kceccato, el_len
Verklaringen: Caramellunacy: A charming retelling of The Goose Girl.

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The Fire Rose

door Mercedes Lackey

1,965 leden

37 besprekingen

3.8

12 Members: hailelib, trollsdotter, staffordcastle, generalkala, keristars, SunnySD, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, nessreader, kceccato, parasolofdoom, el_len

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Snow White and Rose Red

door Patricia C. Wrede

1,203 leden

18 besprekingen

½ 3.7

12 Members: trollsdotter, LShelby, jain, foggidawn, guyalice, mkbird, loremistress, merrystar, nessreader, ahef1963, Alloria, el_len

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Rose Daughter

door Robin McKinley

2,898 leden

60 besprekingen

3.9

12 Members: Quaisior, Herenya, foggidawn, keristars, guyalice, SunnySD, loremistress, merrystar, briarhills, parasolofdoom, el_len, Chelsea_K,ncgraham

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Spindle's End

door Robin McKinley

3,915 leden

82 besprekingen

3.9

13 Members: Quaisior, Herenya, mybookshelf, foggidawn, keristars, guyalice, SunnySD, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, merrystar, briarhills, kceccato, el_len,bestem ,ncgraham

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The Perilous Gard

door Elizabeth Marie Pope

1,596 leden

42 besprekingen

½ 4.3

11 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, Herenya, jain, foggidawn, inge87, guyalice, merrystar, nessreader, ncgraham, briarhills
Verklaringen: jain: Tam Lin

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Briar Rose

door Jane Yolen

2,843 leden

105 besprekingen

4

9 Members: hailelib, jain, guyalice, Cecrow, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, merrystar, cablesclasses, LisaMaria_C
Verklaringen: jain: Sleeping Beauty

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Tam Lin

door Pamela Dean

1,948 leden

73 besprekingen

4

10 Members: Aquila, Herenya, jain, inge87, guyalice, loremistress, merrystar, nessreader, briarhills, ManWithAnAgenda

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Slecht over het leven van de slechte heks van het Westen

door Gregory Maguire

28,868 leden

650 besprekingen

½ 3.6

8 Members: guyalice, leahbird, nessreader, sturlington, electrice, kceccato, parasolofdoom, ahef1963

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Dochter van het woud

door Juliet Marillier

4,326 leden

134 besprekingen

½ 4.3

9 Members: Quaisior, Herenya, guyalice, Cecrow, DeltaQueen50, quigui, ncgraham, kceccato, parasolofdoom

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The Door in the Hedge and Other Stories

door Robin McKinley

1,885 leden

25 besprekingen

½ 3.7

10 Members: Quaisior, trollsdotter, Herenya, foggidawn, guyalice, mkbird, merrystar, ncgraham, briarhills, el_len

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Winter Rose

door Patricia A. McKillip

1,649 leden

43 besprekingen

3.9

9 Members: Quaisior, staffordcastle, Herenya, guyalice, mkbird, merrystar, ncgraham, briarhills, kceccato

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Wildewoud

door Juliet Marillier

1,920 leden

78 besprekingen

4.1

10 Members: Quaisior, Herenya, foggidawn, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, merrystar, quigui, briarhills, kceccato, parasolofdoom,ncgraham

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

door Jon Scieszka

6,791 leden

225 besprekingen

4.2

9 Members: hailelib, keristars, guyalice, norabelle414, bestem, sturlington, parasolofdoom, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda,spiphany

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The Fairy Godmother

door Mercedes Lackey

2,476 leden

61 besprekingen

3.9

10 Members: hailelib, Quaisior, trollsdotter, staffordcastle, generalkala, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, kceccato, parasolofdoom, el_len

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Mirakelse Maurits en zijn gestudeerde knaagdieren

door Terry Pratchett

7,042 leden

134 besprekingen

4

9 Members: guyalice, pwaites, souloftherose, briarhills, kceccato, al.vick, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Serpent's Shadow

door Mercedes Lackey

2,049 leden

25 besprekingen

3.8

9 Members: hailelib, trollsdotter, staffordcastle, generalkala, guyalice, loremistress, kceccato, parasolofdoom, el_len

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Heksen in de Lucht

door Terry Pratchett

10,159 leden

139 besprekingen

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, guyalice, merrystar, pwaites, souloftherose, briarhills, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

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Thomas the Rhymer

door Ellen Kushner

1,440 leden

21 besprekingen

3.9

8 Members: jain, guyalice, aulsmith, merrystar, nessreader, Jarandel, parasolofdoom, el_len

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Cinder

door Marissa Meyer

11,684 leden

832 besprekingen

4.1

9 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, inge87, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, nessreader, pwaites, kceccato, Alloria

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The Book of a Thousand Days

door Shannon Hale

2,572 leden

152 besprekingen

3.9

7 Members: hailelib, Caramellunacy, Herenya, keristars, guyalice, pwaites, parasolofdoom
Verklaringen: Caramellunacy: A lovely telling of an Asian-inspired (Mongolian?) fairy tale (with certain similarities to Rapunzel) involving a spirited young peasant woman determined to look out for her mistress.

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Beauty and the Werewolf

door Mercedes Lackey

741 leden

39 besprekingen

½ 3.6

8 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, generalkala, guyalice, loremistress, parasolofdoom, el_len, Chelsea_K

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Phoenix and Ashes

door Mercedes Lackey

1,736 leden

20 besprekingen

3.9

8 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, generalkala, inge87, guyalice, loremistress, kceccato, el_len

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Deerskin

door Robin McKinley

3,086 leden

77 besprekingen

4

8 Members: Quaisior, Herenya, jain, guyalice, SunnySD, merrystar, nessreader, briarhills
Verklaringen: jain: Donkeyskin

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Het prinsesje dat gewoon wilde zijn.

door M. M. Kaye

1,710 leden

46 besprekingen

½ 4.3

7 Members: trollsdotter, Herenya, mybookshelf, guyalice, SunnySD, merrystar, el_len

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Rapunzel's Revenge

door Shannon Hale

1,313 leden

132 besprekingen

3.9

7 Members: Herenya, LShelby, foggidawn, keristars, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, Alloria

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A Curse Dark as Gold

door Elizabeth C. Bunce

1,069 leden

70 besprekingen

3.8

7 Members: Herenya, foggidawn, inge87, KimarieBee, guyalice, SunnySD, DeltaQueen50

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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

door Jessica Day George

905 leden

68 besprekingen

3.8

6 Members: Herenya, foggidawn, guyalice, loremistress, keeneam, el_len

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Princess of Glass

door Jessica Day George

709 leden

39 besprekingen

3.8

7 Members: Herenya, foggidawn, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, keeneam, el_len

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The Gates of Sleep

door Mercedes Lackey

1,820 leden

16 besprekingen

½ 3.7

7 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, generalkala, guyalice, loremistress, kceccato, el_len

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Entwined

door Heather Dixon

1,552 leden

107 besprekingen

3.8

6 Members: foggidawn, guyalice, SunnySD, quigui, briarhills, Alloria

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Princess of the Midnight Ball

door Jessica Day George

1,435 leden

88 besprekingen

3.8

8 Members: trollsdotter, Herenya, foggidawn, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, merrystar, el_len,keristars

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One Good Knight

door Mercedes Lackey

1,586 leden

35 besprekingen

3.8

7 Members: hailelib, Quaisior, staffordcastle, generalkala, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, el_len

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East

door Edith Pattou

2,335 leden

59 besprekingen

4.1

7 Members: Herenya, foggidawn, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, ncgraham, kceccato, parasolofdoom

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Bitter Greens

door Kate Forsyth

623 leden

44 besprekingen

4

5 Members: inge87, KimarieBee, guyalice, mkbird, souloftherose

40

The Wizard of London

door Mercedes Lackey

1,563 leden

16 besprekingen

½ 3.7

7 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, guyalice, loremistress, kceccato, parasolofdoom, el_len

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Enchantment

door Orson Scott Card

3,156 leden

83 besprekingen

3.9

6 Members: mybookshelf, inge87, guyalice, merrystar, nessreader, al.vick,ManWithAnAgenda

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Firebird

door Mercedes Lackey

1,400 leden

9 besprekingen

½ 3.7

7 Members: hailelib, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, loremistress, merrystar, kceccato, el_len

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Beauty

door Sheri S. Tepper

1,612 leden

31 besprekingen

3.8

6 Members: Quaisior, guyalice, nessreader, sturlington, souloftherose, parasolofdoom,merrystar
Verklaringen: merrystar : I found this book depressing.

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The Fourth Bear

door Jasper Fforde

4,112 leden

116 besprekingen

4

5 Members: hailelib, guyalice, pwaites, souloftherose, cej1027

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Dealing with Dragons

door Patricia C. Wrede

5,741 leden

148 besprekingen

4.2

8 Members: Quaisior, trollsdotter, staffordcastle, SunnySD, kceccato, parasolofdoom, Alloria, el_len,jain ,foggidawn ,merrystar ,pwaites
Verklaringen: jain : Not a retelling.
merrystar : I love this, but it is not a fairy-tale retelling.
pwaites : Not a fairy tale retelling, just plays on the cliches of fairy tales.

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The Big Over Easy

door Jasper Fforde

5,731 leden

180 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: hailelib, guyalice, pwaites, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Snow Queen

door Mercedes Lackey

990 leden

27 besprekingen

½ 3.7

6 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, guyalice, kceccato, parasolofdoom, el_len

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Fairest

door Gail Carson Levine

4,299 leden

127 besprekingen

½ 3.7

6 Members: hailelib, loremistress, pwaites, briarhills, kceccato, el_len,ncgraham

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The Girls at the Kingfisher Club

door Genevieve Valentine

440 leden

34 besprekingen

4

4 Members: Herenya, jain, inge87, guyalice
Verklaringen: jain: The Twelve Dancing Princesses

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The Rumpelstiltskin Problem

door Vivian Vande Velde

737 leden

13 besprekingen

½ 3.7

4 Members: foggidawn, nessreader, pwaites, ncgraham

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Chalice

door Robin McKinley

1,680 leden

80 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: trollsdotter, Herenya, SunnySD, merrystar, briarhills
Verklaringen: merrystar: Would rate it higher, but the link to the fairy tale is tenuous

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The Book of Lost Things

door John Connolly

6,912 leden

325 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: guyalice, pwaites, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Zel

door Donna Jo Napoli

797 leden

30 besprekingen

½ 3.7

6 Members: inge87, keristars, guyalice, bestem, kceccato, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar ,ncgraham

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The Godmother

door Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

465 leden

5 besprekingen

½ 3.7

5 Members: trollsdotter, guyalice, bestem, merrystar, el_len

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The Frog Princess

door E. D. Baker

1,813 leden

54 besprekingen

3.8

5 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, guyalice, merrystar, el_len

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The Snow Queen

door Joan D. Vinge

2,323 leden

52 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: hailelib, Quaisior, guyalice, sturlington, kceccato

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A Spindle Splintered

door Alix E. Harrow

910 leden

65 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: Aquila, jmiserak, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Sleeping Beauty

door Mercedes Lackey

804 leden

25 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, guyalice, loremistress, parasolofdoom

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Bound

door Donna Jo Napoli

754 leden

48 besprekingen

½ 3.6

4 Members: Caramellunacy, foggidawn, guyalice, cablesclasses
Verklaringen: Caramellunacy: A retelling of Cinderella set in China. Very enjoyable, though painful to read sometimes.

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Het Verborgen Leven van Walter Mitty en andere verhalen

door James Thurber

2,581 leden

32 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: timspalding, aulsmith, el_len

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Kind van sneeuw

door Eowyn Ivey

4,544 leden

338 besprekingen

4

3 Members: guyalice, DeltaQueen50, flying_monkeys
Verklaringen: flying_monkeys: For the same reason it was #1 in my Top 5 Books Read in 2013: it's a perfect blend of reality and magic, facts and folklore.

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Zoon van de schaduwen

door Juliet Marillier

2,465 leden

61 besprekingen

4.2

5 Members: Quaisior, guyalice, DeltaQueen50, kceccato, parasolofdoom

63

Een kus voor de heks

door Emma Donoghue

1,184 leden

41 besprekingen

3.8

3 Members: keristars, guyalice, spiphany

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The Sleeper and the Spindle

door Neil Gaiman

2,091 leden

140 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: jain, guyalice, souloftherose, ahef1963
Verklaringen: jain: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White

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Snow: A Retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

door Liz Braswell

716 leden

21 besprekingen

½ 3.7

4 Members: hailelib, guyalice, SunnySD, Chelsea_K

66

The Nightingale

door Kara Dalkey

316 leden

4 besprekingen

3.8

4 Members: guyalice, merrystar, kceccato, Alloria

67

Spiegels en Rook

door Neil Gaiman

10,270 leden

126 besprekingen

4

4 Members: guyalice, blackdove07, ahef1963, flying_monkeys,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: flying_monkeys: "Snow, Glass, Apples" a retelling of Snow White from the Evil Queen's POV - brilliant!

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