50+ Mythological & Fairytale Retellings

Hello everyone! So, like everyone else on the internet, I died of happiness when I heard the awesome news of the Percy Jackson series TV adaptation; Rick Riordan’s books were the start to my love of all things mythology, whether it was Greek, Roman or Egyptian. Since then, I’ve read anything that was inspired by mythology so, today I thought I would come up with a list of all the mythological AND fairytale retellings (plus some extras)! Check it out:

Mythology

1. any book by Rick Riordan lol – Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Norse
2. The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White – Egyptian
3. the Gumiho duology by Kat Cho – Korean
4. Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters by Emily Roberson – Greek
5. Sphinx series by Raye Wagner – Egyptian
6. Circe by Madeline Miller – Greek
7. The Star-Touched Queen duology by Roshani Chokshi – Hindu
8. the Pandava Quartet series by Roshani Chokshi – Hindu
9. The Storm Runner trilogy by J.C Cervantes – Mayan
10. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee – Korean
11. the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond trilogy by Sayantani DasGupta – Bengali
12. Freya duology by Matthew Laurence – Norse
13. Tristan Strong duology by Kwame Mbalia – West African
14. When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller – Korean
15. Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse – Navajo
16. Shadow of the Fox trilogy by Julie Kagawa – Japanese
17. Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean – Japanese
18. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He – Chinese
19. The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke – Norse
20. The Books of Ambha duology by Tasha Suri – Mughal/Indian
21. Kingdom of Souls trilogy by Rena Barron – West African
22. The Tiger at Midnight trilogy by Swati Teerdhala – Hindu
23. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Mayan
24. Medusa by Jessie Burton – Greek
25. Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller – Norse
26. A River of Royal Blood duology by Amanda Joy – North African
27. Woven in Moonlight duology by Isabel Ibañez – Bolivian
28. Oh. My. Gods duology by Tera Lynn Childs – Greek/Roman
29. the Medusa Girls trilogy by Tera Lynn Childs – Greek
30. The Goddess Test trilogy by Aimee Carter – Greek
31. the Abandon trilogy by Aimee Carter – Greek
32. the Gods and Monsters series by Kelly Keaton – Greek

Fairytales

1. The Wrath & The Dawn duology by Renee Ahdieh
2. The Stolen Kingdom by Bethany Atazadeh
3. Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers
4. the Rise of the Empress duology by Julie C Dao
5. Flame in the Mist duology by Renee Ahdieh
6. Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
7. the Beau Rivage duology by Sarah Cross
8. St. Rosetta’s Academy trilogy by Sandhya Menon
9. The Forest of Good and Evil duology by Gena Showalter
10. the Fairytale Retellings series by Jackson Pearce
11. The Cinderella Society duology by Kay Cassidy
12. the Cinderella Cleaners series by Maya Gold
13. Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan
14. Never Never by Brianna R Shrum
15. Highschool Horror Story trilogy by Chandler Baker
16. House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig
17. the Blood of Stars duology by Elizabeth Lim
18. Once Upon a Con trilogy by Ashley Poston
19. The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club trilogy by Theodora Goss
20. A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas
21. The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer
22. A Hundred Names for Magic duology by Rin Chupeco
23. Heartless by Marissa Meyer
24. Cursebreakers trilogy by Brigid Kemmerer
25. Bloodleaf trilogy by Crystal Smith

Other

1. Blackhearts duology by Nicole Castroman
2. the Charlotte Holmes series by Brittany Cavallaro
3. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
4. the Camelot Rising series by Kiersten White
5. Doreen by Ilana Manaster
6. Foul Is Fair by Hannah Capin
7. Hood by Jenny Elder Moke

Aaaaand that’s it! Now, have you read any of the books on the list? If so, which one(s), and what did you think? Let me know in the comments below!! Thanks, have a great day/night, and tata for now!

Angel

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