"When it comes to retellings of literary classics, there are the books that follow the original tales closely (think 2018's smash hit Circe) and then there are the novels that take off in a wildly different direction, like pulling the story forward into the present day or changing its genre entirely. To celebrate the sheer gutsiness of the latter group, we've rounded up 13 incredibly inventive classic retellings published in the past five years.
From winners of prestigious literary awards to genre rewrites, these novels all bring brand new perspective to beloved old stories. So read on if you've got a hankering for a blood-sucking Jay Gatsby, a Japanese American take on Jane Austen, a Northern Irish Achilles during The Troubles, and more."
