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Popular Retellings of Even More Popular Books

All literature is derivative of something, but these books don't bother hiding their influences. Coupled with the original stories they are retelling, here are 21 books that retell classic novels, poems, and plays from literary history.
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
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Ulysses
Ulysses
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
4
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
5
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
6
Jack Maggs
Jack Maggs
7
Snow White (Brothers Grimm)
Snow White (Brothers Grimm)
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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
9
King Lear
King Lear
10
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
12
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
13
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
14
Warm Bodies (Isaac Marion)
Warm Bodies (Isaac Marion)
15
Hamlet
Hamlet
16
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
17
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
18
Going Bovine
Going Bovine
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
20
Great (Sara Benincasa)
Great (Sara Benincasa)
21
Howard's End
Howard's End
22
On Beauty
On Beauty
23
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
24
Second Star (Alyssa B. Sheinmel)
Second Star (Alyssa B. Sheinmel)
25
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
26
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
27
An Assembly Such as This
An Assembly Such as This
28
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
29
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
30
Winterspell (Claire Legrand)
Winterspell (Claire Legrand)
31
Cinderella
Cinderella
32
Cinder
Cinder
33
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
34
Splintered (A. G. Howard)
Splintered (A. G. Howard)
35
Beowulf
Beowulf
36
Grendel
Grendel
37
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
38
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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The Innocents
The Innocents
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