Fairy Tale Retellings Books of the 2020s
The 117 most-read fairy tale retellings books first published between 2020 and 2029, led by Neon Gods (2021), The Never King (2022) and A Touch Of Ruin (2020).
This list collects 117 books from the 2020s by 84 authors, published between 2020 and 2026. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Neon Gods
Katee Robert
The Never King
Nikki St. Crowe
A Touch Of Ruin
Scarlett St. Clair
Lore Olympus
Rachel Smythe
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher
This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi
A Game of Fate
Scarlett St. Clair
A Touch of Malice
Scarlett St. Clair
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel
Foul Lady Fortune
Chloe Gong
Blood & Honey
Shelby Mahurin
Lost in the Never Woods
Aiden Thomas
Captive in the Underworld
Lianyu Tan
The Chosen and the Beautiful
Nghi Vo
Little Thieves
Margaret Owen
The Dark One
Nikki St. Crowe
The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah
Their Vicious Darling
Nikki St. Crowe
Wicked Beauty
Katee Robert
Gilded
Marissa Meyer
Cursed
Marissa Meyer
A Vow So Bold and Deadly
Brigid Kemmerer
Ophelia after All
Racquel Marie
Julia
Sandra Newman
Lies We Sing to the Sea
Sarah Underwood
Poisoned
Jennifer Donnelly
Lore Olympus Volume Two
Rachel Smythe
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Melissa Bashardoust
Joan
Katherine J. Chen
Icarus
Kayla Ancrum
Our Hideous Progeny
C. E. McGill
A Touch of Chaos
Scarlett St. Clair
City of the Plague God
Sarwat Chadda
This Poison Heart
Kalynn Bayron, Paz Pruneda Gozálvez
Girl, Goddess, Queen
Bea Fitzgerald
Bone Spindle
Leslie Vedder
Lucy Undying
Kiersten White
The Witch and the Vampire
Francesca Flores
Other Ever Afters
Melanie Gillman
White Cat, Black Dog
Kelly Link
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Raven Kennedy, María Angulo Fernández
Mountains Made of Glass
Scarlett St. Clair
Lore Olympus Volume Nine
Rachel Smythe
Looking Glass
Christina Henry
At Midnight
Dahlia Adler, Melissa Albert
A Heart So Fierce and Broken
Brigid Kemmerer
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Erin A. Craig
Lore Olympus Volume Seven
Rachel Smythe
Horseman
Christina Henry
Persephone
Allison Shaw
Shadow of Perseus
Claire Heywood
Not for the Faint of Heart
Lex Croucher
The Princess and the Pea
Blake A. Hoena, Alex Lopez
Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies
Stacey Lee
The Fae Princess
Nikki St. Crowe
The House Saphir
Marissa Meyer
Dark Fairy Tales
Aleatha Romig, CJ Roberts
Not Good for Maidens
Tori Bovalino
The Ashfire King
Chelsea Abdullah
A Drop of Venom
Sajni Patel
Lore Olympus Volume Eight
Rachel Smythe
Yaga
Kat Sandler
Once More Upon a Time
Roshani Chokshi
Fair Rosaline
Natasha Solomons
Carmilla
Amy Chu
Ymir
Rich Larson
Clash of Steel
C. B. Lee
Bea Wolf
Zach Weinersmith
Devourer of Men
Nikki St. Crowe
Behind Five Willows
June Hur
Lore Olympus Volume Three
Rachel Smythe
The Frog Prince
Blake A. Hoena, Mariano Epelbaum
The Peasant Queen
Ashton E. Dorow
The Secret Princess
Melanie Cellier
Apples Dipped in Gold
Scarlett St. Clair
Marion
Leah Rowan
Iron Raven
Julie Kagawa
Gleam
Victoria Audley
Origins – Curse of Kuru
Surendra Pavuluri
Cecily
Annie Garthwaite
Seven Endless Forests
April Genevieve Tucholke
Legend of the White Snake
Sher Lee
The Hymn to Dionysus
Natasha Pulley
Rogue Princess
B. R. Myers
Iron Queen Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
Splinter
Jasper Hyde
Iron Daughter Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
Iron Knight Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
How Far I'll Go
Keala Kendall
Shadow's Legacy
Julie Kagawa
Thorn of Rose
Emily Deady
Hooked
A. C. Wise
The Wolf and His King
Finn Longman
Persephone's Curse
Katrina Leno
Rottenheart
Kat Dunn
The Never Queen
Nikki St. Crowe