Classic Retellings for Teens

by Meagan, Sweet Branch

Whether you’re reading the classics on your own or as an assignment for an English class, the classics can be a challenge. Luckily, there is a plethora of retellings, so whether you just want to understand the book from class a little better or if you loved the story and would like to read more, we highly recommend these retold classics.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride - Ibi Zoboi

Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Chosen and the Beautiful - Nghi Vo

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - Bre Indigo

The Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Last True Poets of the Sea - Julia Drake

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong

One Thousand and One Nights
The Wrath and the Dawn - Renée Ahdieh

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
My Plain Jane - Cynthia Hand
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Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Speak Easy, Speak Love - McKelle George

Beowulf
Grendel’s Guide to Love and War - A.E. Kaplan

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Olivia Twist - Lorie Langdon

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
This Dark Endeavor - Kenneth Oppel
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
Legendborn - Tracy Deonn
Cursed - Thomas Wheeler
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