2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Modern adaptation of a classic tale, novel, or myth
Use your judgment for a 'classic' -- could be a fairy tale, a Greek myth, a famous work of literature, etc.
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Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Goddess of the River

Vaishnavi Patel

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

A Sweet Sting of Salt

Rose Sutherland

342 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett

Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy feminism short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes

8 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

21 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

A Mirror Mended

Fractured Fables #2

Alix E. Harrow

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

561 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

18 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

Our Hideous Progeny

C.E. McGill

391 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ dark mysterious medium-paced
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus: Volume One

Lore Olympus #1

Rachel Smythe

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy graphic novel romance emotional funny fast-paced