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One Thousand and One Nights Retellings or Scheherazade Retellings

Middle Eastern Folk Tale

  • It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
  • Common to all the editions of the Nights is the framing device of the story of the ruler Shahryar being narrated the tales by his wife Scheherazade, with one tale told over each night of storytelling. 
  • Some of the stories commonly associated with the Arabian Nights
  1. "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" 
  2. "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
  3. "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor"
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The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

The Stardust Thief

The Sandsea Trilogy #1

Chelsea Abdullah

467 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

The Wrath & the Dawn

The Wrath and the Dawn #1

Renée Ahdieh

404 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights by Cameron Dokey

The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights

Once Upon a Time #1

Cameron Dokey

240 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
The Sultan and the Storyteller by Lichelle Slater

The Sultan and the Storyteller

A Villain's Ever After #2

Lichelle Slater

171 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult emotional tense fast-paced
Teller Of Tales: A Grimm Academy Retelling Fairy Tale Retelling Of Arabian Nights by Laura Greenwood

Teller Of Tales: A Grimm Academy Retelling Fairy Tale Retelling Of Arabian Nights

Grimm Academy #10

Laura Greenwood

67 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy romance young adult
Fall : Scheherazade Retold by Demelza Carlton

Fall : Scheherazade Retold

Romance a Medieval Fairytale #26

Demelza Carlton

44 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
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