The Bookstore Challenge 2022 - hosted by beckyramone

October - a book that's a retelling of a fairy tale or folktale
There's so many books that retell classic fairy tales or folktales, but if you can't find one that interests you, a retelling of a story from mythology could work too!
All books added
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Angela Carter

128 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

A Spindle Splintered

Fractured Fables #1

Alix E. Harrow

119 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Dubravka Ugrešić

327 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cassandra Khaw

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror dark tense fast-paced
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann

How to Be Eaten

Maria Adelmann

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights

Secret Shanghai Universe #1

Chloe Gong

449 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

Where the Wild Ladies Are

Aoko Matsuda

254 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy literary short stories funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

To Kill a Kingdom

Hundred Kingdoms #1

Alexandra Christo

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Certain Dark Things

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

260 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark medium-paced