Retellings (8/15/24)

Rediscover stories you know and love with these must-read retellings!

DON’T SLEEP WITH THE DEAD BY NGHI VO
9781250362612 | 4/8/25

Nick Carraway, paper soldier and novelist, has found a life and a living watching the mad magical spectacle of New York high society in the late thirties. He’s good at watching, and he’s even better at pretending: pretending to be straight, pretending to be human, pretending he’s forgotten the events of that summer in 1922.

DON’T SLEEP WITH THE DEAD is a standalone companion novella to THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL, a reimagining of The Great Gatsby.

THE NIGHT IS DEFYING BY CHLOE C. PEÑARANDA
9781250355508 | 1/28/25

The exciting second volume in the Nytefall series, where history is doomed to repeat, and star-crossed lovers must face a choice between their hearts or the world . . .

Shaken from the aftermath of the Libertatem, the newly found star-maiden Astraea is determined to keep her freedom, even at the cost of betraying her heart. But time is running out to recover her memories with the hope it will unveil her killer.

THE NIGHT IS DEFYING is inspired by the Greek myth of Astraea and the fall of the Golden Age.

THE HYMN TO DIONYSUS BY NATASHSA PULLEY
9781639732364 | 3/18/25

A timely and timeless reimagining of the story of Dionysus, Greek God of ecstasy and madness, revelry and ruin.

Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to fight for the homeland he’s never seen and to follow his commander’s orders at all costs. But when he rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes’s palace, his commander’s orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a temple, and to keep the baby’s existence a secret.

Years later, his life has become entangled with Thebes’s young crown prince, who wishes to escape the marriage his mother, the Queen, has chosen for him. When the prince vanishes, Phaidros is drawn into the search for him—a search that leads him to a blue-eyed witch named Dionysus, whose guidance is as wise as the events that surround him are strange.

ENIGMA BY RUNYX
9781250334237 | 4/29/25

Salem Salazar comes to Mortimer University to get to the bottom of her sister’s mysterious death. There, obsessed with forensics, she discovers there have been a lot more unexplained deaths on the campus. Her search leads her down a dark and dangerous path to a powerful, secret society and to Caz.

Cazimir van der Waal is in her way and another mystery to unravel. Is he just an art student, a man living a double life, or a murderer? While also at the university seeking answers for another death, Caz has a lot more to him than meets the eye. In this twisted Hades and Persephone, steamy dark academia romance, sparks will fly, rivals will become lovers, and terrible truths will be revealed, and an epic love will change everything.

THE WILDEST THINGS BY ANDREA HANNAH
9781250884497 | 2/25/25

In this sapphic Snow White retelling, if Snow is to save her kingdom from being ravaged by the Blight, she’ll have to kill the Evil Queen’s daughter . . . if she doesn’t fall in love with her first.

LIAR’S KINGDOM BY CHRISTINE CALELLA
9798890039675 | 1/14/25

An Into the Woods-inspired fairy tale retelling in which Cinderella never went to the ball—so she’ll have to lie to get her prince.

Ell has spent years toiling away for her cruel stepfamily. So when Prince Bayard—who seems to have difficulty recognizing faces—shows up at her door with a glass slipper, Ell allows him to believe she danced with him at the ball. There’s just one problem: Ell didn’t attend the ball and she’s never met the prince before in her life. But if it’s a choice between moving to the royal palace or staying home, Ell is willing to say anything to escape.