Stories Inspired by Other Fiction

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This list is for books that were inspired by other books, in that they retell the story, use the same characters, or tell the story from a different perspective.
1
Northanger Abbey
de Jane Austen
21,628 membres
419 ressenyes
3.8
10 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by The Mysteries of Udolpho.
2
L'ampla mar dels Sargassos
de Jean Rhys
8,465 membres
254 ressenyes
½ 3.5
9 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: I didn't think this went very well with Jane Eyre.
elkiedee: Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette, known as Bertha, the Madwoman in the Attic of Jane Eyre. It's a very different perspective on the and story, and offers a bit of a challenge to the idea of Mr Rochester as a romantic hero. I'm not really a fan of Jane Eyre, apart from the early chapters which fascinated ms a child, and love WSS. I suspect that people who love JE and find it romantic will feel aggrieved by the challenge of WSS.
Dilara86: Inspired by Jane Eyre
Her_Royal_Orangeness: companion to Jane Eyre; tells the story of Bertha and how she met Rochester; very different from Jane Eyre in style and theme
3
Les hores
de Michael Cunningham
12,713 membres
232 ressenyes
3.9
8 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
4
To Say Nothing of the Dog
de Connie Willis
6,757 membres
287 ressenyes
4.1
8 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by Three Men in a Boat. Also homage to Gaudy Night and The Moonstone.
5
La filla de Robert Poste
de Stella Gibbons
5,777 membres
222 ressenyes
4
8 Members
aulsmith, RidgewayGirl, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: More heavy-handed than Austen.
sturlington: Inspired by Emma. Satire of rural romantic fiction popular at the time.
elkiedee: I think it's not really inspired by or a response to Emma. Mary Webb was a popular author at the time and some of her work has been repented by Virago, and I understand that this was a parody of more contemporary novels than of Jane Austen.
6
A Thousand Acres
de Jane Smiley
6,169 membres
136 ressenyes
½ 3.7
7 Members
dara85, cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: modern retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear
7
March
de Geraldine Brooks
6,695 membres
278 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, angekenn, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: companion to Little Women; tells the story of the father Mr. March
8
1984
de George Orwell
81,992 membres
1,272 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by We.
9
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
de Gregory Maguire
28,873 membres
650 ressenyes
½ 3.6
5 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, electrice, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: Inspired by The Wizard of Oz
10
The Eyre Affair
de Jasper Fforde
15,675 membres
602 ressenyes
4
5 Members
cbl_tn, souloftherose, angekenn, kaystj, ManWithAnAgenda
11
El diari de Bridget Jones
de Helen Fielding
16,968 membres
264 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, angekenn, kaystj
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by Pride and Prejudice.
elkiedee: A kind of irreverent commercial fiction take on the Pride and Prejudice story. Good fun. Bridget Jones really kicked off a whole load of comic chicklit novels with a take on Jane Austen characters.
12
Prínceps de Maine, reis de Nova Anglaterra
de John Irving
11,735 membres
157 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
thorold, sturlington, perennialreader, angekenn
Explicacions
thorold: David Copperfield
13
Lavinia
de Ursula K. Le Guin
2,142 membres
93 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: Based on the Aeneid.
14
Ulisses
de James Joyce
24,085 membres
378 ressenyes
4
3 Members
aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by The Odyssey
15
Parc Juràssic
de Michael Crichton
20,775 membres
316 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by The Lost World (Doyle).
16
El Conte número tretze
de Diane Setterfield
17,205 membres
911 ressenyes
4
3 Members
sturlington, perennialreader, kara.shamy
Explicacions
sturlington: Jane Eyre
17
‘Salem's Lot
de Stephen King
16,309 membres
295 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by Dracula.
18
The Once and Future King
de T. H. White
15,320 membres
205 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: A rewrite of Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur
19
The Magicians
de Lev Grossman
10,258 membres
671 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
aulsmith, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
aulsmith: Inspired by Harry Potter and the Narnia books.
20
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
de Angela Carter
5,512 membres
150 ressenyes
4
3 Members
cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee
Explicacions
sturlington: Various fairy tales and folktales, Alice in wonderland
21
The Final Solution. A Story of Detection
de Michael Chabon
3,700 membres
154 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, sturlington
Explicacions
aulsmith: Don't be disappointed. It's not really a mystery, but it's a really good book.
sturlington: Homage to the Sherlock Holmes stories.
22
Les Ombres de Longbourn
de Jo Baker
2,722 membres
192 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
BookLizard, elkiedee, kaystj
Explicacions
BookLizard: The servants' view of the events in Pride and Prejudice.
23
Hag-Seed
de Margaret Atwood
2,243 membres
214 ressenyes
4
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
Explicacions
sturlington: The Tempest
24
Vinegar Girl
de Anne Tyler
1,721 membres
221 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee, kara.shamy
Explicacions
cbl_tn: Hogarth Shakespeare modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew.
25
Tooth and Claw
de Jo Walton
1,511 membres
96 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, souloftherose
Explicacions
aulsmith: Trollope's Framley Parsonage
26
The Gap of Time
de Jeanette Winterson
895 membres
66 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
cbl_tn, sturlington, kara.shamy
Explicacions
cbl_tn: Hogarth Shakespeare retelling of The Winter's Tale.
27
L'historiador
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,459 membres
758 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington : Inspired by Dracula.
28
Wyrd Sisters
de Terry Pratchett
12,497 membres
189 ressenyes
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
merrystar: Macbeth
29
Witches Abroad
de Terry Pratchett
10,160 membres
139 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
merrystar: elements of assorted stories with fairy godmothers
30
Sobre la bellesa
de Zadie Smith
9,357 membres
225 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: loosely based on Howards End; described by author as an "homage" to Forster's novel
31
Grendel
de John Gardner
6,052 membres
107 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by Beowulf
32
Death Comes to Pemberley
de P. D. James
4,948 membres
323 ressenyes
3
2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
Explicacions
cbl_tn: Pride and Prejudice
33
Magpie Murders
de Anthony Horowitz
3,837 membres
235 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Pastiche of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels
34
Zorro
de Isabel Allende
3,398 membres
117 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, perennialreader
Explicacions
aulsmith: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
35
The Last Camel Died at Noon
de Elizabeth Peters
2,155 membres
49 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader
Explicacions
cbl_tn: Homage to H. Rider Haggard's novels.
36
Fire and Hemlock
de Diana Wynne Jones
2,135 membres
59 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
merrystar: Tam Lin
37
Tam Lin
de Pamela Dean
1,948 membres
73 ressenyes
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
38
Jack Maggs
de Peter Carey
1,753 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, cbl_tn
Explicacions
thorold: Great Expectations
39
When She Woke
de Hillary Jordan
1,648 membres
172 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: explores the same themes as The Scarlet Letter - religion, oppression, etc. - in a futuristic setting
40
After Alice
de Gregory Maguire
1,395 membres
69 ressenyes
2.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
Explicacions
sturlington: Alice in Wonderland
41
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
de Salman Rushdie
1,337 membres
68 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
Explicacions
sturlington: Arabian nights
42
Melmoth
de Sarah Perry
938 membres
72 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Melmoth the Wanderer
43
Mary Reilly
de Valerie Martin
792 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, kaystj
Explicacions
aulsmith: Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde from the maid's pov.
44
Bitter Greens
de Kate Forsyth
623 membres
44 ressenyes
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, kara.shamy
Explicacions
KimarieBee: inspired by Spells of Enchantment (Parslinette/Rapunzel)
45
Northanger Abbey
de Val McDermid
551 membres
33 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee
46
The Night Ocean
de Paul La Farge
425 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: "The Night Ocean" by H.P. Lovecraft
47
Alias Hook
de Lisa Jensen
238 membres
23 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Peter Pan
48
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan
de Jane Rubino
101 membres
12 ressenyes
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, kaystj
49
The Song of Achilles
de Madeline Miller
13,056 membres
510 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: The Iliad
50
Circe
de Madeline Miller
12,319 membres
480 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Greek myths, most prominently The Odyssey
51
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
de David Wroblewski
8,535 membres
411 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: modern retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet
52
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
de Tom Stoppard
8,008 membres
90 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Hamlet
53
Las estrellas mi destino
de Alfred Bester
6,296 membres
175 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.
54
Peter and the Starcatchers
de Dave Barry
6,073 membres
162 ressenyes
4
Member
cyderry
Explicacions
cyderry: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie - how Peter learned to fly
55
The Starless Sea
de Erin Morgenstern
5,010 membres
202 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
56
Revival
de Stephen King
4,370 membres
222 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Homage to Frankenstein
57
Here on Earth
de Alice Hoffman
3,122 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Wuthering Heights
58
Lunar Park
de Bret Easton Ellis
2,992 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
Briar Rose
de Jane Yolen
2,843 membres
105 ressenyes
4
Member
cbl_tn
60
The King Must Die
de Mary Renault
2,672 membres
55 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Myth oif Theseus
61
The Double Bind
de Chris Bohjalian
2,672 membres
172 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: related to The Great Gatsby
62
Flashman
de George MacDonald Fraser
2,660 membres
66 ressenyes
4
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: sequel to Tom Brown's Schooldays
63
Warm Bodies
de Isaac Marion
2,608 membres
250 ressenyes
3.8
Member
BookLizard
Explicacions
BookLizard: I don't want to give away what it's retelling because that discovery is part of the fun, but I will say, you don't get much more star-crossed than a human and a zombie.
64
East
de Edith Pattou
2,336 membres
59 ressenyes
4.1
Member
kaystj
Explicacions
kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
65
The Snow Queen
de Joan D. Vinge
2,324 membres
52 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: The fairy tale by the same name
66
Ash
de Malinda Lo
2,169 membres
185 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: GLBTQ retelling of Cinderella
67
Rhett Butler's People
de Donald McCaig
1,999 membres
72 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
Explicacions
dara85: Inspired by Gone With the Wind
68
Foe
de J. M. Coetzee
1,862 membres
41 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
69
Beauty
de Sheri S. Tepper
1,614 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Sleeping beauty
70
The Wife Upstairs
de Rachel Hawkins
1,601 membres
81 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
Explicacions
dara85: Inspired by Jane Eyre
71
The Ballad of Black Tom
de Victor LaValle
1,553 membres
84 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Retells the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Horror at Red Hook"
72
The Wild Things
de Dave Eggers
1,430 membres
59 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: Where the Wild Things Are
73
Royal Flash
de George MacDonald Fraser
1,415 membres
26 ressenyes
3.9
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: The bully from Tom Brown's Schooldays in a storyline inspired by The Prisoner of Zenda
74
The Child Thief: A Novel
de Brom
1,374 membres
66 ressenyes
4
Member
KimarieBee
Explicacions
KimarieBee: inspired by Peter Pan
75
Banewreaker
de Jacqueline Carey
1,253 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: set in a world based on Tolkien's Middle-earth; shares plot points with The Lord of the Rings
76
Peter Pan in Scarlet
de Geraldine McCaughrean
1,209 membres
36 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: authorized sequel to Peter Pan
77
By Nightfall
de Michael Cunningham
1,168 membres
71 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Death in Venice
78
The Hollow Places
de T. Kingfisher
1,011 membres
65 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
79
The Twisted Ones
de T. Kingfisher
940 membres
50 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: The White People by Arthur Machen
80
Rebecca's Tale
de Sally Beauman
926 membres
34 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
Explicacions
dara85: Based on Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
81
A Spindle Splintered
de Alix E. Harrow
911 membres
65 ressenyes
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
82
Death Cloud
de Andrew Lane
834 membres
63 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
cbl_tn
83
Emma
de Alexander McCall Smith
830 membres
54 ressenyes
3.2
Member
cbl_tn
84
Hell is Empty
de Craig Johnson
811 membres
55 ressenyes
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
Explicacions
cbl_tn: Dante's Inferno
85
Downward to the Earth
de Robert Silverberg
703 membres
16 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explicacions
aulsmith: A re-working of Heart of Darkness
86
Black Ships
de Jo Graham
702 membres
87 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by the Aeneid
87
Finding Dorothy
de Elizabeth Letts
669 membres
53 ressenyes
4.1
Member
dara85
Explicacions
dara85: Historical fiction- inspired by the Wizard of Oz. The love story of L. Frank Baum and Maud Gage and Maud's assistance in the making of the movie, The Wizard of Oz.
88
A Midsummer Tempest
de Poul Anderson
662 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
inge87
Explicacions
inge87: Fantasy set in a world where Shakespeare is "The Great Historian" and everything he wrote actually happened.
89
A Cure for All Diseases
de Reginald Hill
630 membres
22 ressenyes
3.8
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: Completes Jane Austen's unfinished novel, Sanditon
90
Jane
de April Lindner
610 membres
69 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
kaystj
Explicacions
kaystj: contemporary Jane Eyre, with Rochester as an aging rock star
91
The Dream of Perpetual Motion
de Dexter Palmer
605 membres
42 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Inspired by The Tempest.
92
Carnival
de Elizabeth Bear
576 membres
40 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explicacions
aulsmith: Inspired by Joanna Russ's Whileaway stories.
93
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
de Kij Johnson
557 membres
39 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Lovecraft
94
Sense & Sensibility
de Joanna Trollope
546 membres
39 ressenyes
3.1
Member
cbl_tn
95
The Dracula Tape
de Fred Saberhagen
543 membres
15 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
kaystj
Explicacions
kaystj: Retelling of Dracula from his point of view
96
Jenna Starborn
de Sharon Shinn
543 membres
27 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
merrystar, kaystj,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
kaystj: Jane Eyre in space
97
Ice
de Sarah Beth Durst
471 membres
39 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
kaystj
Explicacions
kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
98
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
de Bernie Su
468 membres
34 ressenyes
3.9
Member
cbl_tn
Explicacions
cbl_tn: Modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice
99
Jane Slayre
de Sherri Browning Erwin
458 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
kaystj
Explicacions
kaystj: Jane Eyre with vampires
100
Gilgamesh
de Joan London
455 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Gilgamesh, the epic poem