Here are a few amazing Beauty and the Beast retellings, set in different time periods and geographic locations.
This is probably the most famous retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Here, we follow a huntress who accidentally kills a wolf.
Lily-Grace Leroux, the female protagonist of this book, is a beautiful, smart and talented young woman.
In this book, we focus on Beauty and her family relationships which make her who she is. Her family is kind and loving, and despite their secrets, has a strong bond.
Angela Carter’s ground-breaking stories give a feminist angle to the intensely patriarchal stories that exist.
In this middle-grade fantasy, which has roots in Vietnamese folklore, Beauty and the Beast finds fresh ground.
In this story, which is very reminiscent of the original in its plot, we look at life from the perspective of the Beast.
In this retelling, Belle lacks the beauty of her sisters and longs to see the face of her one true love in a carved heartwood tree.
At the centre of this story is Yeva, whose father is a hunter. She dreads a mundane, banal life of small talk and marriage for convenience.
In this middle-grade fantasy which takes inspiration from Beauty and the Beast, we follow the themes of courage and conviction.
This is a collection of short stories that are retellings of fairy tales in a modern milieu, and the one that tells the story of Beauty and the Beast stands out.