THIS LIST WILL BE PERIODICALLY UPDATED, as authors come out with new tales and/or as I discover others. Most of the links lead to the Kindle versions of the books. Ratings: These are reading GUIDELINES. Reading ages and abilities vary widely, so please keep in mind that I don’t even pretend to know what you or your kids/siblings/whoever can handle. These ratings are determined based on general reading levels and general content tolerance levels. The rating means a book has one or more of that kind of content, not necessarily all of them. Not every book rated PG-13 is going to have swearing, for example. Sometimes it’s rated that for violence. PG-13 does not necessarily mean ‘clean’. That’s why I’ve added clean to the series that qualify. G: as safe as a kids’ book or family documentary PG: mild violence, mild clean/sweet romance handled lightly, and/or exciting adventures that aren’t too tense. PG-13: some violence, mild physicality and sexuality, and/or mild swearing. PG-16: high levels of violence, psychologically medium-dark scenes, and/or mid-level sexual content, adult concepts, and/or medium-level swear words and frequency. Mature: intense violence, high level sexual content, intense ‘dark’ content, psychologically dark scenes or concepts, and/or lots of swearing. Clean: little to no mild swearing, violence that isn’t graphic, kissing and sexual content handled the same way you’d find in a Hallmark movie. Genre definitions: high fantasy: takes place in a secondary world that has no knowledge of Earth, contains magic/fantasy races/fantasy creatures contemporary fantasy: takes place on Earth in our modern time with magic or fantasy races/creatures added, usually lighter in tone than urban fantasy urban fantasy: Earth, our modern time, includes magic, set in a city or contains a city as the primary setting, usually grittier than contemporary fantasy, often includes vampires and werewolves steampunk (fantasy): fantasy with technology equivalent to the Victorian era gaslamp (fantasy): historical eras with technology pre-Industrial Revolution but post- medieval age (roughly equivalent to Regency-era technology) allegory: a moral, spiritual, or political story retold using symbolism dystopian: a story set in a world, Earth or other, in which everything is bad, frequently ruled by a tyrant or psychotic person. Contact: Questions and comments? Do you have a retelling you want to recommend? You can email me at [email protected]. List compiled by Arielle Bailey. For more recommendations, follow the Fairy Tale Central blog: https:// thefairytalecentral.com/, where you’ll find book reviews for several books on this list, and the bookstagram/instagram accounts of all our bloggers. You can also follow Fairy Tale Central at: https://www.instagram.com/ thefairytalecentral/ or my bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ arrow_song_reads/. Cinderella YA The Coronation Ball Cellier, Melanie high fantasy, PG-13, Four Kingdoms #2.25, novelette, clean Traitor’s Masque Davidson, Kenley high fantasy, PG-13, the Andari Chronicles #1, clean Chasing Midnight Davis, Kaitlyn dystopian fantasy, PG-13, Once Upon a Curse #3 The Captive Maiden Dickerson, Melanie historical fantasy (medieval Europe), PG-13, Fairy Tale Romances #4, clean Before Midnight Dokey, Cameron historical-ish, PG-13, Once Upon a Time is Timeless series Stepsister Donnelly, Jennifer high fantasy, PG-16 Striking Midnight Ellison, Jennifer high fantasy, PG-13, Fairy Tale Lies, Spies, and Assassins series The Orphan Queen Everest, Erika high fantasy, PG-13, Tales from the Kingdoms of Fables #1, Cinderella and The Ugly Duckling Ella, the Slayer Exley, A.W. historical fantasy, PG-13, Serenity House #1 Cinders, Stars, and Glass Slippers Fichter, Brittany high fantasy, PG-13, Classical Kingdoms #6 Princess of Glass George, Jessica Day high fantasy, PG-13, Twelve Dancing Princesses trilogy #2 Just Ella Haddix, Margaret Peterson high fantasy, PG-13, The Palace Chronicles #1 Gilded Ashes Hodge, Rosamund high fantasy, PG-13 Cinderella James, Jenni high fantasy, PG, Faerie Tale Collection #4, clean Not Cinderella’s Type James, Jenni contemporary teen romance, PG-13, Modern Fairy Tale #1, clean The Fairy Godmother Lackey, Mercedes high fantasy, mature, Five Hundred Kingdoms #1 Phoenix and Ashes Lackey, Mercedes historical fantasy (England 1910s/1920s), PG-16, Elemental Masters series Fated Lee, Kaylin high fantasy, PG-13, Destined #1 So This is Love Lim, Elizabeth high fantasy, PG-13, A Twisted Tale series (Coming in April!) The Ugly Stepsister Ling, Aya high fantasy, PG-13 Throne of Glass Maas, Sarah J high fantasy, PG-13, Throne of Glass series #1 Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Maguire, Gregory high fantasy, PG-13 Shadows on the Moon Marriott, Zoe high fantasy (Japanese-inspired), PG-16 Cinder Meyer, Marissa science fantasy/space opera, PG-13, The Lunar Chronicles #1 I’m Not Cinderella Montgomery, Tarrah portal fantasy + contemporary teen romance, PG-13, The Princess Chronicles #1, clean Cinder and Ella Oram, Kelly contemporary, PG-13, Cinder & Ellie #1 Happily Ever After Oram, Kelly contemporary, PG-16, Cinder & Ellie #2 Ashes of Roses Pope, Christine high fantasy, PG-16, The Latter Kingdoms #4 Geekerella Poston, Ashley contemporary fantasy, PG-13 The Blood Spell Redwine, CJ high fantasy, PG-13, Ravenspire #4 Dragon’s Maid Rogers, Kimberly A. high fantasy, PG-13, Love’s Enchanted Tales #9 Glimmers of Glass Savant, Emma contemporary fantasy, PG-13, Glimmers #1 Cinderella and the Colonel Shea, K.M. high fantasy, PG-13, Timeless Fairy Tales #3, clean Cinderella's Dress Slayton, Shonna historical fantasy (1940s), PG-13, Fairy-tale Inheritance #1 Cinderella's Shoes Slayton, Shonna historical fantasy (1940s), PG-13, Fairy-tale Inheritance #2 Cinderella's Legacy Slayton, Shonna historical fantasy (1940s), PG-13, Fairy-tale Inheritance novella Glass Roses Soderquist, Britain Kalai historical fiction (Victorian), PG-13 Cinder Ellie Stengl, J.M. contemporary fantasy, PG-13, Faraway Castle novella prequel, clean Ellie and the Prince Stengl, J.M. contemporary fantasy, PG-13, Faraway Castle #1, clean Princess of Midnight Tempest, Lucy high fantasy, PG-13, Fairytales of Folkshore #6 (Coming soon!) MIDDLE GRADE The Amaranth Enchantment Berry, Julie high fantasy, PG Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson high fantasy, PG, clean A Gown of Spider Silk Marshall, A.G. high fantasy, PG, Once Upon a Short Story #2, clean Bella at Midnight Stanley, Diane high fantasy, PG The Reluctant Godfather Tebo, Allison high fantasy, PG, Tales of Ambia #1, clean .