Books like Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
12 books with a reading profile close to Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Book of Tomorrow
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
After her father dies and her family is ruined, sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin, once spoiled and wealthy, is sent with her mother to live in a country house in Ireland with her uncle and aunt, who are strange and remot…
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The Sugar Queen
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Josey Whitaker, inheriting her grandmother's legendary bakery, discovers that many of her family's recipes are infused with a magical element tied to emotions.
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3
Spinning Silver
by Naomi Novik
romance, narrative
Miryem is a moneylender’s daughter in a frozen village who gains a reputation for turning silver into gold.
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
In the Victorian village of Wall, a young man named Tristran Thorn crosses a forbidden stone barrier into the magical realm of Faerie to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved.
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Making Faces
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Set in a small town in Pennsylvania, the story follows Fern Taylor, a quiet girl who grows up in the shadow of Ambrose Young, the local wrestling star.
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Boy Meets Boy
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Paul Ames lives in a fictional town where being gay is unremarkable, the high school homecoming queen is a star quarterback named Infinite Darlene, and the Boy Scouts are inclusive.
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Georgie, All Along
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Georgie Mulcahy returns to her Virginia hometown after her professional life in Los Angeles collapses.
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The Peach Keeper
Also clear-cut · romance, accessible
The Peach Keeper tells the story of Willa, whose life is intertwined with a magical peach tree in her family's orchard and the legacy of her grandmother, the Peach Keeper.
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The Henna Wars
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Nishat is a teenage girl living in Dublin who decides to come out to her Bengali parents, only to be met with a silent refusal to acknowledge her identity.
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Summer of '69
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
The narrative follows the Foley and Levin families during a summer of significant social upheaval on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
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The Girl He Used to Know
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Annika Rose, a quiet, brilliant student with undiagnosed autism, meets Wes Winters at the University of Illinois chess club in the early 1990s.
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The Identicals
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Harper and Tabitha Frost are identical twins who grew up in a divided family, and they have not spoken in years.
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