Beauty and the Beast is one of the most well known fairy tales ever–and, let’s be real, the Disney animated movie is pretty much perfection!
My fairy tale retelling of Beauty and the Beast is Book #1 in the Timeless Fairy Tales series, and one of my other books, Curse of Magic, will give you Angelique’s side of the story!
So let’s take a look at some of the Beauty and the Beast retellings I’ve read, AND more books the Facebook Champions recommended.
Some of my top favorite Beauty and the Beast retellings are….
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
And of course, there is my retelling, Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea (Haha, surprise!)
Here’s a “couple” more my Champions recommended on Facebook, but while I have read some, I haven’t read them all. (Or even most of them–and now I have massive fairy tale To Be Read stack, haha!) Brace yourself because they had a LOT of suggestions!
Note that I didn’t include any books that were labeled as definitely not clean so if you’re looking for even more suggestions you can check out the comments on the Facebook post.
Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier
Shadow and Thorn – Kenley Davidson
Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James
Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
The Unbreakable Curse by Jenna Thatcher
Beauty and the Beast and the Enchantress by Finley Aaron
The Rose and the Mask by Victoria Leybourne
The Beauty’s Beast by E.D. Walker
Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly
The Enchanted Rose by R.M. ArceJaeger
Stolen Enchantress by Amber Argyle
Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Ellison
The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson
The Subtle Beauty by Ann Hunter
Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen
Her Beast of a Billionaire Boss by Lucy McConnell
Beauty and the Baron-Joanna Barker
Finding Beauty in the Beast-Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
Beauty and Beastly – Melanie Karsak
The Beast of Talesend by Kyle Robert Shultz
Whew, and that’s all that we have so far! Have you tried these? Do you know of more? If you have a suggestion that isn’t on the list (and is clean) then give it a shout out in the comments and either I or one of my lovely assistants will add it to the list. Now, Champions, go forth and enjoy good books!
One more:
– Finding Beauty in the Beast by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
– Eye of the Beholder by Elizabeth Darcy (Nicole Ciacchella)
– Chaotic Beauty by Nicole Ciacchella
– Beauty and the Beast by Rebecca Hammond Yager
– Subtle Beauty by Ann Hunter
– The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
– Belle Lied by S. R. Nulton
– Beauty and the Beast by Sarah Winter
– Hunted by Meagan Spooner
I’ve read quite a few, and I will be checking out some from your list that I was unaware of.
Beast Charming by Jenniffer Wardell is one of my favorites. It’s full of witty, sarcastic dialog and her world building is excellent.
I loved Shadow and Thorn by Kenley Davidson. I found her and Kitty at the same time and she is one of my three second favorite authors. (Kitty is first, of couse.) 😉
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Which fairy tale has the most spin-offs?
I’d say Cinderella with The Beauty and the Beast second.
Love uprooted
This is a pretty good list, but don’t forget about Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey! It’s pretty fun!
Scales by Alydia Rackham
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
And yes The Beast and Beauty by Aya Ling is clean
I think Scarlet might be Little Red Riding Hood?
you are right! Scarlet is Little Red Riding Hood, I dunno why i thought Beauty & the Beast
I’ve read many of those and am going to check out some others. I’ve re-read all of your fairy tale books to remind myself of what happened so when I read Angelique’s stories I can picture the whole thing. Kim
Ah, B&B retellings are wonderful! I especially love Melanie Cellier, Melanie Dickerson, and Kaylin Lee fairytales!
I’ve heard great things about Kyle Robert Shultz, Melanie Karsak, and Jody Hedlund too.
Also, you could add Hunted by Meagan Spooner and Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey! And Lea Doue’s next fairytale is The Moonflower Dance, which comes out this year.
Jody Hedlund is on of my favorite authors. I read some of the stories you mentioned and could recommend them myself.
Please add “ Radiance” by Grace Darven to the list of Beauty and the Beast books. Thank you
There is a beauty and the beast retelling by Aya ling too. It’s called “The Beast and the Beauty”.
Though I am not really sure if it is clean. I haven’t read it yet.
I’ve read an ARC of it! It’s clean.