Stories Inspired by Other Fiction

Description
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
21,955 membres
417 critiques
3.8
10 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by The Mysteries of Udolpho.
2
La prisonnière des Sargasses
de Jean Rhys
8,587 membres
256 critiques
½ 3.5
9 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
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 Heures
de Michael Cunningham
12,741 membres
230 critiques
3.9
8 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
4
Sans parler du chien ou Comment nous retrouvâmes la potiche de l'évèque
de Connie Willis
6,788 membres
286 critiques
4.1
8 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by Three Men in a Boat. Also homage to Gaudy Night and The Moonstone.
5
Cold Comfort Farm
de Stella Gibbons
5,841 membres
228 critiques
4
8 Members
aulsmith, RidgewayGirl, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
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
L'Exploitation
de Jane Smiley
6,218 membres
136 critiques
½ 3.7
7 Members
dara85, cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: modern retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear
7
La solitude du docteur March
de Geraldine Brooks
6,753 membres
278 critiques
3.8
6 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, angekenn, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: companion to Little Women; tells the story of the father Mr. March
8
1984
de George Orwell
83,124 membres
1,286 critiques
4.2
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by We.
9
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
de Gregory Maguire
29,193 membres
653 critiques
½ 3.6
5 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, electrice, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: Inspired by The Wizard of Oz
10
L'Affaire Jane Eyre
de Jasper Fforde
15,719 membres
608 critiques
4
5 Members
cbl_tn, souloftherose, angekenn, kaystj, ManWithAnAgenda
11
Le journal de Bridget Jones
de Helen Fielding
16,998 membres
265 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, angekenn, kaystj
Explications
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
L'oeuvre de Dieu, la part du Diable
de John Irving
11,832 membres
158 critiques
4.1
4 Members
thorold, sturlington, perennialreader, angekenn
Explications
thorold: David Copperfield
13
Lavinia
de Ursula K. Le Guin
2,180 membres
94 critiques
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: Based on the Aeneid.
14
Ulysse
de James Joyce
24,434 membres
337 critiques
4
3 Members
aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by The Odyssey
15
Jurassic Park
de Michael Crichton
21,088 membres
320 critiques
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by The Lost World (Doyle).
16
Le treizième conte
de Diane Setterfield
17,261 membres
911 critiques
4
3 Members
sturlington, perennialreader, kara.shamy
Explications
sturlington: Jane Eyre
17
Salem
de Stephen King
16,545 membres
297 critiques
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by Dracula.
18
The Once and Future King
de T. H. White
15,505 membres
207 critiques
4.1
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: A rewrite of Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur
19
Les magiciens
de Lev Grossman
10,409 membres
672 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
aulsmith, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: Inspired by Harry Potter and the Narnia books.
20
La compagnie des loups
de Angela Carter
5,613 membres
150 critiques
4
3 Members
cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee
Explications
sturlington: Various fairy tales and folktales, Alice in wonderland
21
La solution finale
de Michael Chabon
3,721 membres
157 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, sturlington
Explications
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
Une saison à Longbourn: Traduit de l'anglais par Carole Hanna
de Jo Baker
2,754 membres
195 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
BookLizard, elkiedee, kaystj
Explications
BookLizard: The servants' view of the events in Pride and Prejudice.
23
Hag-Seed
de Margaret Atwood
2,282 membres
215 critiques
4
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
Explications
sturlington: The Tempest
24
Vinegar Girl
de Anne Tyler
1,733 membres
223 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee, kara.shamy
Explications
cbl_tn: Hogarth Shakespeare modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew.
25
Les griffes et les crocs
de Jo Walton
1,526 membres
96 critiques
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, souloftherose
Explications
aulsmith: Trollope's Framley Parsonage
26
La faille du temps
de Jeanette Winterson
902 membres
65 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
cbl_tn, sturlington, kara.shamy
Explications
cbl_tn: Hogarth Shakespeare retelling of The Winter's Tale.
27
The Historian
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,628 membres
758 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : Inspired by Dracula.
28
Trois Soeurcières
de Terry Pratchett
12,576 membres
190 critiques
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
merrystar: Macbeth
29
Les Annales du Disque-Monde, Tome 12 : Mécomptes de fées
de Terry Pratchett
10,247 membres
142 critiques
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
merrystar: elements of assorted stories with fairy godmothers
30
De la beauté
de Zadie Smith
9,432 membres
225 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: loosely based on Howards End; described by author as an "homage" to Forster's novel
31
Grendel
de John Gardner
6,104 membres
109 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by Beowulf
32
La mort s'invite à Pemberley
de P. D. James
5,040 membres
323 critiques
3
2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
Explications
cbl_tn: Pride and Prejudice
33
Magpie Murders
de Anthony Horowitz
3,963 membres
236 critiques
3.9
2 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Pastiche of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels
34
Zorro
de Isabel Allende
3,420 membres
115 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, perennialreader
Explications
aulsmith: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
35
Le secret d'Amon-Râ
de Elizabeth Peters
2,166 membres
49 critiques
3.9
2 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader
Explications
cbl_tn: Homage to H. Rider Haggard's novels.
36
Fire and Hemlock
de Diana Wynne Jones
2,160 membres
59 critiques
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
merrystar: Tam Lin
37
Tam Lin
de Pamela Dean
1,953 membres
73 critiques
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
38
Jack Maggs
de Peter Carey
1,774 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, cbl_tn
Explications
thorold: Great Expectations
39
Écarlate
de Hillary Jordan
1,659 membres
173 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: explores the same themes as The Scarlet Letter - religion, oppression, etc. - in a futuristic setting
40
After Alice
de Gregory Maguire
1,439 membres
69 critiques
2.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
Explications
sturlington: Alice in Wonderland
41
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
de Salman Rushdie
1,351 membres
68 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
Explications
sturlington: Arabian nights
42
Melmoth
de Sarah Perry
967 membres
69 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Melmoth the Wanderer
43
Mary Reilly
de Valerie Martin
801 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, kaystj
Explications
aulsmith: Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde from the maid's pov.
44
Bitter Greens
de Kate Forsyth
629 membres
44 critiques
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, kara.shamy
Explications
KimarieBee: inspired by Spells of Enchantment (Parslinette/Rapunzel)
45
Northanger Abbey
de Val McDermid
558 membres
33 critiques
3.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee
46
The Night Ocean
de Paul La Farge
428 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: "The Night Ocean" by H.P. Lovecraft
47
Alias Hook
de Lisa Jensen
241 membres
23 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Peter Pan
48
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan
de Jane Rubino
102 membres
12 critiques
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, kaystj
49
The Song of Achilles
de Madeline Miller
13,729 membres
517 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: The Iliad
50
Circe
de Madeline Miller
13,025 membres
477 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Greek myths, most prominently The Odyssey
51
L'Histoire d'Edgar Sawtelle
de David Wroblewski
8,598 membres
411 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: modern retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet
52
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
de Tom Stoppard
8,071 membres
91 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Hamlet
53
Terminus les étoiles
de Alfred Bester
6,343 membres
176 critiques
4
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.
54
Peter and the Starcatchers
de Dave Barry
6,173 membres
163 critiques
4
Member
cyderry
Explications
cyderry: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie - how Peter learned to fly
55
The Starless Sea
de Erin Morgenstern
5,209 membres
203 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
56
Revival
de Stephen King
4,491 membres
223 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Homage to Frankenstein
57
Un instant de plus ici-bas
de Alice Hoffman
3,156 membres
55 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Wuthering Heights
58
Lunar Park
de Bret Easton Ellis
3,025 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
Briar Rose
de Jane Yolen
2,866 membres
104 critiques
4
Member
cbl_tn
60
The King Must Die
de Mary Renault
2,707 membres
56 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Myth oif Theseus
61
Flashman
de George MacDonald Fraser
2,693 membres
66 critiques
4
Member
thorold
Explications
thorold: sequel to Tom Brown's Schooldays
62
Dans l'angle mort
de Chris Bohjalian
2,688 membres
172 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: related to The Great Gatsby
63
Vivants
de Isaac Marion
2,643 membres
252 critiques
3.8
Member
BookLizard
Explications
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
2,364 membres
59 critiques
4.1
Member
kaystj
Explications
kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
65
La Reine des Neiges
de Joan D. Vinge
2,345 membres
53 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: The fairy tale by the same name
66
Ash
de Malinda Lo
2,192 membres
184 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: GLBTQ retelling of Cinderella
67
Le clan Rhett Butler
de Donald McCaig
2,016 membres
72 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
Explications
dara85: Inspired by Gone With the Wind
68
Foe
de J. M. Coetzee
1,898 membres
41 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
69
The Wife Upstairs
de Rachel Hawkins
1,699 membres
80 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
Explications
dara85: Inspired by Jane Eyre
70
Beauty
de Sheri S. Tepper
1,628 membres
31 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Sleeping beauty
71
La ballade de Black Tom
de Victor LaValle
1,596 membres
85 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Retells the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Horror at Red Hook"
72
The Wild Things
de Dave Eggers
1,446 membres
59 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: Where the Wild Things Are
73
Royal Flash
de George MacDonald Fraser
1,424 membres
26 critiques
3.9
Member
thorold
Explications
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
1,395 membres
65 critiques
4
Member
KimarieBee
Explications
KimarieBee: inspired by Peter Pan
75
Banewreaker
de Jacqueline Carey
1,266 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: set in a world based on Tolkien's Middle-earth; shares plot points with The Lord of the Rings
76
L'habit rouge de Peter Pan
de Geraldine McCaughrean
1,221 membres
36 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: authorized sequel to Peter Pan
77
Crépuscule
de Michael Cunningham
1,178 membres
71 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Death in Venice
78
The Hollow Places
de T. Kingfisher
1,066 membres
67 critiques
4
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
79
The Twisted Ones
de T. Kingfisher
991 membres
52 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: The White People by Arthur Machen
80
A Spindle Splintered
de Alix E. Harrow
946 membres
67 critiques
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
81
Rebecca's Tale
de Sally Beauman
933 membres
34 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
Explications
dara85: Based on Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
82
Death Cloud
de Andrew Lane
852 membres
63 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
cbl_tn
83
Emma
de Alexander McCall Smith
837 membres
54 critiques
3.2
Member
cbl_tn
84
Tous les démons sont ici
de Craig Johnson
831 membres
55 critiques
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
Explications
cbl_tn: Dante's Inferno
85
Les profondeurs de la terre
de Robert Silverberg
722 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: A re-working of Heart of Darkness
86
Black Ships
de Jo Graham
701 membres
86 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by the Aeneid
87
Finding Dorothy
de Elizabeth Letts
687 membres
55 critiques
4.1
Member
dara85
Explications
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
Tempête d'une nuit d'été
de Poul Anderson
666 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
inge87
Explications
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
639 membres
22 critiques
3.8
Member
thorold
Explications
thorold: Completes Jane Austen's unfinished novel, Sanditon
90
Jane
de April Lindner
616 membres
69 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
kaystj
Explications
kaystj: contemporary Jane Eyre, with Rochester as an aging rock star
91
Le rêve du mouvement perpétuel
de Dexter Palmer
606 membres
42 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Inspired by The Tempest.
92
Carnival
de Elizabeth Bear
576 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Inspired by Joanna Russ's Whileaway stories.
93
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
de Kij Johnson
564 membres
39 critiques
4
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Lovecraft
94
Sense & Sensibility
de Joanna Trollope
557 membres
40 critiques
3.1
Member
cbl_tn
95
Jenna Starborn
de Sharon Shinn
546 membres
27 critiques
3.2
2 Members
merrystar, kaystj,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
kaystj: Jane Eyre in space
96
Les confessions de Dracula
de Fred Saberhagen
545 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
kaystj
Explications
kaystj: Retelling of Dracula from his point of view
97
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
de Bernie Su
479 membres
35 critiques
3.9
Member
cbl_tn
Explications
cbl_tn: Modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice
98
Ice
de Sarah Beth Durst
474 membres
39 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
kaystj
Explications
kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
99
Jane Slayre
de Sherri Browning Erwin
463 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
kaystj
Explications
kaystj: Jane Eyre with vampires
100
Gilgamesh
de Joan London
457 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explications
Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Gilgamesh, the epic poem