Spinoffs of the Classics

Explore the best spinoffs of classic books—fresh retellings, sequels, and reimaginings of timeless literary masterpieces. Discover new twists on beloved stories!

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March

by Geraldine Brooks

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize--a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord. From Louisa …
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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

In New England during the Civil War, four sisters experience joys and hardships together.
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Grendel

by John Gardner

This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of …
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Beowulf

by Seamus Heaney

Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of …
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Finn

by Jon Clinch

In this masterful debut by a major new voice in fiction, Jon Clinch takes us on a journey into the history and heart of one …
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Twain's language, allusions, and deliberate misstatements …
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eve view of …
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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and …