Books like Reawakened by Odette Beane

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A young bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

In *The Wishing Spell*, twin siblings are transported to a world where classic fairy‑tale characters live in unexpected roles—a warrior Red Riding Hood, a hidden Frog Prince, and a pregnant Snow White ruler—while they must navigate perilous lands to reach Snow White’s castle.

A whimsical collection of short stories where characters slip between tales, wandering through lost libraries, locked gardens, and a city of stopped clocks, all bound together by Helen Oyeyemi’s intricate prose and imaginative worldbuilding.

A charming, full‑color picture book where beloved fairy‑tale and Mother Goose characters hand‑write letters to one another, inviting readers to pull out and read the playful correspondence.

Annie is tasked with finding a spell to help her sister wake up from a 100-year curse, but things get complicated when the beloved prince she hopes to save is stuck in the body of a bear.

A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #2)

An enchanting tale of magic, betrayal, and the power of friendship, as Rapunzel races against time to save her long-haired younger sister and break a curse that has been passed down through generations.

A fantasy tale following King Merriwig as he marries Countess Belvane, giving Princess Hyacinth a mother.

Ever After High follows a group of friends navigating school life in a world inspired by classic fairy tales.

Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre set in early 19th-century London, where a woman traumatized by her aunt and a cruel schoolmaster turns to vengeance and becomes a governess amid dark secrets and a possible serial killer.

A collection of short stories by Tobias Wolff that explore fathers‑to‑sons, mothers‑to‑sons, and first loves, painting American life with simple, evocative scenes that capture the quiet weight of growing up.

A playful retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin tale, featuring a cunning small creature who bargained with a simple country girl, mixing folk humor, deception and a fresh twist on the classic fairy story.

These 17 stories explore spiritual growth from a variety of approaches. Just vaguely science fiction, a bit social fantasy, these allegorical tales from the 1980s anticipate our fascination with digital reality and ask us to look deeper. What are we really seeking in relationships? How far from our comfort-zone will we stretch? What does it mean to be a disciple of a Higher Calling? What is our purpose in life? And how are we dealing with the obstacles that keep us from realizing it? dan menkin is a retired bodywork practitioner and inner peace counselor, author of Transformation Through Bodywork and Transformation Through Bodywork Continued, both available as pdf downloads from this site and as Kindle editions from Amazon. Having lived in the Indian Himalaya for six years, he returned to the U.S. in 2014. He practices yoga and meditation in the woods near Boston.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a heartwarming, inspirational book to help readers understand their lives as one continuous, never-ending story, part of a grand narrative that God is writing day by day. God has a story for your life... With chapters that cover the importance of literary elements such as characters, setting, backstory, and conflict, Debbie Macomber uses the structure of a story to illustrate God’s hand in our lives. Each chapter has a storytelling prompt—a searching question that will help frame our story—and a sidebar that pulls an idea out of the chapter and expands it with practical tips. Once Upon a Time shares Debbie’s love of story and helps showcase the big picture of the story God is writing through us.

Free-verse retells well-known fairy tales with modern twists, revealing true stories behind each tale.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

A collection of seventy folk and fairy tales from ancient as well as modern times gathered from many countries and cultures

Set in 1850, Amy flees Irish fairy‑tales for pragmatic life in London, where a chance encounter in a ballroom sparks an unexpected romance.

Three sisters—Storm, Aurora, and baby Any—escape a menacing hunter and his wolves into the woods, using Storm’s magical pipe to navigate peril and fight for their survival and the realm’s future.