This is part of a series on fairy tale retellings I’m putting together. The other posts in the series (so far) include:

Fairy Tale Retellings: Cinderella
Fairy Tale Retellings; Beauty & the Beast
Cyrano de Bergerac Retellings in Books and Film

I adore Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll in all its many forms. While this isn’t a traditional fairy tale, I feel like it serves as a base storyline for some really great retellings just like many of my favorite fairy tales. Like my other Fairy Tale posts, I’m going to divide these by genres. Watch for part 2 next week for some of my favorite movie/TV adaptations!

I don’t know what it is about Alice, but retellings seem to go either to a very dark place (zombies!) or erotica/reverse harem. I don’t write the stories, I only find them for you. /shrug

Romance

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• Blame it on the Duke by Lenora Bell (Historical Romance)
• Her Mad Hatter by Marie Hall (Paranormal romance, Series: Kingdom)
• Mad About the Hatter by Dakota Chase
• The Mad King by Jovee Winters (Paranormal romance, Series: The Dark Kings)
• Death of the Mad Hatter by Sarah J. Pepper
• Alice’s Adventures in Underland by C.M. Stunich (Series: Harem of Hearts)
• Wicked Wonderland by Eva Chase (Reverse harem, Series: The Looking-Glass Curse)
• War of Hearts by Stefanie Marie (Reverse harem, Series: Her Wonderland Kings)
• Into the Madness by A.K. Koontz (Reverse harem, Series: Villainous Wonderland)

Fantasy

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• Splintered by A.G. Howard (Series: Splintered)
• Heartless by Marissa Meyer
• Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes (Series: Queen of Hearts Saga)
• Hatter by Daniel Coleman (Series: Knights of Wonderland)
• After Alice by Gregory Maguire
• Unbirthday by Liz Braswell
• Ever Alice by H.J. Ramsay
• Return to Wonderland by Tanya Lisle (Series: Looking Glass Saga)

Urban Fantasy

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• Insanity by Cameron Jace (Series: Insanity)
• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (Series: The Nightmare Verse)

Dark Fantasy/Horror

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• Mad as a Hatter by Kenda Moreno (Horror romance, Series: Sons of Wonderland)
• Alice by Christina Henry (Series: Chronicles of Alice)
• Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (Series: White Rabbit Chronicles)
• Lost in Wonderland by Nicky Peacock (Series: The Twisted and the Brave)
• Alice in Zombieland by Nickolas Hook, Lewis Carroll
• Alice in Deadland by Mainak Dhar
• Alice by J.M. Sullivan (The Wanderland Chronicles)
• WonderLand by Miranda Renae

Steampunk

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• Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak (Series: Steampunk Fairy Tales)
• The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Series: The Looking Glass Wars)
• Gears of Wonderland by Jason G. Anderson

Contemporary Fiction

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• Wonderland by Juno Dawson (Series: London Trilogy)
• Heartshire High by Charlotte Leonetti

Short Stories/Anthologies/Poetry

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• Beware the Little White Rabbit
• Mad Hatters and March Hares edited by Ellen Datlow
• Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland by J.T. Holden
• Falling For Alice
• Fantastic Alice edited by Margaret Weis

Comics and Graphic Novels

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• Alice in Murderland by Kaori Yuki
• Miyuki-chan in Wonderland by CLAMP
• Alice in the Country of Hearts by QuinRose, Soumei Hoshino (and then there seem to be a bunch of spin-offs…)
• Are You Alice? by Ikumi Katagiri and Ai Ninomiya

“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

What do you think? Did I capture YOUR favorite Alice retelling? Do you have another favorite you love? Tell me about it in the comments!