Booksbuzzfeedbookclub26 Books That Give Iconic Literary Characters A Different StoryIt is a truth universally acknowledged that people love a fresh spin on a classic.By by Shyla WatsonBuzzFeed StaffPosted on June 26, 2020, 12:16 amTwitterFacebookLink Last month, we asked BuzzFeed Book Club members to share their favorite retellings of classic novels, in honor of our June selection, Anna K by Jenny Lee. Here are the books that got the most love: 1. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach 2. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 3. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer 4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith 5. Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 6. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld 7. Sansei and Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita 8. Pride by Ibi Zoboi 9. The Hours by Michael Cunningham 10. Telling Tales by Patience Agbabi 11. Cress by Marissa Meyer 12. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum 13. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 14. On Beauty by Zadie Smith 15. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 16. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan 17. Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra 18. If I’m Being Honest by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka 19. Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye 20. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian 21. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman 22. Ophelia by Lisa Klein 23. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev 24. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson 25. By the Book by Julia Sonneborn 26. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood Do you have a favorite retelling that's not on this list? Tell us in the comments! Topics in this articleBooksCharacters