What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Disney Princess

Ariel (The Little Mermaid): Of Poseidon (Syrena Legacy Series #1), by Anna Banks
Fans of everyone’s favorite redheaded mermaid will love Anna Banks’ beautiful debut novel, about merfolk known as Syrena. After Galen, prince of the Syrena, witnesses 18-year-old high schooler Emma yelling at a shark during its fatal attack on her friend—and sees the shark actually listen—he realizes she’s one of them. Emma has the gift of Poseidon, the ability to communicate with fish, and Galen has been sent to find her. But, Galen wonders, if she’s really a mermaid, what is she doing on land? There’s lots of teen angst, romance, humor, and mystery in Of Poseidon as both Galen and Emma search for their place in the world—whether it’s on land or in the sea.

Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs): Stitching Snow, by R.C. Lewis
Stitching Snow offers up a dystopian take on the classic Snow White story with a hefty dose of futuristic technology. In what could well have been titled Snow White and the Seven Drones, Essie doesn’t resemble a typical Disney princess—she’s surly and enjoys coding and cage fighting. And initially she’s a rescuer rather than a damsel in distress, after she attempts to save a crash-landed stranger named Dane. But once he realizes Essie is a princess who escaped from her wicked stepmother as a child, he kidnaps her to take back to his own planet, intending to use her as ransom to free his imprisoned father. Amazing world building and strong characters make this a stellar read.

Cinderella (Cinderella): Cinder (Lunar Chronicles Series #1), by Marissa Meyer
Cinder is another tale that tells a classic story with a dystopian twist—but this time, our leading lady is a cyborg. Yes, combine Cinderella and The Terminator, and add a dash of Star Wars, and you’ve got Cinder. Rather than having a knack for cleaning and talking to birds and mice, Cinder is a talented mechanic who has been living with her adopted mother and two stepsisters in New Beijing. Cinder’s world is turned upside down by the outbreak of a plague that afflicts Cinder’s sister, but to which Cinder is immune. For all the futuristic additions, the story still includes a handsome prince and even a palace ball. Cinder is a fast-paced and imaginative story for any glass slipper covetor.

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty): The Healer’s Apprentice, by Melanie Dickerson
Dickerson’s story set in 1386 in the fictional German town of Hagenheim is loosely based on Sleeping Beauty but stands up well in its own right. Seventeen-year-old Rose has been appointed as a healer’s apprentice at Hagenheim Castle. As a simple woodcutter’s daughter, she knows it’s her big chance to escape the arranged marriage her mother has planned for her, and she’s determined to prove herself. After Lord Hamlin is injured, Rose must tend to him, and the two fall in love—but he’s already supposed to marry someone else. Ugh. Can the power of true love prevail?

Belle (Beauty and the Beast): Cruel Beauty, by Rosamund Hodge
In Cruel Beauty, Hodge puts a new spin on Beauty and the Beast and combines it with a bit of Greek mythology. Seventeen-year-old Nyx has always known her fate: Her father promised her hand in marriage to the demonic Great Lord Ignifex before she was even born. After marrying him, she will then kill the evil ruler and free her kingdom. But upon arriving at Ignifex’s castle, Nyx discovers he’s not the monster she thought he was, and she can’t deny her attraction to him. Can Nyx find a way to save her kingdom without killing Ignifex? Readers will love the banter between the two and the development of their complex relationship in this well-crafted romantic fantasy.

Jasmine (Aladdin): The Wrath and the Dawn, by Renée Ahdieh
Based on the collection of folktales One Thousand and One Nights—of which Aladdin is one—The Wrath and the Dawn tells the story of 16-year-old Shahrzad, who may have written her own death sentence. In hopes of avenging her best friend’s death, she has volunteered to marry 18-year-old Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan, who weds a new woman each night and has her executed the next morning. After marrying him, she tells him a cliffhanger story to persuade him to allow her to live another day to finish it. Day after day this continues, all while she’s plotting his murder—and possibly falling in love with him.

Tiana (The Princess and the Frog): Enchanted, by Alethea Kontis
In this super-fun mashup of a bunch of different fairy tales, The Frog Prince a prominent one among them, Sunday Woodcutter is the seventh of seven daughters and the youngest of 10 children in all. Each of the siblings has a special talent, and Sunday’s is telling powerful stories that come true. One day, Sunday befriends a magical talking frog, as one does, and eventually the friendship turns into something more. Sunday kisses him goodbye one evening, and, unbeknownst to her, he is transformed back into his human form as Crown Prince Rumbold—the same man the Woodcutters believe is responsible for the death of their eldest son. Enchanted is a fanciful story full of twists and turns that will entertain Tiana’s biggest fans.

Anna and Elsa (Frozen): Frozen (Heart of Dread Series #1), by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
We know, we know: Anna and Elsa are two very different young women, but we think Melissa de la Cruz’s and Michael Johnston’s sci-fi/fantasy book Frozen will satisfy fans of both of these royal sisters. Sixteen-year-old blackjack dealer Nat Kestal lives in the frosty city of New Vegas, an ice-covered playground for pleasure seekers—but don’t expect to find any cheerfully singing snowmen around here. In this dystopian future, a new ice age has taken hold, the oceans have risen, and pollution abounds. There’s a dark magic lurking in the Remaining States of America, and Nat wants out. She has heard of a hidden place called the Blue filled with sunshine and clean water, and her only chance at making the dangerous passage is with the help of mercenary Ryan Wesson and his crew. But they’ll still have to beware the frozen heeeeaaaart (kidding).