From feminist reimaginings to futuristic nightmares, these stories prove the monster isn’t the only thing reborn.
The monster lives, and he’s found new hosts.
Two hundred years after Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein first stitched fear and philosophy together, her creature still prowls through our imaginations. Every few years, another author exhumes the myth, shocking it with new life. Sometimes the monster is a metaphor for grief, sometimes for science, and sometimes for society itself.
That’s the beauty of Frankenstein: it’s never really about lightning bolts and lab coats. It’s about what happens when human obsession meets divine ambition, and when creation looks back at its creator.
These Frankenstein retellings capture that timeless tension. Some reimagine Victor Frankenstein as a woman. Others drag his experiments into dystopian futures or reframe them through cultural mythology. Each one pulses with the same mix of dread and wonder that Shelley sparked centuries ago.
The Best Frankenstein Retellings to Add to Your TBR
Whether you crave gothic unease, feminist rage, or darkly speculative reinvention, these books prove Shelley’s monster is still very much alive and sometimes, uncomfortably familiar.
