Sistersong
By: Lucy Holland
3.97
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
My sister’s heart broke on the river—and the river took it and bore it away. In the ancient king…
Want to Read $ 4.99"The only names that matter are the ones we take for ourselves."-Lucy Holland, Sistersong
"Remember. This is your story, no matter what history will claim or what songs people sing. And it’s no one’s place to stop you from telling it."-Lucy Holland, Sistersong
If you liked the retellings plot in Sistersong by Lucy Holland , here is a list of 23 books like this:
1. The Children of Jocasta
By: Natalie Haynes
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents... Jocasta is just… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
2. Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
By: Hannah Kaner
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enj… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
"But gods love martyrs."-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"Gods love martyrs. - Kissen"-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"Kissen decided to be more proud than afraid."-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"I want you to do this with me, not for me. - Arren"-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
3. The Dance Tree
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- queer
4. Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)
By: Sophie Keetch
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"My name is Morgan. And there aren't enough words for all that I am."-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)
"Do not apologize, Lady Morgan. Your decorum leaves a little to be desired, but never have I been able to fault your work. Never apologize for seeking further wisdom, or for being remarkable."-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)
5. The Witch's Heart
By: Genevieve Gornichec
4.05
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the g… read more
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- retellings
- lgbt
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"I can’t believe,"-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
"We're odd. She's odd. She fits right in, does she not?"-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
"They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,"-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
"My heart is so much more than it once was, even if it now beats outside my chest."-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart
6. Herc
By: Phoenicia Rogerson
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favouri… read more
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- retellings
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
7. Medea
By: Eilish Quin
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
8. Stone Blind
By: Natalie Haynes
3.82
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
A fresh take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee y… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"Then look."-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind
"The sea gods keep their secrets deep; they always have."-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind
"There is one question that devours me still. Why didn’t I close my eyes?"-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind
"And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone cannot be saved."-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind
9. Dark Earth
By: Rebecca Stott
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The year is 500 AD. Sisters Isla and Blue live in the shadows of the Ghost City, the abandoned ruin… read more
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- historical fantasy
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
10. The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)
By: Elodie Harper
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy Amara's journe… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
11. The Weaver and the Witch Queen
By: Genevieve Gornichec
3.88
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
The lives of two women—one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to… read more
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- historical fantasy
- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
12. Lilith
By: Nikki Marmery
3.61
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North, Lilith is the story of the first woman, who w… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"For women everywhere. Be your own gods. Your Mother commands it."-Nikki Marmery, Lilith
"In time we came to the point that most closely concerned [the women]: that all life is precious, but Creation is a power to be used sparingly, not relentlessly, without care or concern for their heal…"-Nikki Marmery, Lilith
13. House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2)
By: Claire North
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
House of Odysseus is the follow up to award-winning author Claire North's Ithaca "a powerful, fresh… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
14. Elektra
By: Jennifer Saint
3.68
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeanc… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"I had not dreamed I would bring my children into a world that could drain their blood in the light of dawn before they’d had a chance to live at all."-Jennifer Saint, Elektra
"Nothing brought them more joy than the fall of a lovely woman. They picked over her reputation like vultures, scavenging for every scrap of flesh they could devour."-Jennifer Saint, Elektra
"The wine tasted like dirt to me. I could shriek out my warnings, claw at my flesh, hurl my goblet right into Paris' face, but they would still carry on as though I did not exist."-Jennifer Saint, Elektra
"Let him come back so that I can see his eyes as the light drains from them. Let him come back and die at the hands of his bitterest enemy. Let him come back so that I can watch him suffer. And let me…"-Jennifer Saint, Elektra
15. Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
By: Claire North
3.70
Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition
Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting a… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"...for it is the poet’s art to make every ear that hears the ancient songs think they have been sung for them alone, the old made new."-Claire North, Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
16. Kaikeyi
By: Vaishnavi Patel
4.19
Format: 478 pages, Hardcover
“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good … read more
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- retellings
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good."-Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi
17. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
By: Natalie Haynes
4.05
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in thi… read more
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- historical
- retellings
- adult
- mythology
"The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists designing my computer. And some of them must want to re…"-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
"According to Hesiod's Theogony , Rhea gives birth to the following children in this order: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos swallows each of the first five deities, and Rhea i…"-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
18. Sistersong
By: Lucy Holland
3.97
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
My sister’s heart broke on the river—and the river took it and bore it away. In the ancient king… read more
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- historical fantasy
- retellings
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
"The only names that matter are the ones we take for ourselves."-Lucy Holland, Sistersong
"Remember. This is your story, no matter what history will claim or what songs people sing. And it’s no one’s place to stop you from telling it."-Lucy Holland, Sistersong
19. The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)
By: Elodie Harper
4.22
Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition
The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glittering, yet precarious... Amara has escaped her life as … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
20. Atalanta
By: Jennifer Saint
3.78
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne , a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"I made a bargain with him: if he let me have the mountains and my girls, then I'd keep out of Hera's way. But the main thing I wanted was to live untouched by men. I wasn't going to find myself in my…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"I missed the spread of the sky above me. Sometimes as I lay awake, I yearned so powerfully for freedom; for the dark silhouette of the Argo, blotting out the stars behind it; the promise of another j…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"Standing in the shadows, gathering my resolve. I'd been among too many people, living according to their rules for too long. It was clouding my vision, gnawing away at my confidence and certainty, ma…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"I despised my father, of course I did. The thought of presenting myself to him, of him thinking that my deeds could reflect on him was repulsive, that he thought what I would do would be a substitute…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
21. Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
By: Hannah Kaner
3.94
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fan… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- queer
"Some things are done out of love."-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"Knowledge can bring pain in place of ignorance, terror in place of hope' - Telle"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"Some truths are too bright to look at directly, that is why they couch them in paper.' - Scian"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"If we commit to violence, when will it stop?’ ‘If we do not,’ countered Elo, ‘will anything change?’ - Elogast"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
22. Phaedra
By: Laura Shepperson
3.32
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding … read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
23. The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song #1)
By: Shauna Lawless
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a gripping new historical fantasy series that intertwines Irish mythology with real-li… read more
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- historical fantasy
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
24. Clytemnestra
By: Costanza Casati
4.25
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious vi… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"She will bow to no one. Her destiny will be what she wants it to be."-Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
"It is unwise to let a man who isn't king sit on a throne for too long."-Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
"As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her better. Let her be hated forever."-Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
25. Ariadne
By: Jennifer Saint
3.80
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listeni… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"the world was on fire, and theseus was a shaded green pool."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"We might only have a mortal lifetime, but it will belong to us and no one else."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"We might only have a mortal lifetime, but it will belong to us, and no one else."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"My mother's private constellation of shame intermingled with love and despair no longer."-Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
26. The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
By: Elodie Harper
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcom… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"Amara looks at Dido, at the joy on her face, and realises there is nobody she loves more. Warmth spreads through her. She has never had a friend like Dido. She is the light in the darkness of her lif…"-Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
"Amara thinks of her time as a slave in Chremes' household. It does not cheer her up to see parallels between her past and that of the destitute old woman beside her. "You didn't start life as a slave…"-Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
27. Hera
By: Jennifer Saint
3.75
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helped her brother Zeus to overthr… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"She has been alone for a very long time."-Jennifer Saint, Hera
"All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all."-Jennifer Saint, Hera
"But as he looms over her, blocking out the sky, it seems that he is everything in the world, that he is bigger than that sky. He is too immense and too strong. There is nothing that Hera, the warrior…"-Jennifer Saint, Hera
"She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without her. She can slip away from the tethers of wh…"-Jennifer Saint, Hera
28. Medea
By: Rosie Hewlett
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned … read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"I hate him for infecting me with this love I have carried for so long – I wish I could remove it, sever it from me like an infected limb."-Rosie Hewlett, Medea
29. Dreams of Fire (Gael Song, #0.5)
By: Shauna Lawless
4.58
Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition
The immortals of Ireland renew their ancient warfare as the new generations come to terms with thei… read more
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- historical fantasy
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
30. Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2)
By: Sophie Keetch
4.46
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
Lady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep thei… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
31. Daughter of Winter and Twilight (Queen of Coin and Whispers, #2)
By: Helen Corcoran
3.94
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
’Magic was dormant — never dead’ To some, Emri – the adopted heir and daughter of two queens – i… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
