Circe
By: Madeline Miller
4.23
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe i…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Her only love was reason. And that has never been the same as wisdom."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it."-Madeline Miller, Circe
If you liked the retellings plot in Circe by Madeline Miller , here is a list of 8 books like this:
1. If We Were Villains
By: M.L. Rio
4.39
Format: 280 pages,
Enter the players. There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious future… read more
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- adult
- fiction
2. The Night Circus
By: Erin Morgenstern
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
3. The Secret History
By: Donna Tartt
4.17
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits a… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"It's a terrible thing, what we did,"-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"How quickly he fell; how soon it was over."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones I did not."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
4. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
By: Rebecca Ross
4.20
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths … read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
5. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
By: Rebecca Ross
4.05
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine … read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt."-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows hiding like jewels."-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
"You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have f…"-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
"In all my years I have discovered that the most precious of things are often taken for granted and that we tend to let time wheel forward at such a pace that we cannot catch every detail that makes t…"-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
6. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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- romance
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
7. Piranesi
By: Susanna Clarke
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls … read more
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- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By: Gabrielle Zevin
4.15
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative p… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Friendship,"-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"How I will miss the horses."-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"You try again. You fail better."-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"There are no ghosts, but up here"-Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
9. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
10. A Thousand Ships
By: Natalie Haynes
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their tu… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"If he tells me to sing one more time, I think I might bite him."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"An artist constantly risks falling fully into chaos, instead of transforming it."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"Because really, how many cannibalistic giants can one Greek plausibly meet as he sails the open seas?"-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"We are all human. That means there is something about our experience that is the same. Otherwise, we would not all be human."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
11. The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
By: Pat Barker
3.90
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, which conti… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"Achilles shook him. "Just come back."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
"Grief's only ever as deep as the love it's replaced."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
"Sometimes at night I lie awake and quarrel with the voices in my head."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
"Ik zal nooit vergeten dat zij voor me huilde toen ik dat zelf niet kon."-Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
12. 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
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"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
13. Babel
By: R.F. Kuang
4.18
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
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
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"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. 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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- romance
- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"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
16. The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
By: R.F. Kuang
4.17
Format: 545 pages, ebook
An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century an… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
17. Circe
By: Madeline Miller
4.23
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe i… read more
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- romance
- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"Her only love was reason. And that has never been the same as wisdom."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it."-Madeline Miller, Circe
"He liked such sharpness, for there was nothing in him that had any blood you might spill."-Madeline Miller, Circe
18. 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
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"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
19. 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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- romance
- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"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
20. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
By: Victoria Schwab
4.18
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever an… read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Dine with me,"-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"The vexing thing about time,"-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"There is a defiance in being a dreamer"-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"It is sad to forget. But it's a lonely thing to be forgotten."-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
21. The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
By: T.J. Klune
4.40
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I may have lost my mind," he told her. "Isn't it wonderful?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"I don't know why you can't see it." "See what?" "You. Everything you are."-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"I'm not depressed!' she looked him up and down. 'You aren't? Why on earth not?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
"And he should be found at fault for existing? What choice did he have in the matter?"-T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
