Every Rising Sun
By: Jamila Ahmed
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights , Shaherazade, at the center of her own story,…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Men and women before you have been betrayed. Men and women after you will be betrayed. But to be betrayed is not to be broken. And to be broken is not be become a killer."-Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun
"Men and women before you have been betrayed. Men and women after you will be betrayed. But to be betrayed is not to be broken. And to be broken is not be become a killer."-Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun
"Men and women before you have been betrayed. Men and women after you will be betrayed. But to be betrayed is not to be broken. And to be broken is not be become a killer."-Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun
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1. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
By: Shubnum Khan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
2. A Grandmother Begins the Story
By: Michelle Porter
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
3. 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
4. The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
4.01
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
5. 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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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
6. 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
- audiobook
"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
7. The General and Julia
By: Jon Clinch
3.82
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
8. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
4.25
Format: 486 pages, ebook
How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
9. All Our Yesterdays: A Novel of Lady Macbeth
By: Joel H. Morris
3.72
Format: 363 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and piercing debut, set ten years before the events of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, about th… read more
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- literary fiction
- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
10. Covenant, Vol. 1 (Covenant, #1)
By: LySandra Vuong
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Discover Lysandra Vuong's hit supernatural action Webtoon Covenant in print for the first time ever… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
11. Neferura
By: Malayna Evans
3.61
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
For readers of The Wolf Den and Kaikeyi comes the thrilling tale of the forgotten daughter of a leg… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"Perhaps you feel you've no choices, or perhaps you believe everything has been decided for you. But when it feels like you have no alternatives, you must create them. If you're creative enough, optio…"-Malayna Evans, Neferura
12. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
By: Rita Chang-Eppig
3.49
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
13. Maddalena and the Dark
By: Julia Fine
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. The Sea Elephants
By: Shastri Akella
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a you… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"He sat down on the porch, chuckling, and I wanted to be that sound in his throat, to be that decibel that corresponded so precisely to his pleasure."-Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
"Once upon a time, the gods took away the first ancestor of the sea elephants, coveting him for his exceptional beauty— tusks blue, body ivory. The trauma of that original separation haunts every sea …"-Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
"Time...is a rocking horse. When Krishna was a child, he pulled its ear, released it, and walked away, laughing. It creaked, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Noisy nonstop. We worship K…"-Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
15. Every Rising Sun
By: Jamila Ahmed
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights , Shaherazade, at the center of her own story,… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"Men and women before you have been betrayed. Men and women after you will be betrayed. But to be betrayed is not to be broken. And to be broken is not be become a killer."-Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun
16. Loot
By: Tania James
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century - a hero’s quest, a love story, the s… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"She is reading; he loves the lost expression on her face when she reads."-Tania James, Loot
17. Goddess of the River
By: Vaishnavi Patel
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
18. Masquerade
By: O.O. Sangoyomi
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
19. The Antiquity Affair
By: Lee Kelly
3.68
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
An archaeologist’s estranged daughters. 1907: The dawn of Egyptology is a time of imperialism an… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
20. Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
By: Emily H. Wilson
4.06
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
The fates of a young goddess, a warrior, and a mortal soldier collide in this enthralling and lyric… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"No one at all sees Death, No one at all sees the face of Death, No one at all hears the voice of Death, Death so savage, who hacks men down."-Emily H. Wilson, Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
21. Can't I Go Instead
By: Lee Geum-yi
3.98
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two women's lives and identities are intertwined—through World War II and the Korean War—revealing … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
