18 best-selling retellings books like Medea by Rosie Hewlett

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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 …

"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

"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

"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

If you liked the retellings plot in Medea by Rosie Hewlett , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Phoenicia Rogerson's Herc book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3) by Elodie Harper

2. 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

Similar categories in Elodie Harper's The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3) book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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3. 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

Similar categories in Claire North's House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2) book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
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4. Song of the Huntress

By: Lucy Holland

3.76

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, fem… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Holland's Song of the Huntress book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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5. 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

Similar categories in Natalie Haynes's Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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

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6. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Atalanta book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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

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7. 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

Similar categories in Costanza Casati's Clytemnestra book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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

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8. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Hera book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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

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9. Orphia and Eurydicius

By: Elyse John

3.54

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Their love transcends every boundary. Can it cheat death? Orphia dreams of something more than … read more

Similar categories in Elyse John's Orphia and Eurydicius book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"When Poseidon pinned her To the temple stones, her voice Flared like pyre-wood, Faded like smoke. ‘As Perseus bore down upon her She bestrode the pitted ground; The snakes that writhed from her head …"

-Elyse John, Orphia and Eurydicius

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10. Saltblood

By: Francesca De Tores

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more

Similar categories in Francesca De Tores's Saltblood book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. 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

Similar categories in Rosie Hewlett's Medea book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
"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

Cover of The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman

12. The Shadow Key

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or… read more

Similar categories in Susan Stokes-Chapman's The Shadow Key book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3) by Claire North

13. The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3)

By: Claire North

4.38

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire Nor… read more

Similar categories in Claire North's The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3) book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
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14. The End Crowns All

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, g… read more

Similar categories in Bea Fitzgerald's The End Crowns All book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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15. The King's Witches

By: Kate Foster

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The King's Witches book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Fates: A spellbindingly original mythical retelling for 2024 by Rosie Garland

16. The Fates: A spellbindingly original mythical retelling for 2024

By: Rosie Garland

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

You've heard the legends, now hear their truth . . . Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fat… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Garland's The Fates: A spellbindingly original mythical retelling for 2024 book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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17. 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

Similar categories in Sophie Keetch's Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2) book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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18. Babylonia

By: Costanza Casati

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient h… read more

Similar categories in Costanza Casati's Babylonia book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

19. The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

By: Pat Barker

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow-up to Pat Barker's Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY Continuing the story of th… read more

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
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20. The Heir of Venus

By: Laura Shepperson

3.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

To the world he's a legend. To her he's a liar . Lavinia never asked to be fought over. But now… read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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21. Gentlest of Wild Things

By: Sarah Underwood

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than Desire―love itself, bottled and sold to t… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Underwood's Gentlest of Wild Things book and Rosie Hewlett's Medea

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology

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3.53

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4.39

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Claire North

4.19

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Lucy Holland

3.76

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Katharine Beutner

3.92

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