9 must-read mythology books like Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome by Philip Matyszak

Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

By: Philip Matyszak

4.02

Format: 208 pages, ebook

In the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit a…

If you liked the mythology plot in Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome by Philip Matyszak , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Sarah Ruden

1. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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  • classics
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

Cover of The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton

2. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present

By: Ronald Hutton

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Hutton's The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present book and Philip Matyszak's Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • magic
Cover of Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin, Eric Beddows

3. Changing Planes

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Eric Beddows

5.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sita Dulip has missed her flight. But instead of listening to garbled announcements in the airport,… read more

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4. Bulfinch's Mythology

By: Thomas Bulfinch

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of… read more

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5. Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection

By: Junji Ito

4.23

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

FRESH NIGHTMARES BROUGHT TO YOU BY HORROR MASTER JUNJI ITO. Countless tombstones stand in rows, … read more

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Cover of The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3) by Elodie Harper

6. 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 Philip Matyszak's Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

  • adult
  • mythology
Cover of House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2) by Claire North

7. 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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  • adult
  • mythology
Cover of Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

8. 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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  • classics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • 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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9. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

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  • adult
  • magic
"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

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10. 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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  • adult
  • 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

Cover of Dead or Alive (Skulduggery Pleasant, #14) by Derek Landy

11. Dead or Alive (Skulduggery Pleasant, #14)

By: Derek Landy

4.38

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Skulduggery, Valkyrie and Omen return in the 14th and penultimate novel in the internationally best… read more

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  • magic
Cover of Seasons of War (Skulduggery Pleasant, #13) by Derek Landy

12. Seasons of War (Skulduggery Pleasant, #13)

By: Derek Landy

4.44

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The thirteenth thrilling novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, SEAS… read more

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  • magic
Cover of A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders

13. A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order

By: Judith Flanders

3.49

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

In A Place for Everything, historian Judith Flanders draws our attention to both the neglected ubiq… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Queen Hereafter

By: Isabelle Schuler

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“Suspenseful, atmospheric and full of twists and turns, I loved the brutal, backstabbing world that… read more

Similar categories in Isabelle Schuler's Queen Hereafter book and Philip Matyszak's Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

  • adult
  • mythology
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15. The Bookshop Woman

By: Nanako Hanada

3.60

Format: 204 pages, ebook

A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurf… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Glorious Exploits by Ferdia  Lennon

16. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

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  • adult
  • mythology
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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17. 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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  • adult
  • 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

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18. Chrysalis

By: Anna Metcalfe

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This provocative, fiercely imaginative debut follows a woman trying to slip the shackles of society… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1 by Priest

19. Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

By: Priest

4.30

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Zhao Yunlan is Chief of the Special Investigations Department: a secret group of uniquely skilled i… read more

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  • adult

20. Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

By: Philip Matyszak

4.02

Format: 208 pages, ebook

In the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit a… read more

Similar categories in Philip Matyszak's Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome book and Philip Matyszak's Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

  • fairy tales
  • roman
  • classics
  • history
  • magic
  • occult
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • mythology
Cover of The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3) by Claire North

21. 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

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  • adult
  • mythology

12 must-read adult books like Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome by Philip Matyszak

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Elodie Harper

4.39

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Claire North

4.19

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Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

4.05

Transform Your Habits

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Sydney J. Shields

3.66

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The Children of Jocasta

Natalie Haynes

3.91

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Alcestis

Katharine Beutner

3.92

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Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

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Eilish Quin

3.84

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