Medusa
By: Rosie Hewlett
4.04
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one. Within the depths of the Underwor…
Want to Read $ 5.02"I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today. That is something that has taken me a long time to accept."-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
"I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today. That is something that has taken me a long time to accept."-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
"I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today. That is something that has taken me a long time to accept."-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
"I had hurled my anger and hatred at the world, spreading misery in a vain attempt to stifle my own. I should have expected it to be thrown back in my face, shouldn't I? After all, violence only ever breeds more violence."-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
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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
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
2. Alcestis
By: Katharine Beutner
3.92
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
"Beutner has elevated a relatively minor character in Greek mythology to a major player. Taking cen… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
3. 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
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
4. 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
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
5. 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
- feminism
- 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
6. Medusa
By: Jessie Burton
3.87
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Min… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- feminism
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"I'd never known a change that wasn't monstrous."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"I was lonely and I was angry, and rage and loneliness can end up tasting the same."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"I'm a half-finished map and I'm always trying to plot my points, and I won't have anyone do it for me."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"Sometimes, not even folding yourself into the smallest, littlest shape is enough. So you might as well stay the size you're supposed to be"-Jessie Burton, Medusa
7. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
By: Natalie Haynes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Greek myths are one of the most important cultural foundation-stones of the modern world. St… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- feminism
- mythology
"For my mum, who has always thought that a woman with an axe was more interesting than a princess"-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"Medusa wasn't always a monster, Helen of Troy wasn't always an adulterer, Pandora wasn't ever a villain."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The greatest virtue, in other words, that an Athenian woman could aspire to was not to be registered, almost not to exist."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The guiding principle when searching for the cause of everything wrong in the world has been, all too often: _cherchez la femme_."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
8. 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
- feminism
- 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
9. 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
- greek mythology
- 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)
10. 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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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- feminism
- 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
11. The Shadow of Perseus
By: Claire Heywood
3.65
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Danae: Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one … read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- feminism
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
12. 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
- 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
13. Daughters of Olympus
By: Hannah M. Lynn
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A daughter pulled between two worlds and a mother willing destroy both to protect her... Gods an… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
14. 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
- greek mythology
- feminism
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
15. Psyche and Eros
By: Luna McNamara
3.78
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall fo… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
16. Girl, Goddess, Queen
By: Bea Fitzgerald
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans... Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: … read more
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- retellings
- greek mythology
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could. Maybe I am too vengeful. But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do i…"-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
17. 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
- feminism
- 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
18. 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
- greek mythology
- 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
19. 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
- greek mythology
- feminism
- 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
20. Medusa's Sisters
By: Lauren J.A. Bear
4.18
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her. The end of t… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"To have choices is to have power. Most women have neither."-Lauren J.A. Bear, Medusa's Sisters
"When I choose myself, do not be afraid if my choice looks different than yours"-Lauren J.A. Bear, Medusa's Sisters
"She thought love a perfect pain. Come then. Break me, bend me. Hurt me flawless."-Lauren J.A. Bear, Medusa's Sisters
"Find delight in your pain, she said, and rejoice in your longing. If it still hurts, you are alive, you are alive."-Lauren J.A. Bear, Medusa's Sisters
21. 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
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- 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
22. Clytemnestra's Bind (The House of Atreus #1)
By: Susan C. Wilson
4.08
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The House of Atreus is spiralling into self-destruction - a woman must find a way to break the fami… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"A peal of mirth almost escaped me at the notion of shaming the blood-soaked House of Atreus, as if it had even been clean."-Susan C. Wilson, Clytemnestra's Bind (The House of Atreus #1)
"If a woman receives only cruelty or indifference from her husband, father, brother, or son, why should she trust her well-being to any of them?"-Susan C. Wilson, Clytemnestra's Bind (The House of Atreus #1)
23. Medusa
By: Rosie Hewlett
4.04
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one. Within the depths of the Underwor… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- feminism
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today. That is something that has taken me a long time to accept."-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
"I had hurled my anger and hatred at the world, spreading misery in a vain attempt to stifle my own. I should have expected it to be thrown back in my face, shouldn't I? After all, violence only ever …"-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
"One day, you will come to realise that people will always try and wriggle out of the uncomfortable truths, choosing instead to cushion their fragile egos with the lies they want to hear. Well, now I …"-Rosie Hewlett, Medusa
24. Song of Sacrifice (Homeric Chronicles #1)
By: Janell Rhiannon
3.91
Format: 543 pages, ebook
The heart of the Trojan War belongs to the women.Mothers and daughters; wives and war prizes, whisp… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"We all make war, but not all can bring forth life."-Janell Rhiannon, Song of Sacrifice (Homeric Chronicles #1)
"Love is a poison,' her father responded. 'One you grow accustomed to, but does not kill you."-Janell Rhiannon, Song of Sacrifice (Homeric Chronicles #1)
"She didn't know how she would survive when every breath stung, every tear burned, and every step took her further from the only man she'd ever loved."-Janell Rhiannon, Song of Sacrifice (Homeric Chronicles #1)
25. Rise of Princes: A Greek Myth and Trojan War Retelling (Homeric Chronicles Book 2)
By: Janell Rhiannon
4.14
Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition
Fans of Greek mythology and Trojan War retellings will be eager to continue the Homeric Chronicles … read more
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- retellings
- greek mythology
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
"Fate always found its mark, one way or another."-Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes: A Greek Myth and Trojan War Retelling (Homeric Chronicles Book 2)
"Hektor was the wall around her world that kept life's perils at bay."-Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes: A Greek Myth and Trojan War Retelling (Homeric Chronicles Book 2)
"Precious are the last moments when you do not know they are the last."-Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes: A Greek Myth and Trojan War Retelling (Homeric Chronicles Book 2)
"I would not trade one day of our life for all the gold in the citadel."-Janell Rhiannon, Rise of Princes: A Greek Myth and Trojan War Retelling (Homeric Chronicles Book 2)
26. 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
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- retellings
- greek mythology
- young adult
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
27. 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
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- retellings
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
28. 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
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
29. 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
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- retellings
- historical
- greek mythology
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
30. The Bell Witches (Savannah Red #1)
By: Lindsey Kelk
3.75
Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition
YOU’LL WANT TO BE ONE. UNTIL YOU KNOW THEIR SECRETS. After Emily’s father tragically dies, she i… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
31. Rise of the Witches
By: M.L Jewell
4.29
Format: 530 pages, Paperback
This man, Mallrie, just saved my life, but how do I know I can trust him? After all, no one in thei… read more
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- fantasy
