10 best-selling retellings books like Circe / The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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Circe / The Song of Achilles

By: Madeline Miller

4.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ich bin Circe & Das Lied des AchillZwei Bestseller in einem BandDie beiden Romane ICH BIN CIRCE und…

"Go, he waits for you."

-Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

"He watches me. It seems that he is waiting. I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do."

-Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

If you liked the retellings plot in Circe / The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Helen of Troy

By: Margaret George

3.95

Format: 611 pages, Hardcover

A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face launched a thousand ships Daughter of… read more

Similar categories in Margaret George's Helen of Troy book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Some things can be recovered. Some things can be restored. But some lost things, we seek forever."

-Margaret George, Helen of Troy

"When he comes into a room, you give a little gasp, deep inside, far inside,' someone once said when trying to describe what it meant to love."

-Margaret George, Helen of Troy

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2. The Penelopiad

By: Margaret Atwood

3.72

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making. In Homer'… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"the gods often mumble"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Boys with their first beards can be a thorough pain in the neck."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

Cover of True Blood Collection (Sookie Stackhouse #1-9 and A Touch of Dead) by Charlaine Harris

3. True Blood Collection (Sookie Stackhouse #1-9 and A Touch of Dead)

By: Charlaine Harris

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in a little bar in Bon Temps, a small town deep in Louisia… read more

Similar categories in Charlaine Harris's True Blood Collection (Sookie Stackhouse #1-9 and A Touch of Dead) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. Ugly

By: Constance Briscoe

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Constance's mother systematically abused her daughter throughout her childhood. Regularly beaten an… read more

Similar categories in Constance Briscoe's Ugly book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

5. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Ursula K. Le Guin generously shares the accumulated wisdom of a lifetime's work. read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

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6. 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

Similar categories in Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"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

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7. 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

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"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)

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8. 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

Similar categories in Natalie Haynes's Stone Blind book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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

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9. The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #1-3.5)

By: Holly Black

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Folk of the Air Series 4 Books Collection Set By Holly The Cruel One terrible morning, Jude … read more

Similar categories in Holly Black's The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #1-3.5) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"And when he kisses me, it feels as though I can finally breathe again."

-Holly Black, The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #1-3.5)

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10. Caraval Boxed Set (Caraval, #1-3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The hardcover box set (3 books) of the #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series!All three books… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's Caraval Boxed Set (Caraval, #1-3) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. 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 Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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12. 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 Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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13. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Ariadne book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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

Cover of The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2) by Pat Barker

14. The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)

By: Pat Barker

3.83

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who e… read more

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Achilles' story never ends: wherever men fight and die, you'll find Achilles."

-Pat Barker, The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)

"Crows are ferociously intelligent birds. I used to watch them gather as the men set off for another day of war. Drums, pipes, trumpets, the rhythmical pounding of swords on shields—to the fighters, t…"

-Pat Barker, The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)

"It was one of those moments that I think everybody experiences - and they don't have to be dramatic - when things begin to change; and you know there's no point ruminating about it, because thinking …"

-Pat Barker, The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)

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15. Smoke Signal

By: Marie Benedict

3.41

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Best-selling authors Marie Benedict (The Mystery of Mrs. Christie) and Kate Quinn (The Rose Code) j… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's Smoke Signal book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Chevy in the Hole

By: Kelsey Ronan

3.55

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a Michigan Notable Book for 2023 Finalist for th… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Ronan's Chevy in the Hole book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Circe / The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

17. Circe / The Song of Achilles

By: Madeline Miller

4.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ich bin Circe & Das Lied des AchillZwei Bestseller in einem BandDie beiden Romane ICH BIN CIRCE und… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • feminism
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Go, he waits for you."

-Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

"He watches me. It seems that he is waiting. I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do."

-Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

Cover of Throne Of Glass Series Collection (Throne of Glass, #1-7) by Sarah J. Maas

18. Throne Of Glass Series Collection (Throne of Glass, #1-7)

By: Sarah J. Maas

4.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fans new and old will dive into this box set that contains a 4-color poster and paperback editions … read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's Throne Of Glass Series Collection (Throne of Glass, #1-7) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Victoria Aveyard Red Queen Series Collection 5 Books Set (Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm & Broken Throne) by Victoria Aveyard

19. Victoria Aveyard Red Queen Series Collection 5 Books Set (Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm & Broken Throne)

By: Victoria Aveyard

4.24

Format: 2608 pages, Paperback

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listin… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Aveyard's Victoria Aveyard Red Queen Series Collection 5 Books Set (Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm & Broken Throne) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Shatter Me Series Collection 5 Books Set By Tahereh Mafi (Shatter, Restore, Ignite, Unrave, Defy Me) by Tahereh Mafi

20. Shatter Me Series Collection 5 Books Set By Tahereh Mafi (Shatter, Restore, Ignite, Unrave, Defy Me)

By: Tahereh Mafi

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me Series Collection 5 Books Set By Tahereh Mafi (Shatter, Restore, Ignite, Unrave, Defy Me) book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • romance
  • fantasy
Cover of The Aristotle and Dante Collection (Boxed Set): Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

21. The Aristotle and Dante Collection (Boxed Set): Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

4.54

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

Both the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of t… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Alire Sáenz's The Aristotle and Dante Collection (Boxed Set): Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World book and Madeline Miller's Circe / The Song of Achilles

  • fiction
"Pomyślałem, że to może być świetna sprawa - być powietrzem Mógłbym być czymś i nie być jednocześnie. Mógłbym być niezbędny, ale też niewidzialny. Wszyscy by mnie potrzebowali i nikt nie byłby w stani…"

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Aristotle and Dante Collection (Boxed Set): Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

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