8 Top retellings books like I Am Lilith by Melanie Dufty

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I Am Lilith

By: Melanie Dufty

3.92

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

In a female-ruled society, she’s trapped in an ancient struggle between the sexes. Will she be the …

If you liked the retellings plot in I Am Lilith by Melanie Dufty , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1) by Anne Rice, A.N. Roquelaure

1. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)

By: Anne Rice , A.N. Roquelaure

3.22

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

In the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and… read more

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  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Adorned and yet exposed. It was mystifying."

-Anne Rice, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)

"For one moment, Beauty knew terror. But a delicious abandon took hold of her."

-Anne Rice, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)

"You must curb your love as I curb mine. Believe me, I understand even as I condemn you."

-Anne Rice, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)

"What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none."

-Anne Rice, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)

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2. The Witch in Every Woman: Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Empower

By: Laurie Cabot , Jean Mills

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Create the life you seek. . . discover a pathway to the powers within. All women possess the primal… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Cabot's The Witch in Every Woman: Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Empower book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • feminism
Cover of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

3. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

By: Jeff Hobbs

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

What does the untimely death of one man mean? Robert Peace was born outside Newark in a ghetto know… read more

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4. Bless Me, Ultima

By: Rudolfo Anaya

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2)

By: Anne Rice

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

At the centre of Anne Rice's brilliant novel, the beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, must… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

6. Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief (A Graphic Novel)

By: Anne Rice , Travis Moore , Faye Perozich , Daerick Gröss , None

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Lestat is the decadent, corrupt night-dweller with a craving for human blood. Now transformed into … read more

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7. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

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  • feminism
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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8. 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

Similar categories in Nikki Marmery's Lilith book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

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

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9. The Book of Gothel: Memoir of a Witch

By: Mary McMyne

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in her tower, but do you know the story of the witch who put h… read more

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  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. 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
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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11. VenCo

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is … read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's VenCo book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It felt like the drunken part of falling in love, the erratic and uncompromising compulsion that made you do dumb shit and your best shit at the same time. She had to stop herself from running. She h…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"Throughout history, witches have been the stand-ins for all people who have felt 'outside' or 'different.' I say, fuck it -- go outside, be different, be so different they have to loosen their grip o…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"She wondered if every place in New Orleans had a secret garden, if every place was so witchy and beautiful. And for the first time, she was filled with an enormous pride for who she was-- what she wa…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

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12. Cruel Seduction (Dark Olympus, #5)

By: Katee Robert

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

He was my enemy. My lover. My husband. And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy. … read more

Similar categories in Katee Robert's Cruel Seduction (Dark Olympus, #5) book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • retellings
  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Seven Days

By: Alex Lake

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A race against time to save her child… In seven days, Maggie’s son, Max, turns three. But she’s … read more

Similar categories in Alex Lake's Seven Days book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • fiction
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14. A Court of Sugar and Spice (Wicked Darlings #1)

By: Rebecca F. Kenney

3.51

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twe… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca F. Kenney's A Court of Sugar and Spice (Wicked Darlings #1) book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • retellings
  • fantasy
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15. You're Not Dying You're Just Waking Up

By: Elizabeth April

4.06

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Hello curious soul. There’s a reason you were drawn to this book. Maybe you’re dissatisfied with… read more

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16. Kiss the Fae (Vicious Faeries, #1)

By: Natalia Jaster

3.57

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Spicy enemies to lovers fantasy romance for fans of Labyrinth, ACOSF, and The Cruel Prince. This is… read more

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  • fantasy
"Lose your path. Find your way."

-Natalia Jaster, Kiss the Fae (Vicious Faeries, #1)

"It asks permission, which makes it the sweetest, sexiest touch I’ve ever known."

-Natalia Jaster, Kiss the Fae (Vicious Faeries, #1)

"Look closely but keep your wits as wide as the horizon. Carry a weapon but keep your heart open."

-Natalia Jaster, Kiss the Fae (Vicious Faeries, #1)

"How humbling, overwhelming, exciting to realize what an infinite plain the world is, to touch that infinity without boundaries or borders. You cannot help but explore the land from this impossible pr…"

-Natalia Jaster, Kiss the Fae (Vicious Faeries, #1)

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17. The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods and Monsters, #2)

By: Amber V. Nicole

4.24

Format: 619 pages, Kindle Edition

"Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends." But it was not this world. No, it was mi… read more

Similar categories in Amber V. Nicole's The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods and Monsters, #2) book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. 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
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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

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19. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

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20. I Am Lilith

By: Melanie Dufty

3.92

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

In a female-ruled society, she’s trapped in an ancient struggle between the sexes. Will she be the … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith book and Melanie Dufty's I Am Lilith

  • goddess
  • retellings
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3) by Amber V. Nicole

21. The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)

By: Amber V. Nicole

4.36

Format: 581 pages, None

Ask her, boy. Ask her what she begged the stars for and what lives now. Ask her what she ripped fro… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"By the old gods and new, I was no longer the scared girl who held back but a queen born of darkness, flame, and anger."

-Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)

"He is order. She is chaos. One cannot exist without the other, and if she were to lose that, war would be the least of our problems."

-Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)

"Void. Hollow. Empty. The way the oracle had laughed echoed in my head. "Do you think you can touch death, girl, and it not take something from you?"

-Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)

"The most powerful being in the entire realm is not the World Ender, but the one who protects the World Ender. The one who brought him back from the dead."

-Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)

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3.22

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Rudolfo Anaya

4.08

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Anne Rice

3.86

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Nikki Marmery

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Sarah A. Parker

4.13

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Penn Cole

4.22

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Callie Hart

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