8 must-read mythology books like A Handbook of Greek Mythology, Including its Extension to Rome by Herbert J. Rose

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A Handbook of Greek Mythology, Including its Extension to Rome

By: Herbert J. Rose

3.53

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain…

If you liked the mythology plot in A Handbook of Greek Mythology, Including its Extension to Rome by Herbert J. Rose , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Tim Dolin, Margaret R. Higonnet

1. Tess of the D’Urbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

Format: 518 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers can be found here and here. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty t… read more

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"Bless thy simplicity, Tess"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"One thing he certainly was— sincere."

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"The roof was a gymnasium for the winds"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"Tess was carried along the wings of the hours"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

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2. The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

By: Rick Riordan

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the c… read more

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  • mythology
"Stop smiling!"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

"You never know!"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

"There’s my baby!"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

"If anyone asks you if you’re taken,"

-Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)

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3. The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

By: Rick Riordan

4.19

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister… read more

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  • mythology
"Think about Isis,"

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

"Courage. Hope. Sacrifice."

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

"the answer to every problem involved penguins"

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

"The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice."

-Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

4. Atonement

By: Ian McEwan

4.06

Format: 663 pages,

Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides a… read more

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5. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

4.10

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Since his mother's death six years ago, Carter Kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling th… read more

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  • mythology
"Right."

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

"Oh, god,"

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

"It takes strength and courage to admit the truth."

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

"Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,"

-Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)

6. Metamorphoses

By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney

3.99

Format: 240 pages,

Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more

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7. White Teeth

By: Zadie Smith

4.53

Format: 288 pages,

On New Year's morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaus… read more

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8. Anyone (Dunbridge Academy, #2)

By: Sarah Sprinz

4.05

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Ich will nicht irgendwer für sie sein, ich will Alles sein Charles Sinclair ist Victoria Belhave… read more

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  • german literature
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9. Anytime (Dunbridge Academy, #3)

By: Sarah Sprinz

4.37

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Lügen, Intrigen, Freundschaften und die ganz große Liebe - willkommen an der DUNBRIDGE ACADEMY E… read more

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  • german literature
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10. Anywhere (Dunbridge Academy, #1)

By: Sarah Sprinz

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Er könnte überall sein, aber er ist hier bei mir ... Sich zu verlieben, das stand nicht auf Emma… read more

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  • german literature
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11. Fangs

By: Sarah Andersen

4.24

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scri… read more

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"– In all my years, I really haven't slept with many people. I kinda have trust issues. – Why's that? – My „first"

-Sarah Andersen, Fangs

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12. 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

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  • 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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13. 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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  • 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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14. 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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  • 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

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15. 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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  • 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

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16. A Handbook of Greek Mythology, Including its Extension to Rome

By: Herbert J. Rose

3.53

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain… read more

Similar categories in Herbert J. Rose's A Handbook of Greek Mythology, Including its Extension to Rome book and Herbert J. Rose's A Handbook of Greek Mythology, Including its Extension to Rome

  • german literature
  • history
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • greece

18 Best adult books like Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Transform Your Habits

The Children of Jocasta

Natalie Haynes

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Witch's Heart

Genevieve Gornichec

4.05

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A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes

4.07

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The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)

Pat Barker

3.90

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