14 Top greek mythology books like For The Immortal (Golden Apple Trilogy #3) by Emily Hauser

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For The Immortal (Golden Apple Trilogy #3)

By: Emily Hauser

3.86

Format: None pages, None

Thousands of years ago, in an ancient world where the gods control all and heroes fight to have the…

If you liked the greek mythology plot in For The Immortal (Golden Apple Trilogy #3) by Emily Hauser , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

By: Derek Landy

4.60

Format: 605 pages, Hardcover

The FINAL shocking, heart-wrenching book in the jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant seri… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It was a trap. It was so obviously a trap. Darquesse smiled."

-Derek Landy, The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

"Violence?"Skulduggery said. "Violence is never the answer, until it's the only answer."

-Derek Landy, The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

"Put a smile on that face, Valkyrie. You're unique. Easily as unique as I am." "Two freaks in a pod, eh?" His head tilted, amused. "Wouldn't have it any other way."

-Derek Landy, The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

"Have to be honest with you Darquesse, I cannot feel that. That must be one of your special abilities, because to me, it looks like you just killed a whole bunch of people for no reason." "Oh," said D…"

-Derek Landy, The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

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2. House of Names

By: Colm Tóibín

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon orders her sacrifice. His daughter is led to her de… read more

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  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"The memory of my name will last longer than the lives of many men."

-Colm Tóibín, House of Names

"You must live with what you did,’ Leander said. ‘What you did is all you have."

-Colm Tóibín, House of Names

"I have been acquainted with the smell of death. The sickly, sugary smell that wafted in the wind towards the rooms in this palace. It is easy now for me to feel peaceful and content."

-Colm Tóibín, House of Names

"He stopped going to his own bed, waiting instead until Leander was ready for bed and then going to the room with him, the dog once more in his wake. He began to look forward to the night, to what hap…"

-Colm Tóibín, House of Names

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3. 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
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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4. 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

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  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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

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5. Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays

By: Christa Wolf , Jan van Heurck

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this volume, the distinguished East German writer Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of … read more

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  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mythology
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6. Tschick

By: Wolfgang Herrndorf

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

Mutter in der Entzugsklinik, Vater mit Assistentin auf Geschaftsreise: Maik Klingenberg wird die gr… read more

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  • fiction

7. Death Bringer (Detective esqueleto, #6)

By: Derek Landy

3.29

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The sixth instalment in the historic, hysterical and horrific Skulduggery Pleasant series. Think yo… read more

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8. Home Fire

By: Kamila Shamsie

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's de… read more

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9. Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8)

By: Derek Landy

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in th… read more

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10. 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
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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11. 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

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  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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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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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  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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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13. 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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  • historical
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • 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

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14. Daughters of Sparta

By: Claire Heywood

3.88

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships--but now … read more

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  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"He helped her to rule without ever trying to rule her."

-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta

"Sometimes we must be led by duty, and sometimes by what is right....The trick is to know when these things are the same, and when they are not. [Tyndoreos]"

-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta

"None of this was Agatha's fault, Helen knew that in her honest heart. And yet she resented her. For doing what she could not, for being what she was not, for giving her daughter what she had not. Whe…"

-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta

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15. 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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  • historical
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • 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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16. 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
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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17. 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
  • 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

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18. The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

By: Laura Imai Messina

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of sur… read more

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  • fiction
"We're still parents, even when our children are no longer here."

-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

"It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst."

-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

"It was the right moment. It always is when something beautiful happens."

-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

"We need to possess joy in abundance before we can bestow it on somebody else."

-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

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19. 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

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  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • 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)

Cover of The Sign of the Devil (Frey & McGray #7) by Óscar de Muriel

20. The Sign of the Devil (Frey & McGray #7)

By: Óscar de Muriel

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FINAL FREY & McGRAY MYSTERY All will be revealed… * * * * * The Devil Has Come to Edinbu… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. For The Immortal (Golden Apple Trilogy #3)

By: Emily Hauser

3.86

Format: None pages, None

Thousands of years ago, in an ancient world where the gods control all and heroes fight to have the… read more

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