7 Top retellings books like Bliss and Blunder by Victoria Gosling

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Bliss and Blunder

By: Victoria Gosling

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Arthur and Gwen married young. Twenty years on, Gwen's got it all: wealth, beauty, a famous husband…

If you liked the retellings plot in Bliss and Blunder by Victoria Gosling , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. A Loving, Faithful Animal

By: Josephine Rowe

3.71

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

It is New Year's Eve 1990, in a small town in southeast Australia. Ru's father, Jack, one of thousa… read more

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2. The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright

3.55

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more

Similar categories in Anne Enright's The Wren, the Wren book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

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3. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Enlightenment

By: Sarah Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's Enlightenment book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

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6. Fruit of the Dead

By: Rachel Lyon

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Mania

By: Lionel Shriver

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my b… read more

Similar categories in Lionel Shriver's Mania book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Sisters of Sword and Shadow

By: Laura Bates

3.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What if the Knights of the Round Table had been women? This afternoon Cass's older sister will … read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • arthurian
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Hera book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

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10. Oh, Sister

By: Jodie Chapman

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meet Isobel, Jen and Zelda.Three women whose bodies and minds are not their own.They belong to the … read more

Similar categories in Jodie Chapman's Oh, Sister book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Fragile Animals

By: Genevieve Jagger

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Jagger's Fragile Animals book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Perfect Neighborhood

By: Liz Alterman

3.64

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Liz Alterman’s engrossing novel is a thought-provoking read about the dark side of suburbia and the… read more

Similar categories in Liz Alterman's The Perfect Neighborhood book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Black River (Tuva Moodyson Mystery, #3)

By: Will Dean

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Black River is an electrifying return for relentless reporter Tuva Moodyson, from the author of Dar… read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's Black River (Tuva Moodyson Mystery, #3) book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
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14. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

Similar categories in Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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15. Hagstone

By: Sinéad Gleeson

3.63

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more

Similar categories in Sinéad Gleeson's Hagstone book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Every Happy Family

By: Sarah Stovell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stovell's Every Happy Family book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest

By: Isabel Greenberg

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator Isabel Greenberg’s Young Hag and th… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Greenberg's Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • retellings
  • fiction
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18. Bad Apples (Tuva Moodyson Mystery, #4)

By: Will Dean

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It only takes one... A murder A resident of small-town Visberg is found decapitated A fest… read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's Bad Apples (Tuva Moodyson Mystery, #4) book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
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19. Scaffolding

By: Lauren Elkin

3.86

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apar… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Elkin's Scaffolding book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Scrap

By: Calla Henkel

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A true-crime obsessed young artist is drawn into the lives of an obscenely wealthy family in this f… read more

Similar categories in Calla Henkel's Scrap book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.46

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep thei… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Keetch's Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2) book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • arthurian
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Dead Animals

By: Phoebe Stuckes

3.61

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

There is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All … read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Stuckes's Dead Animals book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Gold Rush

By: Olivia Petter

3.61

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

We give celebrities a power they don’t deserve. Power they haven’t earned. What happens when they e… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Petter's Gold Rush book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. The Mires

By: Tina Makereti

4.41

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Water will come and you think it will be soft. You think it will be smooth and find its way around … read more

Similar categories in Tina Makereti's The Mires book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Freakslaw

By: Jane Flett

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s the summer of ’97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the F… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. Bliss and Blunder

By: Victoria Gosling

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Arthur and Gwen married young. Twenty years on, Gwen's got it all: wealth, beauty, a famous husband… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • arthurian
  • contemporary
Cover of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

28. 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

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. Rewitched

By: Lucy Jane Wood

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while, either… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Jane Wood's Rewitched book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

Similar categories in William Boyd's Gabriel's Moon book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Fire

By: John Boyne

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the … read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Fire book and Victoria Gosling's Bliss and Blunder

  • fiction

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The Wren, the Wren

Anne Enright

3.55

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Pet

Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Transform Your Habits

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Sarah Perry

3.70

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Andrew McMillan

3.71

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Oisín McKenna

3.96

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Hanako Footman

4.38

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