16 must-read historical fiction books like The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

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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…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. 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 Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"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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2. 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 Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • mythology
"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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3. Medea

By: Rosie Hewlett

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned … read more

Similar categories in Rosie Hewlett's Medea book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
"I hate him for infecting me with this love I have carried for so long – I wish I could remove it, sever it from me like an infected limb."

-Rosie Hewlett, Medea

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4. The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3)

By: Claire North

4.38

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire Nor… read more

Similar categories in Claire North's The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3) book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
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5. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • fiction
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6. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The End Crowns All

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, g… read more

Similar categories in Bea Fitzgerald's The End Crowns All book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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8. The King’s Mother

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.49

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's The King’s Mother book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Fates: A spellbindingly original mythical retelling for 2024

By: Rosie Garland

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

You've heard the legends, now hear their truth . . . Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fat… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Garland's The Fates: A spellbindingly original mythical retelling for 2024 book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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10. Babylonia

By: Costanza Casati

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient h… read more

Similar categories in Costanza Casati's Babylonia book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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11. A Little Trickerie

By: Rosanna Pike

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world … read more

Similar categories in Rosanna Pike's A Little Trickerie book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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13. 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 Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • classics
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • greece
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14. The Heir of Venus

By: Laura Shepperson

3.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

To the world he's a legend. To her he's a liar . Lavinia never asked to be fought over. But now… read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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15. Our Evenings

By: Alan Hollinghurst

4.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions mode… read more

Similar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Passiontide

By: Monique Roffey

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When a female musician is found murdered on a small tropical island, after a string of similar deat… read more

Similar categories in Monique Roffey's Passiontide book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • fiction
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17. 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 Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4) by Stephen Fry

18. Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4)

By: Stephen Fry

4.42

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling th… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Fry's Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4) book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • retellings
  • classics
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
  • greece
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19. Our London Lives

By: Christine Dwyer Hickey

4.36

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, … read more

Similar categories in Christine Dwyer Hickey's Our London Lives book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Proof of My Innocence

By: Jonathan Coe

4.05

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

When Phyl, a young literature graduate, moves back home with her parents, she soon finds herself fr… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • fiction
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21. Dogs and Monsters: Stories

By: Mark Haddon

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the "terrifyingly talented" (The Times, UK) author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the N… read more

Similar categories in Mark Haddon's Dogs and Monsters: Stories book and Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

  • mythology
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

19 must-read fiction books like The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

Transform Your Habits

Hera

Jennifer Saint

3.75

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Glorious Exploits

Ferdia Lennon

4.24

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Medea

Rosie Hewlett

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3)

Claire North

4.38

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21 Top fiction books like The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

Alison Weir

4.02

Transform Your Habits

A Court of Betrayal

Anne O'Brien

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Burial Plot

Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

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