13 must-read historical books like The Heir of Venus by Laura Shepperson

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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…

If you liked the historical plot in The Heir of Venus by Laura Shepperson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Horses of Fire

By: A.D. Rhine

4.13

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

"One of those singular books that pulls readers into a completely immersive world with a dazzling s… read more

Similar categories in A.D. Rhine's Horses of Fire book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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2. Daughters of Olympus

By: Hannah M. Lynn

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A daughter pulled between two worlds and a mother willing destroy both to protect her... Gods an… read more

Similar categories in Hannah M. Lynn's Daughters of Olympus book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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3. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"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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4. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"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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5. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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7. Lady Macbeth

By: Ava Reid

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"

-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth

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8. The Resurrectionist

By: A. Rae Dunlap

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Alienist and A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic de… read more

Similar categories in A. Rae Dunlap's The Resurrectionist book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Nightingale's Castle

By: Sonia Velton

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In the vein of riveting historical novels such as Hamnet and Circe—with a touch of Dracula—a propul… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Velton's The Nightingale's Castle book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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12. Lucy Undying

By: Kiersten White

3.67

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on h… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Lucy Undying book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • adult
  • fantasy
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13. Strange Beasts

By: Susan J. Morris

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale―part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery―the worlds … read more

Similar categories in Susan J. Morris's Strange Beasts book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Because,"

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

"The thing you have to understand,"

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

"Sam chose her next words carefully—“I hear she’s very clever."

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

"Men like him are entirely too quick to call a woman mad or monstrous just because she can do something they can't."

-Susan J. Morris, Strange Beasts

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14. Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1)

By: Sarah Hawley

4.36

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In the underground Fae realm, only the strongest and most ruthless have power—but a young human wom… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hawley's Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1) book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

15. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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16. 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 Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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17. The Palace of Eros

By: Caro De Robertis

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her temp… read more

Similar categories in Caro De Robertis's The Palace of Eros book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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18. Medusa

By: Nataly Gruender

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look into the life of a legendary mythical villain who has so often been stripped of he… read more

Similar categories in Nataly Gruender's Medusa book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Enyo spoke to her sisters: "They're getting worse." "Demi-Gods?" Sthennos asked. "Men."

-Nataly Gruender, Medusa

Cover of The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1) by Amy  Leow

19. The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1)

By: Amy Leow

4.01

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A dark, heart-thumping political epic fantasy by debut author Amy Leow—full of scheming demons, mor… read more

Similar categories in Amy Leow's The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1) book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. Gentlest of Wild Things

By: Sarah Underwood

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than Desire―love itself, bottled and sold to t… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Underwood's Gentlest of Wild Things book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives, #1) by Melissa Caruso

21. The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives, #1)

By: Melissa Caruso

4.01

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A whip-smart adventure fantasy packed with rival guilds, reality-bending magic, and sapphic pining,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Caruso's The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives, #1) book and Laura Shepperson's The Heir of Venus

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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4.05

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3.84

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