10 Top mythology books like Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale

Cover of Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale

Once a Monster

By: Robert Dinsdale

3.78

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames alon…

If you liked the mythology plot in Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley

1. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson

2. 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

Similar categories in Phoenicia Rogerson's Herc book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Household by Stacey Halls

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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale

4. Once a Monster

By: Robert Dinsdale

3.78

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames alon… read more

Similar categories in Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical fantasy
  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

5. 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

Similar categories in Natalie Haynes's Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • adult
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook

6. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

By: Lizzie Pook

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Pook's Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hera by Jennifer Saint

7. 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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • 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

Cover of The Illusions by Liz Hyder

8. The Illusions

By: Liz Hyder

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their ow… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's The Illusions book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Saltblood by Francesca De Tores

9. Saltblood

By: Francesca De Tores

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more

Similar categories in Francesca De Tores's Saltblood book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar

10. Upon a Frosted Star

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When the snow falls, she will be free… The invitations always arrive the same way – without warn… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Upon a Frosted Star book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical fantasy
  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"...magic does not belong solely to the young."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"...all I want, all I could ever need, is you."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"A life was so fragile, spun from magic impossible to understand..."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

Cover of The Birdcage Library by Freya Berry

11. The Birdcage Library

By: Freya Berry

3.89

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

The answers to a puzzle lie hidden within an old book. Open The Birdcage Library and let the treasu… read more

Similar categories in Freya Berry's The Birdcage Library book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

12. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Medea by Rosie Hewlett

13. 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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • 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

Cover of The Beholders by Hester Musson

14. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman

15. The Shadow Key

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or… read more

Similar categories in Susan Stokes-Chapman's The Shadow Key book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Revels by Stacey  Thomas

16. The Revels

By: Stacey Thomas

3.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin… ‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul t… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Thomas's The Revels book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3) by Claire North

17. 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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Puzzle Wood by Rosie Andrews

18. The Puzzle Wood

By: Rosie Andrews

3.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the woods, something is stirring. When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a posit… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Puzzle Wood book and Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

19. 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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Fates: A spellbindingly original mythical retelling for 2024 by Rosie Garland

20. 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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Babylonia by Costanza Casati

21. 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 Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster

  • retellings
  • historical
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology

19 must-read fiction books like Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale

Transform Your Habits

The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Herc

Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Once a Monster

Robert Dinsdale

3.78

View all the books

21 must-read fiction books like The Beholders by Hester Musson

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

To the Dogs

Louise Welsh

3.71

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.