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Gods Behaving Badly

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The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan Β· 536 pages

Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But that might be better than the alternative: allowing someone else to die, as Hades foretold. Jason's ghost is his mother, who abandoned him when he was little.

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Anansi Boys

Neil Gaiman Β· 400 pages

Anansi Boys is a fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman. In the novel, "Mr. Nancy" β€” an incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi β€” dies, leaving twin sons, who in turn discover one another's existence after being separated as young children. The novel follows their adventures as they explore their common heritage. Although it is not a sequel to Gaiman's previous novel American God

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Antigoddess

Kendare Blake Β· 336 pages

Athena and Hermes' search for the cause of their unexpected, life-threatening illnesses leads them to Cassandra, a former prophetess, who may be key to a war started by Hera and other Olympians who have become corrupt anti-gods determined to destroy their rivals.

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Ἰλιάς

Ὅμηρος Β· 432 pages

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The Games Gods Play

Abigail Owen

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Girl, Goddess, Queen

Bea Fitzgerald Β· 464 pages

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The Gate Of The Feral Gods

Matt Dinniman Β· 609 pages

The fourth book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Obstacles abound on the fifth floor of the dungeon. Read by Jeff Hays. 18 hours, 3 minutes unabridged.

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Fantasy Lover

Sherrilyn Kenyon Β· 368 pages

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a loveslave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfil

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Dreamless

Josephine Angelini Β· 500 pages

With help from her new friend Orion, seventeen-year-old Helen Hamilton descends into the Underworld in search of a way to break the Furies' blood curse and prevent the start of another Trojan War. With help from her new friend Orion, 17-year-old Helen Hamilton descends into the Underworld in search of a way to break the Furies' blood curse and prevent the start of another Trojan War. The plot con

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Metamorphoses

Ovid Β· 394 pages

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Ilium

Dan Simmons Β· 600 pages

From the author of the Hyperion Cantos -- one of the most acclaimed popular series in contemporary science fiction -- comes a powerful epic of high-tech gods, human heroes, total war, and the extraordinary transcendence of ordinary beings. The first book in a two-part epic. "I am in awe of Dan Simmons." -- Stephen King. From the towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his imm

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I, Medusa

Ayana Gray Β· 336 pages

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Till We Have Faces

C.S. Lewis Β· 320 pages

C.S. Lewis once described Till We Have Faces as his best work. It is a retelling of the Psyche myth with a subtle Christian bent. One of my professors, Dr. Jim Hand, once posed the question, "Is Psyche a case of spirit becoming flesh, or flesh becoming spirit?" It is a great novel with much depth.

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The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium

Kieron Gillen, Clayton Cowles Β· 200 pages

Following the tragic and unjust death of Lucifer, it takes a revelation from Inanna to draw Laura back into the worlds of Gods and Superstardom to try and discover the truth behind a conspiracy to subvert divinity.

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Flight of the Fire Thief

Terry Deary Β· 240 pages

Flight of the Fire Thief continues the hilarious fantastical adventures of Prometheus, the Greek demigod who stole fire from the gods and gave it to the human race. To escape the gods' revenge, Prometheus time-travels to Eden City, arriving in 1795. There he befriends a brave and resourceful twelve-year-old girl named Nell. Deary skillfully interweaves two plots, with the action jumping at a whir

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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Β· 192 pages

A re-telling of the myths of ancient Greece for children.

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Mort

Terry Pratchett Β· 276 pages

Terry Pratchett's hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is a laughing matter.... 'He is screamingly funny. He is wise. He has style' Daily Telegraph 'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elepha

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Lore

Alexandra Bracken Β· 480 pages

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Coyote Blue

Christopher Moore Β· 328 pages

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Wonder Woman, Volume 4: War

Brian Azzarello

When her eldest brother, the First Born, is freed from his slumber, Wonder Woman's world is shocked to its core. Now, with her friends scattered with her family in ruins, she must turn to Orion and the New Gods of New Genesis to save herself and Zola's newborn from the wrath of the First Born. Collecting Wonder Woman #19-23.

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A Touch of Darkness

Scarlett St. Clair Β· 379 pages

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The Just City

Jo Walton Β· 368 pages

Created as an experiment by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, the Just City is a planned community, populated by over ten thousand children and a few hundred adult teachers from all eras of history, along with some handy robots from the far human future - all set down together on a Mediterranean island in the distant past. The student Simmea, born an Egyptian farmer's daughter sometime bet

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