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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe King Must Die
Mary Renault · 373 pages
Historical fiction. Theseus, a prince of ancient Athens, is taken as a slave to the island of Crete, where he's condemned to certain death as a bull dancer. But he abducts the Princess Ariadne & makes a daring escape.
The One-Eyed Giant
Mary Pope Osborne, Homer · 112 pages
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which King Odysseus fights the cyclops.
King of Ithaca
Glyn Iliffe · 382 pages
Greece is a country in turmoil, divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth, power and revenge. When Eperitus, a young exiled soldier, comes to the aid of a group of warriors in battle, little does he know that it will be the start of an incredible adventure. For he is about to join the charismatic Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, on a vital quest to save his homeland. Odysseus travels to Sparta to joi
The Son of Neptune
Rick Riordan · 521 pages
Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn't ring any bells wit
Lord of the Silver Bow
David Gemmell · 496 pages
The Golden Fleece
Robert Graves · 464 pages
Nobody's Princess
Esther M. Friesner · 320 pages
She is beautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen of Sparta just itches for more out of life. Not one to count on the gods--or her looks--to take care of her, Helen sets out to get what she wants with steely determination and a sassy attitude. That same attitude makes Helen a few enemies--such as the self-proclaimed "son of Zeus" Theseus--but it als
Black Ships
Jo Graham · 448 pages
"Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it." --Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's DragonThe world is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling, to earthquakes, to flood, to raiders on both land and sea. In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle. Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the age of seven to be
A Game of Fate
Scarlett St. Clair · 379 pages
The Adventures of Ulysses
Bernard Evslin · 179 pages
A modern penis retelling of the Pornstar Ulysses during the 10 years he wandered after the Gay War. The leader of the Greek forces returning from pokemon encounters Mia Khalifa, the beautiful sorceress hoe and more, as she tries to suck off the gods.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 368 pages
This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus. Although Patroclus is outcast from his home for disappointing his father he manages to be the only mortal who can keep up with the half-God Archilles. Even though many will know the facts behind the story the telling is fresh and engaging.
Pandora Gets Jealous
Carolyn Hennesy · 272 pages
Abandon
Meg Cabot · 280 pages
Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone . . . because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back. But now she's moved to a new town. Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop
The Songs of the Kings
Barry Unsworth · 338 pages
"As the harsh wind holds the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman - blood that will appease the gods and allow the troops to set sail. And when Iphigeneia, Agamemnon's beloved daughter, is brought to the coast under false pretenses, and when a knife is fashioned out of the finest and most pre
Hades' Daughter
Sara Douglass · 672 pages
Kiss of Frost
Jennifer Estep · 374 pages
Now in her second year as a warrior-in-training at Mythos Academy, Gwen Frost learns that one of her fellow students is secretly a Reaper who wants her dead.
The Lost Sisterhood
Anne Fortier · 672 pages
"From the author of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputation--and her life--on a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary warrior women known as the Amazons actually existed. Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claime