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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Firebrand
Marion Zimmer Bradley · 603 pages
Born of noble blood, Kassandra is gifted with the ability to see into the futureand her visions tell of a battle that will bring the wrath of the gods upon all of Greece. She has foreseen the fall of Troy, but no one believes Kassandras prophecies, or heeds her warnings about the beautiful woman known as Helen...
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.
I, Medusa
Ayana Gray · 336 pages
Troy
Adele Geras · 363 pages
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, this novel portrays the late weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir up trouble.
Helen of Sparta
Amalia Carosella
Till We Have Faces
C.S. Lewis · 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.
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 372 pages
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of the wife of an amazing woman.Relevant to today's war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in the Mahabharat, the novel gives us a new interpretation of this ancien
Radiant Darkness
Emily Whitman
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 Games Gods Play
Abigail Owen
The Bull from the Sea
Mary Renault · 304 pages
The Bull from the Sea reconstructs the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king, and brought prosperity to Attica. Chief among his heroic exploits is the seduction of Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, who irrevocably brought about both his greatest joy and his tragic destiny.
Lore Olympus: Volume Two
Rachel Smythe · 368 pages
Persephone was ready to start a new life when she left the mortal realm for Olympus. However, she quickly discovered the dark side of her glamorous new home—from the relatively minor gossip threatening her reputation to a realm-shattering violation of her safety by the conceited Apollo—and she’s struggling to find her footing in the fast-moving realm of the gods. Hades is also off-balance, fightin
Warrior Rising
P.C. Cast · 346 pages
The Goddesses have had it with the Trojan War. So much devastation—all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is that cocky, handsome brute Achilles. But the only way to stop a man like Achilles is to distract him with something far more pleasurable than combat… Enter Kat, a modern girl from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Goddesses transform her into a Trojan princess, having no doubt that
Homer's Daughter
Robert Graves · 243 pages
Nausicaa, a Sicilian princess of the eighth century B.C., looks back on the events of her life and tells how she came to write the epic poem known as the Odyssey.
Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
Christa Wolf · 304 pages
The Song of Troy
Colleen McCullough · 416 pages
Retelling of the tragic and terrible saga of the Trojan war, a 3000-year-old tale of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice.
Neon Gods
Katee Robert · 408 pages
**He was supposed to be a myth. But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell... he was, quite simply, mine.** Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that’s ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous
Dreamless
Josephine Angelini · 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
Clytemnestra
Costanza Casati · 435 pages
Girl, Goddess, Queen
Bea Fitzgerald · 464 pages
The Goddess Test
Aimee Carter · 298 pages
Eden, Michigan, high school student Kate Winters strikes a bargain with Henry, Greek god of the underworld, if he'll cure her dying mother of cancer. The bargain she strikes with him is a grim one, but the full enormity of what she has undertaken--"live forever or die trying"--is not revealed until it's too late to recant.
Beauty's Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy
Carolyn Meyer · 352 pages
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