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24 books with the same feel
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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.
The 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 White Stag
Kate Seredy · 94 pages
For generations the tribes of Huns and Magyars had moved relentlessly westward, obeying the voices of their pagan gods, which compelled them to follow the elusive white stag to their promised homeland. They swept Europe, all the while pursuing their vision of the stag. Their leader was called Attila, and the land Hungary. Here is the epic story of their tribal migration and their fierce leader - k
Havah: The Story of Eve
Tosca Lee · 373 pages
Eve, the woman first known as Havah, lived in utter peace without flaw in paradise, but when one fateful decision changes everything, she is exiled and watches innocence crumble as a strange new world takes its place.
Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi
Pratibha Ray · 402 pages
Epistolary novel about Draupadī, Hindu mythological character from the Mahābhārata.
Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
Kavita Kane · 320 pages
The Demigod Diaries
Rick Riordan · 242 pages
The Return
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Helen of Sparta
Amalia Carosella
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
All Our Pretty Songs
Sarah McCarry · 240 pages
**This is a story about love, but not the kind of love you think. You’ll see…** In the lush and magical Pacific Northwest live two best friends who grew up like sisters: charismatic, mercurial, and beautiful Aurora, and the devoted, watchful narrator. Each of them is incomplete without the other. But their unbreakable bond is challenged when a mysterious and gifted musician named Jack comes be
Moses, Man of the Mountain
Zora Neale Hurston · 351 pages
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James · 640 pages
The Golem
Elie Wiesel · 105 pages
"For centuries, Jews have remembered the Golem, a creature of clay said to have been given life by the mystical incantations of the mysterious Maharal, Rabbi Yehuda Loew, leader of the Jewish community of 16th-century Prague. Some versions have the Golem as a lovable, clumsy mute; others as a monster like Frankenstein's who turned against his creator, giving a vivid warning against magic and the o
Skin of the Sea
Natasha Bowen · 336 pages
Noah Primeval
Brian Godawa · 394 pages
A novel of the Genesis Bible story of Noah based on ancient historical research. In an ancient world of darkness, fallen angels called Watchers rule as gods and breed giants called Nephilim. Noah, a tribal leader and good family man, just wants to be left alone to make a living off the land with his wife and sons. But he soon learns that evil never leaves you alone. It comes after you--and
Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit
Mercedes Lackey · 404 pages
The bestselling author of the Valdemar novels pens a classic tale about King Arthur's legendary queen.Gwenhwyfar moves in a world where gods walk among their pagan worshipers, where nebulous visions warn of future perils, and where there are two paths for a woman: the path of the Blessing or the rarer path of the Warrior. Gwenhwyfar chooses the latter, giving up the power that she is born into. Ye
Stop That Bull, Theseus!
Kate McMullan
In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Theseus finding his way through the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur.
The War at Troy
Lindsay Clarke · 432 pages
Cruel Beauty
Rosamund Hodge · 357 pages
Betrothed to the demon who rules her country and trained all her life to kill him, seventeen-year-old Nyx Triskelion must now fulfill her destiny and move to the castle to be his wife.
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
Jeanette Winterson · 151 pages
Condemned to shoulder the world "for ever" by the gods he dared defy, freedom seems unattainable to Atlas. But then he receives an unexpected visit from Heracles, the one man strong enough to share the burden, and it seems they can strike a bargain that might release him . . . Jeanette Winterson asks difficult questions about the nature of choice and coercion in her dazzling retelling of the myth
The Monstrous Child
Francesca Simon · 303 pages
Eternal teenager Hel, who was born with the legs of a rotting corpse, is goddess of the Underworld where she creates a magical atmosphere to welcome the dead for eternity, until eternity is threatened.