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by Madeline Miller
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by Caro De Robertis
Published Jun 2025
Read ReviewsPerfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun, this bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom.
by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Published Jan 2024
Read ReviewsAn exhilarating debut from a radiant new voice, After Sappho reimagines the intertwined lives of feminists at the turn of the twentieth century.
by Jennifer Saint
Published May 2023
Read ReviewsA spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne.
by Marcial Gala
Published Jan 2023
Read ReviewsFrom Marcial Gala, the author of the award-winning The Black Cathedral, Call Me Cassandra is a darkly magical tale of a haunted young dreamer, born in the wrong body and time, who believes himself to be a doomed prophetess from ancient Greek mythology.
by Pat Barker
Published Aug 2022
Read ReviewsA daring and timely feminist retelling of The Illiad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it--an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy.
by Crystal King
Published Apr 2018
Read ReviewsSet amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King's seminal debut features the man who inspired the world's oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction.
by Patrick Gale
Published Mar 2016
Read ReviewsA privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything.
by Margalit Fox
Published Apr 2014
Read ReviewsThe Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative.
by A.S. Byatt
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsWar, natural disaster, reckless gods and the recognition of impermanence in the world are just some of the threads that AS Byatt weaves into this most timely of books. Linguistically stunning and imaginatively abundant, this is a landmark.
by Annabel Lyon
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsA startlingly original first novel by "this generation's answer to Alice Munro" (The Vancouver Sun) - a bold reimagining of one of history's most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great.
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Published Apr 2009
Read ReviewsTroy has fallen and Rome is a tiny village by the seven hills. Lavinia, daughter of a local king, has lived in peace and freedom until suitors come seeking her hand, and a foreign fleet sails up the Tiber. Now, she tells the story Vergil left untold - her story, her life, and the love of her life.
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