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Amalia Carosella
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Amalia Carosella graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelors degree in Classical Studies and English. An avid reader and former bookseller, she writes about old heroes and older gods. She lives with her husband in upstate New York and dreams of the day she will |
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Mary Renault
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Mary Renault (1905-1983) was best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece with their vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great.Born in London in 1905 and educated at the University of Oxford, she trained as a nurse at Oxford' |
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Stone Blind: A Novel
Natalie Haynes - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories." - Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original... |
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The Women of Troy: A Novel
Pat Barker - Random House Audio
Format: Paperback
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A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad 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.Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return... |
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Kaikeyi: A Novel
Vaishnavi Patel - Redhook
Format: Paperback
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK * "MYTHIC RETELLING AT ITS BEST." (R. F. Kuang, author of Babel) . "With a graceful, measured elegance" (The New York Times) , this lyrical debut reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient... |
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Elektra: A Novel
Jennifer Saint
Format: Hardcover
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A 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.Three women, tangled in an ancient curse.When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious... |
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The Witch's Heart
Genevieve Gornichec - Ace
Format: Paperback
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Angrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found... |
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Daughters of Sparta: A Novel
Claire Heywood - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. With their high birth and unrivaled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. But such privilege comes at a cost. While still only girls, the sisters are separated and married to foreign kings of their... |
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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon... |
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
Madeline Miller - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan... |
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House of Names: A Novel
Colm Toibin - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tibn comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra - spectacularly audacious, violent, vengeful, lustful, and instantly compelling - and her children."I have been acquainted with the smell of death." So begins... |
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Gods of Jade and Shadow: A Novel
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover
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The Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.Here we shall begin to tell a story: a tale of a throne lost, of monsters and magic. A tale of gods and of the shadow realm. But this, our story, it begins... |
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