Books like “Ariadne”

What to read after “Ariadne” by Jennifer Saint: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Born a princess and cast aside by her father, Kaikeyi claims a place at court and wins the love of a king. When war threatens her sons' future, she uses the boons she was granted to change the fate of a kingdom.
2
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Outcast Hero
Born to a sun god, Circe is banished to a lonely island for her forbidden magic. She hones her craft, meets travellers and monsters, and slowly chooses what kind of immortal she wants to be.
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Xingyin grows up alone on the moon, hidden from the emperor who exiled her mother for stealing an elixir of immortality. When her magic is discovered she flees, conceals her identity at the celestial court and trains as a warrior to win her mother's freedom.
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The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood · 2005
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
From the underworld, Penelope tells her side of the long wait for Odysseus, while the twelve hanged maids answer with their own chorus. The familiar myth is retold from the women the epic left out.
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Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin · 2008
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Lavinia grows up in Latium, a king's daughter who has no voice in her own story. A prophecy names a stranger from Troy as her husband, and when Aeneas arrives their union sets off a war. Years later she tells her own version of the life the epic left unspoken.
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A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes · 2019
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
The Trojan War told through its women: queens, captives, mothers and goddesses who wait, grieve and endure while the men fight and die. From the Greek camp to the burning city, their voices answer the old story that left them out.
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The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden · 2017
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
In a northern village at the edge of the Russian wilderness, Vasya grows up hearing the old house spirits and fairy tales her stepmother forbids. When new winters bring a creeping evil, only Vasya, who can still see the spirits, can bargain with the forces threatening her home.
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Patroclus, a prince in disgrace, is sent to train under Achilles, the golden boy destined for glory. Their friendship deepens into love as the Trojan War calls them both toward a fate only one of them will regret.
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Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman · 2005
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Fat Charlie Nancy learns that the father he barely knew was the spider god Anansi, and that he has a brother he never met. Spider is charming, magical and trouble, and he turns Charlie's careful life upside down while Charlie tries to bury a past that will not stay buried.
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The Once and Future King
T. H. White · 1958
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Betrayal
A boy called Wart is educated by the wizard Merlyn, who turns him into animals so he can learn what it is to be human. He grows into Arthur, king of a divided Britain, and tries to build an order that will outlive him.
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The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Loulie al-Nazari, the Midnight Merchant, trades in jinn relics with her jinn bodyguard Qadir. When the sultan forces her into a search for a lost lamp, she must cross a desert of jinn, thieves and old stories, where the line between merchant and prey keeps shifting.
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The Witch's Heart
Genevieve Gornichec · 2021
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Angrboda is a witch burned three times for refusing to reveal the future. She hides in a forest and builds a quiet life until Loki finds her, and their children draw the eyes of the gods. A prophecy turns every small happiness into a countdown.