Get new insights into old stories by reading a novel inspired by mythology. Contemporary fiction inspired by ancient myths brings not only entertainment, but wisdom!
Circe by Madeline Miller
With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man’s world.
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
The twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the twenty-first century, but they are crammed together in a London townhouse–and none too happy about it. Even more disturbingly, their powers are waning.
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Mayan god of death sends a young Jazz Age woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
A chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York. Chava, a golem, and Ahmad, a jinni, become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection.
The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
A brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods—retold from the point of view of the world’s ultimate trickster, Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
When a check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the event is said to be an act of God. But which god? wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently.
Oreo by Fran Ross
Oreo is raised by her grandparents in Philadelphia. Her deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist.
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Drawing on material other than the Odyssey, especially for the details of Penelope’s parentage, her early life and marriage, and the scandalous rumors circulating about her, Atwood gives the telling of Penelope’s story to her and the twelve hanged maids.
Shallow Waters by Anita Kopacz
Cast into mid-1800s America, Yemaya, a deity in the religion of Africa’s Yoruba people, must confront the greatest evils of this era while searching for the man who sacrificed his own freedom for the chance at hers.
