The 8 books on this stack
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C. S. Lewis 1956
Why it's on the stack
Sad, and in no hurry · you'll keep turning it over for days
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A repackaged edition of the revered author’s retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche—what he and many others regard as his best novel.
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Natalie Haynes 2022
Why it's on the stack
Fierce and defiant · a myth or a classic told anew
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They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters.
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Margaret Atwood 2005
Why it's on the stack
Melancholic and unhurried · a myth or a classic told anew
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Homer's Odyssey is not the only version of the story. Mythic material was originally oral, and also local -- a myth would be told one way in one place and quite differently in another.
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Jennifer Saint 2021
Why it's on the stack
Love hurts sometimes · you won't want to come back
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A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe .
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Natalie Haynes 2019
Why it's on the stack
Fierce and defiant · a big story that sweeps you along
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This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their turn .
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Pat Barker 2018
Why it's on the stack
A farewell that moves you · it leaves you shaken
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Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a slave to the man who butchered her husband and brothers.
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Madeline Miller 2018 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
Retelling
Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper.
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Madeline Miller 2011 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
Love hurts sometimes · it makes you cry, in a good way
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Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper.