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Defiant
Books with their fists up — stubborn and fierce, refusing to sit down or shut up no matter the cost.
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Books and stacks that feel Defiant
Myth retellings for when you've run out of Greek ones
Norse, Hindu, Chinese and Roman myths, retold up close. For when you've closed your last Greek one and aren't ready to leave the old stories.
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Science fiction that runs on ancient myths
Old myths running on new machines. Sci-fi for readers who grew up on mythology and never quite got over it.
Novels about famous women and the act they keep up
The public version of a woman, maintained at enormous cost. Stories about being looked at for a living, and who you get to be after.
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Arthurian retellings told by anyone but Arthur
King Arthur stories from the edge of the court, where the people are far more interesting than the crown.
Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
Mythology from the back of the room. Wives, monsters, lovers and witches get the version the poets never bothered to write down.
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Romantasy where the fantasy half is real
The romantasy for readers who also want a map at the front. Sieges, old gods and curses with rules, and a love story that has to share the page.
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Zombie novels where the world stays broken
The dead get up and nobody hits reset. Zombie apocalypse fiction that keeps going long after the outbreak stops being news.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · 1986
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus · 2022
Book Censor's Library
Bothayna Al-Essa · 2024
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2022
Molka
Monika Kim · 2026
Wild Hunt Divinations
Trevor Ketner · 2023
In the Hand of the Goddess
Tamora Pierce · 1999