Greek Mythology Retellings I'd Like to Read | Rambling About Books Over Piping Hot Coffee💕☕️

[@jillg2790]

If you ever take an interest in Nordic mythology, I'd suggest The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec. I've also been in love with mythology since I can remember and I'm glad it's making a resurgence. I haven't been able to find anything I like regarding Medusa, though...

[@anakinloveful]

That book destroyed me... Loki was always my favorite and in this book, he was portrayed so great, and their story is so heartbreaking. The Witch's Heart is one of my favourite book of all time

[@kyeoptawerk93ah]

i cannot shut up about the witchs heart! i cried pretty hard reading it last year! it was a top fave. skadi is the best bestie

[@ashleycloud1567]

I’ve seen this book around on booktok/bookstagram some lately. I’m definitely adding it to my TBR!

[@anakinloveful]

@@ashleycloud1567 worth it 😍😍

[@angiec4330]

I loved The Witch's Heart!

[@BinxThinx]

“Sometimes books find you when you need them to be found” ❤️🙌🏻 absolutely this so much, I am actually in tears right now and I have no idea why. But yes to this so very much, I am a big believer in this. Also while I’m here, thank you for your content, I get a bit behind sometimes with watching because of how busy my life has been lately but thank you for being there when I need a pick-me-up and a smile 💕

[@museofcoffee]

Madeline Miller is writing a Hades and Persphone book and I'm so excited!!!! Also I really loved Lore the beginning of the book really throws you in and I love the main character !!!!

[@books_with_m]

The author of Ariadne has also a book coming out that’s called Elektra and it is STUNNING

[@BonnieDragonKat]

I read both and so totally agree!

[@bethkingery4084]

🌞🌞🌞 I read - The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. A troy retelling from Briseis's point of view. Loved it!!

[@milom5030]

Galatea (i think it's pronounced Gala-teh-ah?) is a short story that came out in 2013! So you don't have to wait to read it and I even think it's available online. It's only 20 something pages but definitely worth a read🥰

[@elizabethb4998]

Margaret George wrote Helen of Troy and it is in her voice. It’s very good, honestly any of Margaret Georges’s books are excellent.

[@Books_on_the_Brain]

Another excellent video, Lexi! If you don't already follow Jean Menzies's channel Jean Bookish Thoughts, you should. She's a booktuber who's a classics academic currently working on her PHD, and she has amazing classics-specific content. You'll need a new bookshelf for all her great recommendations! She also has a wonderful podcast called That's Ancient History and has interviewed Madeline Miller, Natalie Haynes, and Pat Barker and has tons of other great content there, too! 🌝

[@ourhome8521]

Yes! I've always been a Greek Mythology reader and lover. I remember being in middle school and checking out every book I could get on the subject. A few years ago, I picked up Mary Pope Osborne's Tales From The Odyssey for my children....but I ended up reading it myself and loved it.

[@Ava-bw2nl]

I’m currently in middle school and is doing the same thing!😅 I’m obsessed with any book that is related to Greek mythology!

[@samanthaaiello]

All of these Greek mythology authors knew what they were doing with that cover art. They all would look soooooo good lined up next to each other. All of their themes are stunning together. Lots of rose golds, cornflower blue, bronze, and black. Stunning!

[@aditi029]

The Percy Jackson and the Hero’s Olympus are literally the best books I have ever read!

[@txdave]

There’s a new book coming out with Indian mythology that I am so excited about! It is called Kaikeyi and based on one of the females perspective from Hindu epic mythology

[@Pagegirly]

(sun) Lovely War is stunning. I listened to the audiobook and ended up balling on my drive. Percy Jackson is also fantastic and got me into reading and Greek Mythology. You will love them!

[@camillaborghi7443]

I think Lovely War takes place during World War I which is a nice change from the usual World War II tropes. I just purchased it and can't wait to read it this month! Love your videos💕

[@lia-uu9hj]

lovely war is sooo soooo soooo good

[@VrieChica078]

I’d also recommend Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. I read it when I read Madeline Miller’s books, and truly loved all 3!!

[@meghanwalsh8952]

The author Jessie Burton has done a middle grade called Medusa - it's a gorgeous book! Highly recommended, if you can't get it in the US I'd happily send a copy from the UK ❤️

[@hannahballinger980]

Lovely War is amazing. I love that book with my whole heart ☀️

[@taytayslibrary9710]

Adding every book to my TBR!!!

[@bookwormies]

Hello Lexi!! Hru??? ... Its been so looooongg... I'm actually in the middle of final exams so I wasn't able to watch ur videos... But tmr is a study leave so I finally finally got to have a break.. And this is all I needed for my study break☕✨ I love to plug in my earphones and watch ur videos like a podcast.. I have said this before and I'm gonna say it again ur voice is really soothing🦋 Love ya.. Take care💗 P.s I luv this new setup🌸 P.s2- the time stamp for the books I'd like to read has a typo.. Just letting u know so that you can change it. 🌞☀

[@bookishmama1564]

I loved Lovely War! It was so great! ☀️

[@lashondaroberson5483]

Loved your recommendations 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

[@taanireads5685]

I got so many books for my TBR. Thank you so much 💜💜💜💜☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

[@Lauren_Jeanne_]

Also sooo obsessed with Greek Mythology 🥰 I’m so glad you did this video! ☀️

[@natalijovel6431]

You made this list for me didn’t you!?!?🤣😂🤣😂 thank you it’s perfect!! ❤️❤️❤️🥳🥳🥳📕📙📘📗🥳🥳❤️

[@valentineboudaud1887]

Reading Circe last year made me remember how much I loved my latin and grec courses I had in school and now I really want all the retellings : the sng of achilles and lore olympus are at the top of my list !! LOre olympus is a graphic novel available for free on internet and it's a Hades and Persephone retelling too

[@jessicamays3488]

Lovely War is one of my all time favorite books!

[@meghanreynolds3564]

I think you're convincing me to try Greek myths...! I am so glad I'm not the only one who hates those stupid stickers lol!

[@kyaspeare8620]

Another Hades and Persephone retelling I would reccomend is The Goddess Test, its quite different from the ones mentioned in this video but its definitely worth the read :)

[@ahanachakraborty4198]

Already know it's gonna be my one of favourite ones before even watching.

[@laurahodges65]

A Thousand Ships! And I would looovveee a buddy read!!!!

[@erin.vancura]

🌞 Greek mythology amazes me in its ability to come through the millennia, onto our bookshelves in modern day, to captivate people of all ages. My 8 and 9 year old discovered Greek mythology, and have devoured any and all retellings and formats of books I have collected for them so far. And I devour the adult and young adult retellings by night. I would never have expected it. Perfect timing for a video like this, and there are a few of these that I'm now happily adding to my own TBR. Cheers!

[@AL-wg4nx]

Although not a strict retelling Bethany Morrow’s Song Below Water is a diverse title you could add to your collection.

[@adrienne4028]

Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey is excellent. 🌞

[@amandab7125]

I thought the A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes was OK, but I'm almost done with her non-fiction book, Pandora's Jar and it's amazing. An easy 5 star read! While it is non-fiction it reads very easy and is highly accessible. I thought it helped to have some Greek myth background, it isn't necessary, but you do also have that. Each chapter looks at a different women in Greek mythology and looks at different plays/interpretations of them in ancient Greece, retellings throughout history, and modern retellings. She made me want to look back to some of the classic myths I read while in college. She also throws in pop culture references that made my laugh too. It isn't at playful as Stephen Fry, but love her writing. I really can't say enough good things about this book. Stephen Fry does narrate the audiobooks of those, and its really fun to read along as you listen!

[@jesstheneverendingbookshelf]

I am so excited to see all the mythology retellings. I have many of the ones you've listed and can't wait to hear your thoughts

[@jesstheneverendingbookshelf]

Elegy by Jane Abbott is a YA myth retelling, and you might enjoy booktubes own Jean Menzies Greek Myths book and Mythopedia (not sure who the author of that is). The second anyone says its a myth retelling I'm buying that book!

[@esliet]

You have just inspired me to start reading Greek mythology

[@cassiethebookishwitch5448]

There's a book called Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrew and it's about Daphne and Apollo. It's the first in what I'm pretty sure is a duology (or at least will be when book 2 is released). I have a beautiful edition of it from The Fable Crate and from what I've read of it so far, I really like Daphne as a character. Daphne and Apollo are also a myth I don't know much about, so it's exciting to read a retelling of an unfamiliar story.

[@itsameelliot]

A Thousand Ships honestly was so amazing. I've read a couple of the ones on your list and this is the one I loved the most probably. Gives a lot of Circe vibes now that I think about it :)

[@helenhelmi8129]

Definitely check out the Penelopiad. It’s awesome!

[@jaekk99]

Highly recommend Helen of Troy by Margaret George. It is beautifully written in the voice of Helen.

[@krystianmurray2783]

If you liked Neon Gods you should definitely read Electric Idol (second book in the series)! I found that I loved Electric Idol even more!! It is a Psyche and Eros retelling 💗

[@mooneyandcrookshanks1077]

You should also check out Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. It's a short retelling from Penelope's perspective and it's so good! And also the Caroline Alexander translation of the Iliad

[@rileyxchaos]

I loved Lore. Some other 2022 releases on my radar are Pandora (more mythology inspired) by Susan Stokes-Chapman, Ithaca by Claire North (about the women of Ithaca during the Iliad and the Odyssey), and Wrath Goddess Sing (trans woman Achilles) by Maya Deane. I am also planning on reading Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews next month (Daphne reinterpretation). Also for an older middlegrade/early YA series Mythic Misadventures starting with Pandora Gets Jealous by Carolyn Hennesy.

[@moonflower8603]

- Till we have faces - The King must die - The Silence of the Girls - The Children of Jocasta - The Penelopiad - The Women of Troy

[@vaindesi]

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips is great. It's not so much a retelling of a myth as much as gods in a modern setting and after all the heavy mythology books, it's a quick and funny book.

[@emily_robinson]

I would recommend "The Penelopiad" by Margaret Atwood (read the book, still can't pronounce the title), the story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, in the words of Penelope and her twelve maids. I hope you are well and am sending a virtual hug your way. Take care! ☀️

[@danielletoye]

🌞 I'm currently reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. I'm just under half way through, its very strange so far but things are starting to get more interesting. I can't wait to read The Song of Achilles, Circe, Ariadne and Lore

[@joseeshelf]

awhhhh not again you are making me want to pixk up all my mytho books 😍😍

[@joliraisinreads]

For the UK folks the new Madeline Miller is coming out on the 3rd of march. I'm really excited for you to read Ariadne because I just got the book too and I'll hopefully read it in the same month as you :)

[@kayk1686]

🌞🌞🌞😁👍 thanks for another great video

[@booknerd369]

I took elementary Ancient Greek in my last semester of college solely because I was obsessed with the professor and because I love Homer

[@christinah3332]

Could not be more excited for this reading vlog! The Odyssey is what got me hooked on reading Greek mythology. But girl! Disney’s Hercules was my jam! Currently reading Neon Gods. Steamy and mythology… 🙋🏻‍♀️ loving it.

[@annalakshmipm404]

I also want to read Greek mythology but i first have to find some greek mythology which will make me fall in love with the genre 😀

[@chaoticfroggo6852]

I LOVED Song of Achillies and Circe, I was talking to an old friend and they mentioned how they wanted to read Circe and I was like "oh im reading that book its so good!" and they recommended me Song of Achillies, and I read it knowing nothing except that it was good and i cried and cried and cried def a favorite book of mine 10/10

[@adrienneadelsperger897]

I absolutely loved Lovely War and the Percy Jackson series. I have Lore and Defy the Night on myTBR for 2022.🌟

[@averyjones9149]

I’m also a huge fan of Greek mythology!! All these books are really interesting. Who’s your favorite Greek god and/or goddess?? Mine favorites are Artemis and Apollo!!

[@artemisc.daragon6838]

Hello! Thank you Lexy for another great video!!! I love Greek Mithology as well!!! I've read most of them and I'd a wonderful time with them! They will definetely be a future re-read! 😘😘

[@adiedrolet6702]

☀️☀️☀️ just adore your videos!

[@anniexsanghar]

i have most of these on my tbr/read and theres also one called the silence of the girls by pat barker that i want to get to after i finish the bell jar

[@tinalee889]

Saving this video I want to read these I have read Song of Achilles and Neon Gods and just received electric idol 🌞

[@nessacita4371]

🌞 i loved Lovely War!! i would love to see what you think about it!

[@cameronhaley6767]

I would love to see a vlog of you reading the rest of the Percy Jackson books, this series definitely made me fall in love with reading. 🤍

[@butterflycucumbers6279]

I like “metamorphosis “ by Ovid. Love u. Great videos. ☀️

[@scarletta3366]

Yes to EVERYTHING in this video♥️ I was literally squealing when I saw this notification pop up. I haven’t been able to shake Greek retellings and I’m so excited to see a video with so many of the books I’ve read recently. My favorite in your TBR would have the be The Daughters of Sparta 🧡. A couple others I would suggest are The Silence of the girls and the The women of Troy by Pat Barker. I also wanted to mention the Newest Olympian podcast as you read the Percy Jackson series, such a fun deep dive to pair with the series. A book that i haven’t seen mentioned on booktube or bookstagram is Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill, similar to Fry’s Mythos but poetry and focuses on the Goddesses. The copy I have has some really beautiful illustrations peppered in. I sprinkled in the poems in between some of the more heartbreaking moments in the books you’ve mentioned. Also Jennifer Saint is releasing a new book called Elektra and I’m hoping that one catches your eye after reading Ariadne. 🌞🌞🌞

[@BrunaPelegrinicantinhodabuh]

I want to read Circe. I think I'd like too. And I really want to read Lore. I'm so excited for it.

[@katiefrank2162]

☀️ I have decided my heart is book shaped ❤️📖

[@amandashank1858]

I was going to send you my copy of Song of Achilles that is signed by Madeline Miller but then I realized it has my name in it. Shucks! She lives near Philadelphia PA and she came to a local bookstore in Harrisburg PA, very close to where I live and I got to see a reading by her and get 2 books signed by her. Her dad was with her and he was the sweetest man. She is super sweet as well.

[@jenniedamron5912]

Your videos are always so comforting and cozy. I love Greek mythology as well. Getting ready to read A Touch of Darkness and can't wait to read Neon Gods. ☀

[@booksandanni]

I recently read Lovely War and it was so awesome!

[@marylaase]

Wake, Siren by Nina McLaughlin- I’m currently reading & really enjoying. I also picked up The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner- haven’t read it but it looked interesting.

[@donnatipaldo6852]

Ariadne was super good. Galatea has been on ebook for quite some time if you are looking to read it sooner rather than later.

[@signepetersen2987]

I just began reading Lore yesterday. I am on page 136 and I am so in love. Can´t wait to hear what you think of it. ☕️💕 If you like Stephen Fry, please try to watching QI here on KZbin, where he is the host. It is so funny :-) 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

[@gabrielalara4643]

Loooooved this! Lexie I could listen to you for hours, and I would love to see a greek mythology reading blog ☀️

[@bookbinder_way]

Greek retelling rec's: Black Ships by Jo Graham Helen of Troy by Margaret George Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin Rome rec's: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn Egypt rec's: Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (GOAT) Nefertiti by Michelle Moran The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George Classical (?) rec's: The Aeneid by Virgil The Theban Plays (particularly Oedipus Rex and Antigone) by Sophocles Medea by Euripides Lysistrata by Aristophanes (it's hilarious) The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes

[@benbrelje1918]

Hey I just want to say first I love your videos and I love all the recommendations in the last year so I've been getting super super in the books I'm really more auditory so I do a ton of audiobooks because I read so slow it's sometimes hard to be enjoyable taking in information that way but I'm a huge fan of like audible and taking in story lines in that way but as far as this video I love Greek mythology I just wanted to say if you ever make it to Greece it's well worth that kind of trip some of those ruins are pretty amazing

[@pixieh.5597]

☀Maybe somebody else already has suggested this, but The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker was one of my high highlights last year. Even more so than The Song of Achilles. Can't wait to read Pat Barker's follow up Women of Troy 🙂

[@lindaharrison3240]

Hey Lexie 🌻🌞🌤☀️ it’s sunny here in San Diego! I want to read a retelling of Medusa because I think she got a raw deal, but as no one has written it yet, I guess I’ll have to write it myself.

[@christynelynn4966]

This is a great idea 💡

[@AnIcKi1]

Greek myths and their retellings are some of my favorite things! If you like poetry I highly recommend Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill And if you like podcasts I also highly recommend Lets Talk About Myths Baby I also read A Thousand Ships last year and loveddddd it so I hope you do too ☀️💗

[@MsDianaJean]

Lexi you need to read the Kingmaker Chronicles series by Amanda Bouchet. It’s a fantasy adventure romance trilogy set in a world where the Greek gods are alive & well. The first 2 were in my favorite books of 2016-2017, respectively. I re-read them each year. Highly recommend.

[@samworley3960]

i loved this video ahhhh!! I've heard that 'The Song of Troy' by Colleen McCullough is really good its on my TBR! I read a really interesting Ariadne re-telling called 'Lifestyle of Gods and Monster's' by Emily Roberson last year and while it wasn't my fav it had such an interesting concept - basically modern tech & reality shows meets ancient Greece - I liked it.

[@JMShelley]

I think the same writer who wrote Ariadne, has a new Greek retelling coming out soon. 🥰 Rachel Burge wrote a YA Horror Fable that intertwines Norse Myth. One of my all time favourites. Oh and of course there's Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. ✨

[@JMShelley]

Oh and Kate Forsyth (another all time favourite who I think you'd love, especially The Wild Girl, has HF retelling of Cupid & Psyche I believe coming out next year.

[@bookcrazy1998]

☀️ Hello! This was a great video.

[@leathomsen7553]

I have The Children of Jocasta on my TBR☀️

[@JodieTheReader]

On mine shelf. I need to get to it.

[@FaeryLaume]

I enjoyed The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. Dark and gritty, but compelling.

[@FaeryLaume]

She's also has a second book called... The Women of Troy - I think that's the name of it.

[@RainbowSunny1]

I'd like to see you reading Ariadne 💕

[@brookecole4306]

Great video! I also love Greek mythology and retellings! 🌞 using the sun emoji fits for me too, where I live we currently have 10 inches of snow 🙃

[@madamevoid1]

Helen Of Troy by Margaret George is really good, I read it many years ago and still think about it sometimes. 🌞

[@samanthawengert6358]

I am so interested in Greek Mythology as well! I'd love to read some of your picks

[@kari03karina]

I recommend Daughter of Sparta by Clair M. Andrews. It's based on Apollo and Daphne.

[@wolfsharingan15]

Rick Riordan has some Greek Myth books too I am going to get the names a little wrong, but I think there are two one is called Greek Heroes and the other one was Greek Gods. I think they are meant to be Greek myths told in a way that is digestible for younger readers. I have them on a to read list but I haven't gotten to them yet, but since you mentioned Percy Jackson, I think this would be something to check out.

[@Lillyjoy]

I just read I'll Give You The Sun because you recommended it awhile ago and I loved it so much! I just had to come tell you thank you for recommending it as an ode to art, it really was and I loved the parts about art and the characters were so great!

[@thebookishliz]

☀️ My tbr keeps growing! Thank you for the recommendations!

[@ali_enchanted]

OMG THAT INSCRIPTION FROM MADELINE MILLER 😍

[@SavageLife84]

Saw it at books a million and mythos, I purchased at walmart .. havent read song of achilles yet but its purchased

[@zpurplejade]

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker! 🌞

[@brittanywaynestilphen4685]

I am obsessed with mythology as well and have been sense childhood. Im so happy to have this

[@hollyslibraryholds7392]

☀️ Ariadne has been on my TBR for so long!!! It was my very first BOTM pick 🙈 I'll take this as a sign to finally pick it up!

[@cassandrapapakyritsis]

☀️loved this video

[@amaliebierbumthiim188]

I’m so excited that your reading the entire Percy Jackson series! Hope you’ll vlog it! And if you like it, which I’m sure you will, I can only recommend the heroes of Olympus which is the continuation of Percy Jackson but with more POVs and Roman mythology! And after that the trials of Apollo which is the continuation to the heroes of Olympus, I haven’t read them myself yet but I am soon😊 Thank you for you and your videos, you always bring a smile to my face even on a grey day❤️