Books Like A Thousand Ships

10 books for fans of A Thousand Ships

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   Stone Blind

   by Natalie Haynes

   The only mortal Gorgon sister gets her story told at last—how Poseidon's assault and Athena's victim-blaming transformed a young woman into mythology's most feared monster.

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   The only mortal Gorgon sister gets her story told at last—how Poseidon's assault and Athena's victim-blaming transformed a young woman into mythology's most feared monster.

   ★ 3.78 Goodreads (80.1K ratings)

   373 pages • 2022

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   The Correspondent

   by Virginia Evans

   An epistolary novel built from discovered correspondence reveals one woman's journey through decades of artistic ambition, romantic heartbreak, and historical upheaval. Evans explores how letters create intimate connections across time and preserve the fragments that define a life.

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   An epistolary novel built from discovered correspondence reveals one woman's journey through decades of artistic ambition, romantic heartbreak, and historical upheaval. Evans explores how letters create intimate connections across time and preserve the fragments that define a life.

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K ratings)

   304 pages • 2025

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   James

   by Percival Everett

   Everett retells Huckleberry Finn from Jim's viewpoint, exposing how enslaved people performed ignorance while harboring deep intelligence. A searing reimagining of American literature's most problematic classic.

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   Everett retells Huckleberry Finn from Jim's viewpoint, exposing how enslaved people performed ignorance while harboring deep intelligence. A searing reimagining of American literature's most problematic classic.

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K ratings)

   303 pages • 2024

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   I Must Betray You

   by Ruta Sepetys

   ★ 4.40 Goodreads (101.3K ratings)

   321 pages • 2022

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   The Essential Rumi

   by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, Coleman Barks, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, A.J. Arberry, John Moyne

   Rumi's mystical poetry bridges earthly passion and spiritual transcendence, turning wine, dancing, and romantic yearning into metaphors for divine connection. These translations capture the Persian master's intoxicating blend of sensuality and sacred wisdom.

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   Rumi's mystical poetry bridges earthly passion and spiritual transcendence, turning wine, dancing, and romantic yearning into metaphors for divine connection. These translations capture the Persian master's intoxicating blend of sensuality and sacred wisdom.

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (50.8K ratings)

   388 pages • 1273

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   Long Way Gone

   by Charles Martin

   Cooper O'Connor fled Tennessee for Nashville dreams that died hard — now he must return home to face everything he abandoned, including himself.

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   Cooper O'Connor fled Tennessee for Nashville dreams that died hard — now he must return home to face everything he abandoned, including himself.

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K ratings)

   296 pages • 2016

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   Say Goodbye for Now

   by Catherine Ryan Hyde

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (27.5K ratings)

   366 pages • 2016

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   Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

   by Taylor Jenkins Reid

   A physics professor leaves academia to become one of NASA's first female astronauts, trading telescopes for shuttles in pursuit of the cosmos she's studied from afar.

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   A physics professor leaves academia to become one of NASA's first female astronauts, trading telescopes for shuttles in pursuit of the cosmos she's studied from afar.

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K ratings)

   368 pages • 2025

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   Among the Vesper Spires: Eternally in Joy for a Day’s Exercise on the Earth

   by Gregory Graybill

   ★ 5.00 Goodreads (3 ratings)

   310 pages • 2023

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    Blind Trust

    by John W. Feist

    When Japan's natural gas infrastructure collapses, steel executive Brad Oaks and his wife Amaya confront nationwide blackouts and the country's first female prime minister's power struggles.

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    When Japan's natural gas infrastructure collapses, steel executive Brad Oaks and his wife Amaya confront nationwide blackouts and the country's first female prime minister's power struggles.

    ★ 4.75 Goodreads (4 ratings)

    347 pages • 2019

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