10 books for fans of Circe
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Galatea
by Madeline Miller
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The marble woman Pygmalion carved comes to life with her own desires, refusing to be just another obedient creation. Miller gives voice to mythology's most famous object of male fantasy.
★ 3.93 Goodreads (127.0K ratings) - 2
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2
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Earth's survivors are trapped in a deadly dungeon game show, and Carl just wants to keep his cat alive through the next level. Dinniman's LitRPG satire skewers both gaming culture and reality TV with gleeful violence.
★ 4.51 Goodreads (187.5K ratings) - 3
The Green Mile
The Green Mile #1-6
by Stephen King
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Death row guard Paul Edgecombe encounters John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of murdering two white children but who seems to possess supernatural healing abilities. King examines justice, racism, and inexplicable grace in Depression-era Louisiana.
★ 4.49 Goodreads (368.7K ratings) - 4
Guards! Guards!
Discworld • Book 8
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Captain Vimes and Ankh-Morpork's worst guards face a dragon summoned by secret societies seeking to crown a new king.
★ 4.34 Goodreads (238.6K ratings) - 5
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Hoid's Travails • Book 1
by Brandon Sanderson, Howard Lyon
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Tress leaves her safe island home to cross seas made of deadly spores, armed only with determination and botanical knowledge. Sanderson channels The Princess Bride's spirit while building intricate magic systems around crystalline spore-seas and their dangers.
★ 4.32 Goodreads (297.2K ratings) - 6
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olympians • Book 1
by Rick Riordan
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What if ADHD and dyslexia were actually signs you're a demigod? Riordan turns Greek mythology into a clever modern adventure where Percy discovers Zeus's lightning bolt is missing and he's the prime suspect.
★ 4.31 Goodreads (3.5M ratings) - 7
The Hobbit
Middle-earth • Book 1
by J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson, Michael Hague, Jemima Catlin
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Before the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien wrote this intimate tale of Bilbo Baggins learning that even the smallest person can change the course of history.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (4.5M ratings) - 8
Magical Midlife Rogue
Leveling Up • Book 12
by K.F. Breene
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Austin's shifter recruitment tour leads to a powerful rogue everyone fears, but Jessie and Austin never abandon those in need—even when time is running out.
★ 4.86 Goodreads (682 ratings) - 9
Fair With Fortune
Legends of Sora • Book 1
by J. Broc Sewell
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Last of the luck-benders Valeo lives on floating islands above an abyss, his pocketwatch counting down to either salvation or catastrophe in this shattered-sky fantasy.
★ 4.86 Goodreads (22 ratings) - 10
Squire: A Lost Colony Science Fantasy: Uncovering the Mystery of the Sacred Light and Ancient Tech (WINGED MESSENGER Book 2)
by Earle Jay Goodman
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Archer Kace and invisible baby dragon Crystal navigate assassins, court politics, and ancient secrets on their colony world that forgot its origins. Lost civilization sci-fantasy with mythic creatures.
★ 4.75 Goodreads (4 ratings)