10 books for fans of The Odyssey
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Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
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These fifteen stories dissect decades-long relationships with Atwood's signature sharp eye. Several pieces follow an aging couple through memory, death, and the strange persistence of love.
★ 3.66 Goodreads (11.5K ratings) - 2
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter • Book 3
by J.K. Rowling
★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M ratings) - 4
The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
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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) - 5
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
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Hosseini traces Afghanistan's tumultuous history through Mariam and Laila, whose friendship becomes their lifeline through Taliban rule and personal tragedy.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.8M ratings) - 6
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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni
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Sam Hill's rare condition that gives him red pupils makes him an outcast, but with support from his devout mother, practical father, and two misfit friends, he learns to see differently.
★ 4.45 Goodreads (230.8K ratings) - 8
Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt
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What starts as a widow's late-night cleaning job at an aquarium becomes something unexpectedly profound when she connects with a giant Pacific octopus who might hold clues to her son's disappearance.
★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M ratings) - 9
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games • Book 1
by Suzanne Collins
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Collins weaponizes reality TV into a chilling portrait of inequality, where teenagers fight to the death for entertainment and bread.
★ 4.35 Goodreads (10.0M ratings) - 10
Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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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)