This is The Odyssey in Penelope’s words, looking back on the events of those years from 21st century Hades. Remember at the end of The Odyssey when Odysseus commands his son to hang twelve innocent maids? So does Margaret Atwood. In I, Tituba, we hear from the witch herself, before she is eventually accused after using her abilities to heal members of the family that owns her. Tituba was the first woman accused, and the only one to confess to witchcraft, which left her forgotten in prison for years rather than executed. Tituba was a real slave from the West Indies, who was arrested in Salem, Massachusetts during the infamous witch trials. If what you loved about Circe was the witchcraft, then this might be the book you’re looking for. This was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and a finalist for the Women’s Prize, so if Circe has you obsessed with the Trojan War and ancient Greece, this is the perfect follow up. May we all aspire to burn down the houses of our oppressors.Īn Iliad retelling but from the point of view of Briseis Queen of Lyrnessus, the woman Agammemnon took from Achilles, thereby starting the conflict between the Greeks in The Iliad. Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Jane Eyre, and tells the story of the mad woman in the attic in its entirety, the way she deserves. She said, emphatically, BERTHA MASON, perhaps better known as Rochester’s first wife, perhaps best known as the mad woman in the attic in Jane Eyre. When Leigh Bardugo was at our LFP location on the tenth, an audience member asked who her literary heroine was. Or alternatively, books from the perspective of the witch. Madeline Miller is coming to our LFP location on Friday (no, I don’t work that night yes, I will be there) and in her honor I thought I’d throw together a list of books in the same vague genre: retellings of well-known stories from the perspective of a thus-far silent woman. A feminist retelling of a classical myth? An in-depth examination of an infamous witch? I don’t know why you wrote a book specifically for me Madeline Miller, but THANK YOU. Circe by Madeline Miller is one of my favorite books of the year, which is really no surprise to anyone that knows me.

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