Books like Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

Reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of Achilles’ closest companion, Patroclus, the novel explores themes of friendship, heroism, and forbidden love amid mythic glory.

Madeline Miller’s retelling follows Circe, daughter of Helios, as she discovers her witchcraft powers, encounters mythic heroes on an isolated island, and battles the wrath of gods to decide her place between divinity and humanity.

Ursula K. Le Guin breathes life into the silent heroine of Vergil’s The Aeneid by turning the silent Lavinia into a fully realised voice, exploring ancient Italy as Rome rises from a humble village to imperial destiny.

Lilliet Berne, a celebrated Paris Opera soprano, discovers the libretto for her dream role mirrors a buried betrayal from her past. As she probes memories, she confronts secrets from her orphanhood to her rise in Second Empire Paris.

Pat Barker reimagines the final days of the Trojan War through the eyes of Briseis, the captured concubine of Achilles, revealing the voices of the women walled in the Greek camp.

Ariadne, princess of Crete, navigates her palace and the Minotaur’s threat, choosing love over duty when she aids Theseus in vanquishing the beast and confronting her own future.

A coming‑of‑age tale that follows teenage girls as they form bonds over shared love for books in a library setting, weaving in themes of friendship, English literature, and the lives of widowers.

In the twilight of the Bronze Age, Gull, an oracle born of a fallen Troy slave, must choose between her destined role as the Voice of the Lady of the Dead and a perilous quest to escort Prince Aeneas through war-torn lands to the Underworld.

A feminist retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus and Antigone, seen through the quiet, painful eyes of Jocasta and Ismene, reimagining ancient Thebes and the curse that haunts its families.

The Trojan War as seen by three women: Cassandra, Clytemnestra, and Electra.

Examining issues of power, gender, and religion in the ancient world, Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire is a graphic history set in Roman Africa in 203 CE that tells the story of the Christian martyr Perpetua. The Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, also known as The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, is the first extant diary authored by a Christian woman. Vibia Perpetua was a young mother who lived in Roman Africa and, at the age of twenty-two, chose to publicly proclaim her Christian faith. She died as a result of her actions, though she did not die alone; she was part of a group of Christian martyrs, including several slaves, who were placed in prison and then executed in Carthage during the birthday celebrations of Emperor Septimius Severus's son in 203 CE. Perpetua's diary contains her account of the days leading up to her martyrdom. Perpetua's Journey occupies a space between the many works designed primarily for specialists and advanced scholars, who already know a great deal about Perpetua and the history of the Roman Empire, and lives of saints that are intended for general readers. Perpetua's Journey is unique because it combines both sequential art and historical and social commentary, and it places Perpetua's diary in the context of life in Roman North Africa in 203 CE.