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Ancient Worlds, New Stories - Page 3

This is a list of one hundred books that play with ideas from ancient world - myth retellings, old gods in new times, or set in the ancient world. Adult and YA, no kids (mostly because Rick Riordan would have made up half the list). How many have you read?
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Hot as Hades (Alisha Rai)
Hot as Hades
81
Alisha Rai
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die
82
Mary Renault
The Bull From the Sea (Mary Renault)
The Bull From the Sea
83
Mary Renault
Fire From Heaven (Mary Renault)
Fire From Heaven
84
Mary Renault
The Persian Boy (Mary Renault)
The Persian Boy
85
Mary Renault
Funeral Games (Mary Renault)
Funeral Games
86
Mary Renault
Oreo (Fran Ross)
Oreo
87
Fran Ross
Ariadne (Jennifer Saint)
Ariadne
88
Jennifer Saint
Elektra (Jennifer Saint)
Elektra
89
Jennifer Saint
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
90
Kamila Shamsie
White Ravens (Owen Sheers)
White Ravens
91
Owen Sheers
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break (Steven Sherrill)
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
92
Steven Sherrill
Dream Angus (Alexander McCall Smith)
Dream Angus
93
Alexander McCall Smith
Girl Meets Boy (Ali Smith)
Girl Meets Boy
94
Ali Smith
House of Names (Colm Toibin)
House of Names
95
Colm Toibin
Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
Deathless
96
Catherynne M. Valente
The Chaos of Stars (Kiersten White)
The Chaos of Stars
97
Kiersten White
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
98
T. H. White
Weight (Jeanette Winterson)
Weight
99
Jeanette Winterson
Cassandra (Christa Wolf)
Cassandra
100
Christa Wolf
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