to be read

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn · 2006

Annihilation A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer · 2014

Pew

Catherine Lacey · 2020

Paradais

Fernanda Melchor · 2022

The Little Friend

Donna Tartt · 2003

Women Who Run with the Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Clarissa Pinkola Estés Phd · 1996

Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Great Cosmic Mother Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth

Monica Sjoo · 1987

All's Well A Novel

Mona Awad · 2022

Slewfoot A Tale of Bewitchery

Brom · 2023

A Tempest of Tea

Hafsah Faizal · 2024

Belladonna

Adalyn Grace · 2022

An Education in Malice

S. T. Gibson · 2024

The Haar

David Sodergren (Horror fiction writer) · 2022

All the Living and the Dead

Hayley Campbell · 2022

Ghostland

Colin Dickey · 2016

CIRCE

Madeline Miller · 2020

"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. #1 New York Times bestseller -- named one of the best books of the year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, BuzzFeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, the Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider

Between Two Fires

Christopher Buehlman · 2012

Madonna in a Fur Coat

Sabahattin Ali

Pilgrim

Mitchell Lüthi · 2023