#1 Bestseller
This #1 New York Times Bestseller and Goodreads Choice Award winner reimagines the banished witch Circe as a fierce, solitary heroine. Madeline Miller transforms ancient myth into a luminous tale of female power, rage, and resilience—mythology stripped of its coldness, rendered in blazing emotion and utterly contemporary fire.
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This #1 New York Times Bestseller and Goodreads Choice Award winner reimagines the most misunderstood woman in Greek mythology—not as villain, but as hero. In Madeline Miller’s intoxicating epic, Circe is born strange and powerless in the halls of her father Helios, scorned by gods and nymphs alike. But when she discovers her gift for witchcraft, everything changes. Zeus, threatened by her power, casts her out to a wild, windswept island where she will spend eternity.
Alone, Circe transforms herself from victim to sorceress. She tames lions, turns men into swine, and crosses paths with the most legendary figures of myth: the Minotaur lurking in his labyrinth, doomed Icarus before his fatal flight, the murderous Medea, and cunning Odysseus himself. But isolation breeds danger, and Circe soon finds herself caught between the callous gods of her birth and the fragile mortals she’s grown to love.
Miller’s prose is luminous and sharp, breathing new life into ancient tales while crafting something entirely original—a story of female rage, resilience, and transformation that feels both timeless and urgently contemporary. This is mythology stripped of its marble coldness, rendered instead in flesh, blood, and blazing emotion.
Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Washington Post, Time, Amazon, and countless others, this Amazon Best Book has captivated readers worldwide. Perfect for fans of literary fiction, historical reimaginings, and anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider in their own story.
A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story that manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right.
One of the most amazing qualities of this novel [is] how authentic the archaic world feels... The light is different. The savagery is different. The very air seems different. This is a novel that... is about what it means to be mortal.
Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
A bold and subversive retelling... Miller makes a claim for Circe's place among the heroes of the Trojan War.
A feminist masterpiece... Miller has given Circe a voice and a place in the canon of great literature.
With the imagination of a child and the powers of a goddess, Miller's Circe is a woman who learns to wield her magic and find her voice in a world dominated by men.
Miller's lush, gold-lit novel - told from the perspective of the witch whose name in Greek has echoes of a hawk and an predator - paints another picture: of a fierce woman who lives on her own terms.
Relevant and wondrous... Miller has spun straw into gold.
| Weight | 1.40 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 7.00 × 1.55 × 9.60 in |
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| Subject | Ancient, Classics, Fiction, Historical, Literary, War & Military |
| Accolade | #1 Bestseller, Amazon Best Book, Goodreads Choice Award, New York Times Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller |
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