The Iliad: Translated by Emily Wilson

Readers can’t get enough of new interpretations of classic mythology and other epic stories like The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker or Madeline Miller’s Circe. When it comes to classic stories like The Odyssey, there are so many types of adaptations, retellings and histories from women that go behind the scenes of some of the most iconic myths. Check out these captivating retellings that bring new and fresh perspectives to legends.

There are months of reading that turn out to be perfectly kismet, and August is quite the contender — some of our favorite hardcovers are finally out in paperback and we have brand-new stories to get lost in. With a magnificent mix of thrillers and romance, hard-hitting nonfiction and immersive fantasy, we can’t wait to […]

We all have those fiction books we’ve always meant to read — the classics we never finished and the modern favorites we could have sworn we’ve read but actually hadn’t. That dusty TBR pile from when we were younger that still haunts us in our sleep. From timeless masterpieces like A Tale of Two Cities […]