Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths

8 best books like Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (Charlene Spretnak): Cantoras, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (Updated With a New Epilogue), Steel Crow Saga, Mooncakes, The Deathless Girls, Snow, Glass, Apples, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics

Cantoras

Author	Carolina De Robertis
ISBN	0525521690

"Cantoras is a stunning lullaby to revolution--and each woman in this novel sings it with a deep ferocity. Again and again, I was lifted, then gently set down again--either through tears, rage, or laughter. Days later, I am still inside this song of a story."--Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning...

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (Updated With a New Epilogue)

Author	Riane Eisler
ISBN	0062502891

Three stars because it was a pretty interesting read, and she covers, well, all of human history.

I read it because I know a number of people who claim this book fundamentally shaped their worldview (and a number of others who don't make that claim, but are certainly influenced by the popularity...

Steel Crow Saga

Author

Paul Krueger

Four destinies collide in a unique fantasy world of war and wonders, where empire is won with enchanted steel and magical animal companions fight alongside their masters in battle.

A soldier with a curse
Tala lost her family to the empress’s army and has spent her life avenging them in...

Mooncakes

Author

Suzanne Walker

A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft.

Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.

One fateful...

The Deathless Girls

Author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin.

On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their beloved traveller...

Snow, Glass, Apples

Author

Neil Gaiman

*3.5 stars*



Oh my! Snow, Glass, Apples is some twisted, dark and creepy fairytale retelling of Snow White, lovely and dear Snow White. In this short story written by the critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, she is pure and innocent no more. Better watch out: the mask she wears might...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Author	August Wilson
ISBN	0452261139

The time is 1927. The place is a rundown recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites.

Waiting for her are her black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and her white manager. What...

Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics

Author	Starhawk
ISBN	0807010375

My edition is the old blue one with the white letters and it was part of opening the interior and exterior world for me back in the day. Starhawk's insistence on the integration of sexuality, politics and the personal power some refer to as magic has aged well, as has her vision of what we risk by not understanding...