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18 past books matching Pre-History | Ancient History
Ideal for readers looking for feminist myth retellings, historical fantasy, and reimagined ancient and biblical traditions.
Lilith
Pre-History | Ancient History · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Lilith refuses Adam's demand that she submit to him and is banished from Eden, beginning a journey across centuries to rescue Eve, find the missing Asherah, and restore balance to the world, with a 3.6-star average from more than 13,000 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for feminist myth retellings, historical fantasy, and reimagined ancient and biblical traditions.
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A triumphantly feminist retelling of ancient creation myths in the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North.
Lyrically rendered, this epic U.S. debut tells the story of the woman known as Adam's first wife and her fall from Paradise and quest for revenge.
Before Eve, there was Lilith.
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses—and is banished forever from Paradise.
Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah—God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven—is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
Lilith’s quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer, to the court of Israel’s Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. Noah’s wife, Norea, Jezebel and Mary Magdalene all play their part in Lilith’s enlightenment. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time.
Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.
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The Tenth Chamber follows a literary historian and an archaeologist drawn together by a hidden medieval manuscript discovered after a monastery fire.
The Tenth Chamber
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Pre-History | Ancient History
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The Tenth Chamber follows a literary historian and an archaeologist drawn together by a hidden medieval manuscript discovered after a monastery fire. Their search uncovers a vast prehistoric cave system and a chamber of immense significance. As deadly accidents mount, it becomes clear someone will kill to keep its secrets buried.
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A hidden manuscript. A prehistoric mystery. A deadly conspiracy.
From internationally bestselling author Glenn Cooper—whose thrillers have sold over 8 million copies worldwide—comes a gripping archaeological conspiracy novel that spans centuries.
When a fire ravages the library of a remote French monastery, a secret text is discovered behind a forgotten bookcase. The manuscript, written in the 14th century, speaks of a painted cave and contains a crude map. Sent to Paris for restoration, it captures the attention of literary historian Hugo Pineau, who turns to archaeologist Luc Simard for help.
Their investigation leads to a vast network of prehistoric caves hidden deep within the cliffs of rural France—and to the tenth chamber, a site of unimaginable significance. As the team prepares to reveal the discovery to the world, a series of fatal “accidents” suggests a more sinister truth: someone will do anything to keep the secrets of the chamber buried.
A breathtaking blend of ancient mystery and modern thriller, The Tenth Chamber is perfect for fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Steve Berry.
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A strong match for readers drawn to prehistoric historical fiction, survival, cultural conflict, healing, and found family bonds.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History · Women's Fiction
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read, The Clan of the Cave Bear follows Ayla, a young girl left alone after a natural disaster, as she is taken in by the Clan, learns their ways, and becomes a threat to a brutal future leader, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 13,700 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to prehistoric historical fiction, survival, cultural conflict, healing, and found family bonds.
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This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.
A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly—she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.
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A great civilization carries on as if nothing is wrong, even while disaster gathers beneath its feet.
Pompeii
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History
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A great civilization carries on as if nothing is wrong, even while disaster gathers beneath its feet. When engineer Marcus Attilius Primus investigates failing springs and a damaged aqueduct, he uncovers corruption, violence, and a city already edging toward ruin. This historical thriller pairs Roman politics and mounting dread with the relentless pull of an approaching cataclysm.
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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
"Terrific . . . gripping . . . A literally shattering climax."—The New York Times Book Review
All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’ s sixty-mile main line—somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
Attilius—decent, practical, and incorruptible—promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.
With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of Archangel and Fatherland, re-creates a world on the brink of disaster.
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A strong match for readers drawn to Greek mythology retellings, powerful witches, gods and mortals, and character-driven historical fantasy.
CIRCE
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Fantasy · Pre-History | Ancient History
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A #1 New York Times bestseller, Circe was described by The New York Times as “[A] bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story.” The novel reimagines the sorceress of The Odyssey as she discovers witchcraft, is exiled by Zeus, and must decide whether she belongs with the gods or the mortals she has come to love, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 95,600 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to Greek mythology retellings, powerful witches, gods and mortals, and character-driven historical fantasy.
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This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (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.
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A strong match for readers drawn to immersive prehistoric fiction, survival stories, animal bonds, and slow-building romance.
The Valley of Horses
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History
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Cast out by the Clan that raised her, Ayla survives alone in a prehistoric valley, forming bonds with a horse and cave lion before rescuing the wounded Jondalar and confronting the possibility of companionship, love, and life among her own kind, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 10,700 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to immersive prehistoric fiction, survival stories, animal bonds, and slow-building romance.
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This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.
Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself.
Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship.
One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don’t fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind.
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