Story type
What it is about
- Mythology, Greek
- Goddesses
- Magic
- Circe
Where it happens
- Ancient Greece
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
Awards
- Athenaeum Literary Award
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Mythology, Greek, Goddesses, Magic. It is set in Ancient Greece and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Publisher page
Books like this one
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Circe: "Historical Fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
The Nightingale: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Circe: "Historical Fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
Memoirs of a Geisha: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Circe: "Historical Fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
Water for Elephants: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
Circe: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on April 10, 2018. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Another edition on record
- The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 393-page hardcover from Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 9780316556347. Source: Library of Congress, its record of another edition, checked November 6, 2026.
9780316556347 ... hardcover ... 393 pages ... Little, Brown and Company
- Awards and honors
- It received the Athenaeum Literary Award. Source: Wikidata, citing philaathenaeum.org, checked November 6, 2026.
How Circe came to be
- Miller says choosing Circe after The Song of Achilles did not even feel like a choice. Interview: Refinery29, April 10, 2018, checked November 6, 2026.
It didn't even feel like a choice, because it was so obviously Circe to me.
- She was drawn to Circe as one of the few women in myth allowed to live independently and hold power. Interview: Refinery29, April 10, 2018, checked November 6, 2026.
- She was also interested in the character's complexity. Interview: Refinery29, April 10, 2018, checked November 6, 2026.
I was also interested in her complexity.
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