Recs if you like Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It...

All the greek mythology I can find out there! There is a lot of Percy Jackson and then quite a bit more. A mixture of more modern retellings and also the books and plays they're derived from.

The majority of history has been, and still is, written by men. Even when men write about women in history, they often get it wrong, distort the truth to fit moral or political narratives, or just plain have no idea what the female experience is so they miss what’s actually important.

Here is a list of some of history written by female authors, who are looking at history through their female gaze - not through the lense of what men have decided is history.

Suggestions welcome!

A list of phenomenal books I've either read or that are on my TBR that focus on women or the experiences of women across different ancient societies

In light of the recent interest in Greek mythology because of the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, here is a list of Greek myths and retellings of them

Non fiction books about history (mainly ancient and medieval) and mythology