Overbooked specializes in providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction. Overbooked has been online since 1994. Overbooked is a work in progress . . .

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Mythological Stars

 

Page Modified: June 8, 2007

 

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A list of books, many of which received at least one starred review (indicating a work of unusual merit) from the following review sources: Booklist (BL), Publisher's Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library Journal (LJ). Additional titles of interest may be included on this list. Titles are listed alphabetically by author.

Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.

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Fiction

• Achilles
  Author: Cook, Elizabeth
  Publisher: Picador $ 16 ISBN: 0312288840 Date: 2002
  PW Booklist
  Born of god and king, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. This passionate retelling of the epic tale of Achilles recreates Homer's hero in a new and vivid reality.
  Suggested Reading: Historical Fiction Stars | Ancient Greece
  Updated 2/6/02

 

Nonfiction

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