Ten books to read after seeing "The Odyssey"

At People magazine Janey Wetzel and Lizz Schumer tagged ten Greek mythology retellings and other books to read after seeing The Odyssey. One title on the list:

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Hathaway’s character in the film, the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, Penelope silently waits for her husband to return from his epic journey. In this adaptation by the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning her own version of events — a chronicle filled with lust, greed and murder.

Read about the other books on the list.

The Penelopiad is among Irena Smith's nine books with short but rich interior journeys and Paula Munier's eight top works informed by The Odyssey.

Also see Tanaz Bhathena's nine feminist myth and fairytale retellings to read after watching Christopher Nolan’s big screen adaptation of The Odyssey, Paula Munier's eight top works informed by The Odyssey, and Andrew Welsh-Huggins's five novels drawing inspiration from the Odyssey.

--Marshal Zeringue