Circe vs Ilium: Which Should You Read?

Circe Madeline Miller · 2018 ★★★★☆ 4.2 404 pages · ≈ 7 h 29 m · Moderate

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…

Ilium Dan Simmons · 2003 ★★★★☆ 4.0 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

From the author of the Hyperion Cantos -- one of the most acclaimed popular series in contemporary science fiction -- comes a powerful epic of high-tech gods, human heroes, total war, and the extraordinary transcendence…