The wanderings of Odysseus

Description
Books (fiction/drama/poetry) which reimagine the world, story, and characters of Homer's Odyssey (or related mythology about Odysseus). I'm primarily interested in "in-world" retellings, not modern settings.
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Ulysses
by James Joyce
27,354 members
374 reviews
4
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Edward, aulsmith, roby72, andejons
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Homer's Daughter
by Robert Graves
446 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
longway, spiphany
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The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses
by François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
299 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
longway, spiphany
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Cyclops
by Euripides
170 members
½ 3.3
2 Members
Edward, spiphany
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Return to Ithaca
by Eyvind Johnson
167 members
6 reviews
4.1
2 Members
andejons, spiphany
6
Itaca per sempre
by Luigi Malerba
124 members
2 reviews
3.8
2 Members
longway, spiphany
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Ulysses
by Alfred Tennyson
13 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
aulsmith, spiphany
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Elpënor
by Willy Kyrklund
8 members
1 review
½ 4.3
2 Members
andejons, spiphany
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The Odyssey
by Homer
62,141 members
521 reviews
4
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spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Including this as the locus classicus and main point of reference for the list as a whole.
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus
by Margaret Atwood
6,615 members
273 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Wanderings of Odysseus
by Rosemary Sutcliff
1,333 members
7 reviews
3.9
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12
Omeros
by Derek Walcott
1,305 members
22 reviews
3.9
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roby72
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Contempt
by Alberto Moravia
1,047 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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longway
14
The Lost Books of The Odyssey
by Zachary Mason
991 members
42 reviews
4
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spiphany
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The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
by Níkos Kazantzákis
543 members
5 reviews
4.2
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Ithaka
by Adèle Geras
344 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic
by Simon Armitage
188 members
3 reviews
3.9
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Penelope's Daughter
by Laurel Corona
146 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Odyssey: A Stage Version
by Derek Walcott
109 members
4.1
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King of Ithaka
by Tracy Barrett
103 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
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Odysseus: A Life
by Charles Rowan Beye
98 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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Waiting for Odysseus
by Clemence McLaren
96 members
1 review
3.2
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Odysseus: The Return: Book Two
by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
81 members
2 reviews
4
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The Return from Troy
by Lindsay Clarke
75 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
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Daughter of Necessity
by Marie Brennan
68 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
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Vrede op Ithaca
by Sándor Márai
65 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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Ithaca: A Novel of Homer's Odyssey
by Patrick Dillon
59 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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Eine ganz gewöhnliche Ehe. Odysseus und Penelope. Roman
by Inge Merkel
43 members
½ 4.4
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Torn from Troy: Odyssey of a Slave
by Patrick Bowman
43 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
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Telemachos
by Michael Köhlmeier
38 members
½ 3.3
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Naissance de l'Odyssée
by Jean Giono
36 members
3
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The Penelopeia
by Jane Rawlings
34 members
1 review
3.8
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Penelope's Man: The Homing Instinct
by John Erskine
19 members
4
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34
Yearning for the Sea
by Esther Seligson
18 members
11 reviews
3.8
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The Oracles of Troy (The Adventures of Odysseus)
by Glyn Iliffe
15 members
1 review
5
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Ithaka: Schauspiel nach den Heimkehr-Gesängen der Odyssee
by Botho Strauß
14 members
4
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37
Elpenor
by Jean Giraudoux
14 members
1 review
4
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38
A Sea of Sorrow
by Vicky Alvear Shecter
12 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
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Penelope's Web
by Christopher Rush
12 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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The voyage home
by Ernst Schnabel
11 members
4
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Return to Ithaca
by Glyn Iliffe
9 members
4
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The Voyage of Odysseus (The Adventures of Odysseus)
by Glyn Iliffe
9 members
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Les compagnons d'Ulysse
by Pierre Benoit
7 members
½ 0.5
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Helena op Ithaka een opera zonder muziek in drie bedrijven
by Marnix Gijsen
6 members
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Das Tagebuch der Penelope : (1193 v.u.Z. -?)
by Kostas Varnalis
6 members
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Odysseus und die Frauen
by Horst Wolfram Geißler
5 members
1 review
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Telegonos. Sohn der Liebe.
by Hanns Kneifel
4 members
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Das Testament des Odysseus
by Walter Jens
3 members
3
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The Lotos-Eaters
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
3 members
1 review
2
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Niemands Frau: Gesänge
by Barbara Köhler
3 members
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Der grosse Filou: D. Abenteuer d. Ithakers Odysseus
by Rudolf Hagelstange
2 members
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Odysseus
by Peter Oswald
2 members
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Odyssee Europa
by Uwe B. Carstensen
2 members
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The Adventures of Telemachus
by Louis Aragon
99 members
3 reviews
4.1
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The Last Voyage of Odysseus: A Novel
by Karen L. Carey
13 members
½ 3.3
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Odysseus and Penelope
by Mario Vargas Llosa
7 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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Letter To Nausicaa
by Richard Purtill
3 members
1 review
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The return of Odysseus
by Michael Walker
1 member
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Circe und ihre Schweine
by Max Brod
1 member
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Viajes de Penélope
by Juana Rosa Pita
1 member