Mythic

Mythic fiction is literature that is rooted in, inspired by, or that in some way draws from the tropes, themes and symbolism of myth, folklore, and fairy tales. Mythic fiction overlaps with urban fantasy and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but mythic fiction also includes contemporary works in non-urban settings. Mythic fiction refers to works of contemporary literature that often cross the divide between literary and fantasy fiction.

Circe
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
The Song of Achilles
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
Norse Mythology
Anansi Boys
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
A Thousand Ships
The Odyssey
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil GaimanStardust by Neil GaimanLittle Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart HymanThe Singing Bones by Shaun TanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
Mythic Arts
86 books — 10 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLittle, Big by John CrowleyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Endicott's Mythic Fiction List
110 books — 97 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Celtic Twilight by W.B. YeatsSoul Music by Terry PratchettTaliesin by Stephen R. LawheadThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
BEST CELTIC MAGIC/BARD BOOKS
69 books — 10 voters

Uprooted by Naomi NovikThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Fantasy Books That Feel Like Myths
20 books — 1 voter
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterRussian Fairy Tales by Alexander AfanasyevThe Theater of Dusk by Lizbeth GabrielThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Night Kitchen
171 books — 21 voters

Stewart Stafford
I Am Chameleon by Stewart Stafford I am the shadow in your peripheral vision, A rippling in the brilliantine matrix, A wind's mesmerising, gossamer lullaby, The speck of dust for a euphoric sneeze. I am the shimmering, starry shell of night, The bird that bathes in transient pools, A cloud, shaped by myriad perspectives, Flaming phoenix flower picked to re-sprout. I am the tribal cave of rest and warmth, The cleansing pool of birth and rebirth, The fire of light, heat, and nourishment, The be ...more
Stewart Stafford

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He kills the stars.
Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

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