Mythic Fiction

Fiction based on mythology, legends, folktales, and fairytales.

American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
Circe
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Anansi Boys
The Song of Achilles
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
Daughter of the Forest  (Sevenwaters, #1)
Ariadne
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
Deathless
Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1)
Wild Magic by Tamora PierceShiver by Maggie StiefvaterWolf-Speaker by Tamora PierceEmperor Mage by Tamora PierceThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Beast Within
163 books — 49 voters
Fables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Unwritten, Vol. 1 by Mike CareyFables, Vol. 2 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 4 by Bill Willingham
Mythic Fiction Comics
114 books — 34 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best of Mythic Fiction
706 books — 738 voters
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeBeauty by Robin McKinleyRose Daughter by Robin McKinleyPossession by A.S. Byatt
Endicott's Fairy Tales List
72 books — 64 voters

Unforgettable Harsh
Selene’s mouth curved—not unkindly, but with the knowing of someone who had already seen what lay beneath his quiet. “A man who’s been judged, shamed, cast out,” she murmured, “usually fills the night with noise. They name their enemies, curse their fates, cry about injustice. But you—” she tilted her head, and a loose strand of hair slid across her shoulder, “—you sit like a gravestone. Either you’re too proud, or you’re hiding more than I can see.
Unforgettable Harsh, The City That Dreams In Blood : The Cartographer and The Oracle Series | A Mythic Dark Fantasy Novel

Robert Lynn Asprin
I had expected a certain amount of exitment from the staff when they found out I wasn't totaly helpless. Instead, they looked unfomfortable. They exchanged glances, then looked at the sky, then at the ground. "umm.... does this mean we're going on? Guido said at last. ...more
Robert Lynn Asprin, Myth-ing Persons

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