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)
Daughter of the Forest  (Sevenwaters, #1)
Ariadne
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
Deathless
Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1)
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
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 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

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
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
111 books — 98 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
689 books — 713 voters

Charles de Lint
I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world is turning into a darker and stranger place than any of us could want. This is the only thing I do that has potential to shine a little further than my immediate surroundings. For me, each story is a little candle held up to the dark of night, trying to illuminate the hope for a better world where we all respect and care for each other. ...more
Charles de Lint

Tamara Agha-Jaffar
It happened so quickly. One minute I was plucking the flower, and the next I was in his chariot immersed in darkness. I struggled to wrench myself free from his grasp and run away. I twisted as far as I could, hoping to see mother chasing after me. But ahead of me, behind me, on either side of me, everywhere I looked, all I could see was darkness.
Tamara Agha-Jaffar, A Pomegranate and the Maiden

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