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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 452 times as myth)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,444,109 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 377 times as myth)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,147,242 ratings — published 2011
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 281 times as myth)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,263,307 ratings — published -750
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 276 times as myth)
avg rating 4.10 — 347,994 ratings — published 2017
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 263 times as myth)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,544,209 ratings — published 2005
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as myth)
avg rating 3.94 — 531,872 ratings — published -750
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 189 times as myth)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,417,573 ratings — published 2006
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 189 times as myth)
avg rating 4.25 — 175,973 ratings — published 2017
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 174 times as myth)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,259,957 ratings — published 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 169 times as myth)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,254,802 ratings — published 2008
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as myth)
avg rating 3.78 — 154,367 ratings — published 2021
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 165 times as myth)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,186,518 ratings — published 2009
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as myth)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,551 ratings — published 1988
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as myth)
avg rating 3.76 — 123,343 ratings — published -1800
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 148 times as myth)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,002,684 ratings — published 2001
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as myth)
avg rating 3.71 — 95,453 ratings — published 2005
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as myth)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,141 ratings — published 1949
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as myth)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,183 ratings — published 1942
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as myth)
avg rating 4.04 — 97,783 ratings — published 2019
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 130 times as myth)
avg rating 4.29 — 964,590 ratings — published 2010
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as myth)
avg rating 3.89 — 119,823 ratings — published 2018
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as myth)
avg rating 3.77 — 83,756 ratings — published 2022
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as myth)
avg rating 3.50 — 355,010 ratings — published 1000
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as myth)
avg rating 4.10 — 80,581 ratings — published 8
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 113 times as myth)
avg rating 4.40 — 686,622 ratings — published 2011
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 106 times as myth)
avg rating 4.47 — 692,000 ratings — published 2012
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 106 times as myth)
avg rating 3.88 — 147,903 ratings — published -19
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as myth)
avg rating 3.66 — 59,800 ratings — published 2022
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 102 times as myth)
avg rating 3.93 — 132,117 ratings — published 2013
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as myth)
avg rating 4.21 — 66,327 ratings — published 2023
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as myth)
avg rating 4.31 — 64,786 ratings — published 2018
Till We Have Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as myth)
avg rating 4.20 — 85,084 ratings — published 1956
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 90 times as myth)
avg rating 4.57 — 499,715 ratings — published 2013
Atalanta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as myth)
avg rating 3.73 — 38,582 ratings — published 2023
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as myth)
avg rating 4.03 — 64,547 ratings — published 2021
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as myth)
avg rating 4.10 — 433,206 ratings — published 2010
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as myth)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,246 ratings — published 2020
Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
by (shelved 71 times as myth)
avg rating 4.34 — 48,162 ratings — published 2020
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 71 times as myth)
avg rating 4.43 — 406,445 ratings — published 2014
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as myth)
avg rating 4.10 — 101,736 ratings — published 1992
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as myth)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,228 ratings — published 1220
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as myth)
avg rating 4.23 — 246,723 ratings — published 2015
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as myth)
avg rating 4.12 — 240,449 ratings — published 2016
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as myth)
avg rating 4.18 — 233,008 ratings — published 2011
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as myth)
avg rating 3.87 — 80,430 ratings — published 2019
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 54 times as myth)
avg rating 4.27 — 185,321 ratings — published 2012
Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as myth)
avg rating 3.68 — 321,174 ratings — published 2021
The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as myth)
avg rating 3.83 — 31,198 ratings — published 2021
Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as myth)
avg rating 3.68 — 15,641 ratings — published 2022
“Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible, distant because of his demonstrated flawlessness, and possessing such strength of character that he was dismaying and at the same time utterly attractive in an enticing and forbidden way.”
― Nightmarish Sacrifice
― Nightmarish Sacrifice
