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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,462,880 ratings — published 2018
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,003,931 ratings — published 2001
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,168,844 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,555,842 ratings — published 2005
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,422,380 ratings — published 2006
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.09 — 348,565 ratings — published 2017
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.29 — 966,992 ratings — published 2010
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.25 — 178,321 ratings — published 2017
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,279,095 ratings — published -800
Anansi Boys (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 231,220 ratings — published 2005
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.40 — 688,470 ratings — published 2011
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,621,038 ratings — published 1937
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,487 ratings — published 2020
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 99,187 ratings — published 2019
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,264,456 ratings — published 2007
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.78 — 155,550 ratings — published 2021
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.20 — 570,225 ratings — published 2020
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.93 — 133,337 ratings — published 2013
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.13 — 214,968 ratings — published 1982
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.08 — 244,887 ratings — published 2017
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.57 — 501,318 ratings — published 2013
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.47 — 693,683 ratings — published 2012
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.43 — 407,963 ratings — published 2014
Till We Have Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.20 — 85,525 ratings — published 1956
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,190,347 ratings — published 2009
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,258,646 ratings — published 2008
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 348,686 ratings — published 1977
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,232,947 ratings — published 1954
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.94 — 535,187 ratings — published -750
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.18 — 183,646 ratings — published 2021
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.07 — 102,959 ratings — published 2022
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.03 — 64,830 ratings — published 2021
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.35 — 116,981 ratings — published 2017
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.01 — 273,140 ratings — published 2015
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.01 — 666,023 ratings — published 2013
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.71 — 97,558 ratings — published 2005
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,822 ratings — published 1958
A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.01 — 375,940 ratings — published 1968
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.92 — 23,526 ratings — published 2011
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,177,143 ratings — published 1954
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.25 — 276,295 ratings — published 1988
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.21 — 67,928 ratings — published 2023
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.77 — 84,833 ratings — published 2022
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.65 — 60,522 ratings — published 2022
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.89 — 121,047 ratings — published 2018
Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.25 — 38,652 ratings — published 1998
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.10 — 258,615 ratings — published 2018
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.87 — 80,711 ratings — published 2019
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.48 — 93,566 ratings — published 2019
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.88 — 262,406 ratings — published 2004
“The gods had departed from the sky to relax at a tavern at the edge of the universe. Still, an extraordinary life took its course.”
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“Whether you believe a word of the Bible or not, it's a beautifully written example of mythic storytelling. The moral ideals expressed in its pages are noble aspirations. Sadly, they are routinely ignored or (accidentally or deliberately) misinterpreted.”
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