87 books
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11 voters
Mythic Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,747
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,403,869 ratings — published 2018
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.10 — 997,977 ratings — published 2001
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,084,065 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,503,457 ratings — published 2005
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,400,324 ratings — published 2006
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.29 — 955,998 ratings — published 2010
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.25 — 170,331 ratings — published 2017
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.10 — 346,154 ratings — published 2017
Anansi Boys (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 230,571 ratings — published 2005
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.40 — 679,986 ratings — published 2011
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,543,417 ratings — published 1937
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.21 — 27,589 ratings — published 2020
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 94,754 ratings — published 2019
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,244,554 ratings — published 2007
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.78 — 151,348 ratings — published 2021
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.93 — 128,577 ratings — published 2013
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.13 — 214,113 ratings — published 1982
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.08 — 241,377 ratings — published 2017
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.57 — 493,683 ratings — published 2013
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.47 — 685,701 ratings — published 2012
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,221,954 ratings — published -700
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.43 — 400,246 ratings — published 2014
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,172,771 ratings — published 2009
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,241,660 ratings — published 2008
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 343,090 ratings — published 1977
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,200,505 ratings — published 1954
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.19 — 180,286 ratings — published 2021
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.03 — 63,645 ratings — published 2021
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.20 — 522,805 ratings — published 2020
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.35 — 115,280 ratings — published 2017
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.02 — 269,261 ratings — published 2015
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.71 — 91,411 ratings — published 2005
Till We Have Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.20 — 83,621 ratings — published 1956
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.93 — 23,203 ratings — published 2011
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,154,775 ratings — published 1954
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.25 — 275,195 ratings — published 1988
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.21 — 62,844 ratings — published 2023
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.78 — 81,270 ratings — published 2022
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.93 — 522,036 ratings — published -800
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.66 — 58,338 ratings — published 2022
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.89 — 116,653 ratings — published 2018
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.10 — 254,564 ratings — published 2018
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.48 — 92,089 ratings — published 2019
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.01 — 662,243 ratings — published 2013
The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.54 — 61,522 ratings — published 1993
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 3.86 — 56,957 ratings — published 1965
The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,298 ratings — published 1973
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.27 — 183,771 ratings — published 2012
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,028 ratings — published 1958
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as mythic)
avg rating 4.01 — 369,112 ratings — published 1968
“May the Hum resonate.”
― Yurei Legend of the Shadow Blade
― Yurei Legend of the Shadow Blade
“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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