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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 325 times as myths)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,442,167 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 276 times as myths)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,144,919 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 215 times as myths)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,543,031 ratings — published 2005
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 347,946 ratings — published 2017
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 164 times as myths)
avg rating 4.25 — 175,751 ratings — published 2017
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 159 times as myths)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,417,096 ratings — published 2006
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 145 times as myths)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,259,536 ratings — published 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 137 times as myths)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,254,427 ratings — published 2008
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 137 times as myths)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,186,165 ratings — published 2009
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as myths)
avg rating 3.78 — 154,251 ratings — published 2021
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as myths)
avg rating 4.29 — 964,355 ratings — published 2010
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as myths)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,261,778 ratings — published -750
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 108 times as myths)
avg rating 4.40 — 686,428 ratings — published 2011
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as myths)
avg rating 4.04 — 97,612 ratings — published 2019
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 103 times as myths)
avg rating 3.93 — 132,005 ratings — published 2013
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 101 times as myths)
avg rating 4.47 — 691,816 ratings — published 2012
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as myths)
avg rating 3.89 — 119,685 ratings — published 2018
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as myths)
avg rating 3.71 — 95,191 ratings — published 2005
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 90 times as myths)
avg rating 4.57 — 499,546 ratings — published 2013
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as myths)
avg rating 3.94 — 531,513 ratings — published -750
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as myths)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,168 ratings — published 1942
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as myths)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,218 ratings — published 2020
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as myths)
avg rating 3.66 — 59,734 ratings — published 2022
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
by (shelved 78 times as myths)
avg rating 4.31 — 64,704 ratings — published 2018
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as myths)
avg rating 3.77 — 83,645 ratings — published 2022
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as myths)
avg rating 4.21 — 66,136 ratings — published 2023
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 74 times as myths)
avg rating 4.43 — 406,292 ratings — published 2014
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,002,568 ratings — published 2001
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 433,125 ratings — published 2010
Atalanta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as myths)
avg rating 3.73 — 38,531 ratings — published 2023
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as myths)
avg rating 4.13 — 240,372 ratings — published 2016
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as myths)
avg rating 4.23 — 246,659 ratings — published 2015
Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as myths)
avg rating 4.34 — 48,057 ratings — published 2020
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as myths)
avg rating 4.18 — 232,954 ratings — published 2011
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as myths)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,543 ratings — published 1988
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as myths)
avg rating 3.76 — 123,284 ratings — published -1800
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 80,567 ratings — published 8
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as myths)
avg rating 4.03 — 64,529 ratings — published 2021
The Children of Jocasta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as myths)
avg rating 3.89 — 13,823 ratings — published 2017
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 46 times as myths)
avg rating 4.27 — 185,265 ratings — published 2012
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as myths)
avg rating 3.87 — 80,401 ratings — published 2019
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as myths)
avg rating 4.29 — 134,032 ratings — published 2016
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as myths)
avg rating 4.09 — 146,790 ratings — published 2017
The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as myths)
avg rating 3.83 — 31,153 ratings — published 2021
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as myths)
avg rating 4.42 — 101,052 ratings — published 2014
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)
by (shelved 42 times as myths)
avg rating 4.36 — 110,185 ratings — published 2017
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as myths)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,130 ratings — published 1949
The Greek Myths: Complete Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as myths)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,841 ratings — published 1955
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as myths)
avg rating 4.18 — 182,848 ratings — published 2021
“When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.”
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“Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. We can write fiction because there is reality and we can write reality because there is fiction; everything we consider today to be myth and legend, our ancestors believed to be history and everything in our history includes myths and legends. Before the splendid modern-day mind was formed our cultures and civilizations were conceived in the wombs of, and born of, what we identify today as "fiction, unreality, myth, legend, fantasy, folklore, imaginations, fabrications and tall tales." And in our suddenly realized glory of all our modern-day "advancements" we somehow fail to ask ourselves the question "Who designated myths and legends as unreality? " But I ask myself this question because who decided that he was spectacular enough to stand up and say to our ancestors "You were all stupid and disillusioned and imagining things" and then why did we all decide to believe this person? There are many realities not just one. There is a truth that goes far beyond what we are told today to believe in. And we find that truth when we are brave enough to break away from what keeps everybody else feeling comfortable. Your reality is what you believe in. And nobody should be able to tell you to believe otherwise.”
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