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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 325 times as myths)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,505,312 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 275 times as myths)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,215,016 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 214 times as myths)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,584,149 ratings — published 2005
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as myths)
avg rating 4.09 — 350,038 ratings — published 2017
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 167 times as myths)
avg rating 4.25 — 182,733 ratings — published 2017
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 158 times as myths)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,436,145 ratings — published 2006
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 145 times as myths)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,276,015 ratings — published 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 136 times as myths)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,268,888 ratings — published 2008
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 136 times as myths)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,200,527 ratings — published 2009
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as myths)
avg rating 3.78 — 157,535 ratings — published 2021
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as myths)
avg rating 4.28 — 973,010 ratings — published 2010
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as myths)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,300,731 ratings — published -800
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 108 times as myths)
avg rating 4.40 — 693,244 ratings — published 2011
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 105 times as myths)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,540 ratings — published 2013
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as myths)
avg rating 4.04 — 101,452 ratings — published 2019
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 101 times as myths)
avg rating 4.47 — 698,149 ratings — published 2012
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as myths)
avg rating 3.89 — 123,231 ratings — published 2018
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as myths)
avg rating 3.70 — 101,404 ratings — published 2005
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 90 times as myths)
avg rating 4.56 — 505,609 ratings — published 2013
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as myths)
avg rating 3.94 — 542,641 ratings — published -750
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as myths)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,742 ratings — published 1942
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as myths)
avg rating 3.77 — 86,789 ratings — published 2022
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as myths)
avg rating 3.65 — 61,649 ratings — published 2022
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
by (shelved 79 times as myths)
avg rating 4.30 — 67,295 ratings — published 2018
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as myths)
avg rating 4.22 — 70,826 ratings — published 2023
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as myths)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,951 ratings — published 2020
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 74 times as myths)
avg rating 4.43 — 411,512 ratings — published 2014
American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 74 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,008,816 ratings — published 2001
Atalanta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as myths)
avg rating 3.73 — 39,771 ratings — published 2023
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 435,586 ratings — published 2010
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as myths)
avg rating 4.12 — 243,377 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 — 248,738 ratings — published 2015
Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as myths)
avg rating 4.34 — 50,905 ratings — published 2020
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as myths)
avg rating 4.18 — 234,566 ratings — published 2011
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as myths)
avg rating 4.03 — 66,336 ratings — published 2021
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as myths)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,918 ratings — published 1988
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as myths)
avg rating 3.76 — 125,465 ratings — published -1800
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 81,549 ratings — published 8
The Children of Jocasta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as myths)
avg rating 3.89 — 14,310 ratings — published 2017
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as myths)
avg rating 3.87 — 81,496 ratings — published 2019
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as myths)
avg rating 4.29 — 135,412 ratings — published 2016
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 46 times as myths)
avg rating 4.27 — 186,713 ratings — published 2012
The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as myths)
avg rating 3.83 — 32,396 ratings — published 2021
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as myths)
avg rating 4.09 — 148,872 ratings — published 2017
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as myths)
avg rating 4.35 — 111,463 ratings — published 2017
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as myths)
avg rating 4.42 — 101,998 ratings — published 2014
The Greek Myths: Complete Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as myths)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,917 ratings — published 1955
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as myths)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,551 ratings — published 1949
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as myths)
avg rating 4.18 — 185,214 ratings — published 2021
“They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,” she began. And this is what the little girl would tell her children and what they would tell their children long after the ones who came before were gone. “They say an old witch lived in the east, in Iron Wood. And there, she bore the wolves who chase the sun and moon. They say she went to Asgard and was burned three times upon a pyre and three times she was reborn before she fled. They say she loved a man with scarred lips and a sharp tongue; a man who gave her back her heart and more. They say she loved a woman too, a sword-wielding bride of the Gods; as bold as any man and fiercer still. They say she wandered, giving aid to those who needed it most, healing them with potions and spells. They say she stood her ground against the fires of Ragnarok, until the very end, until she was burned a final time. All but her heart reduce to ashes once more. But others say she lives yet.”
― The Witch's Heart
― The Witch's Heart
“We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic, national or ideological tribe. We need myths that help us to realize the importance of compassion, which is not always regarded as sufficiently productive or efficient in our pragmatic, rational world. We need myths that help us to create a spiritual attitude, to see beyond our immediate requirements, and enable us to experience a transcendent value that challenges our solipsistic selfishness. We need myths that help us to venerate the earth as sacred once again, instead of merely using it as a 'resource.' This is crucial, because unless there is some kind of spiritual revolution that is able to keep abreast of our technological genius, we will not save our planet.”
― A Short History of Myth
― A Short History of Myth
