Mythological Fantasy

Gods walk among us, or used to. Fantasy that draws from the old stories — Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Aztec — and finds them stranger and more brutal than the sanitized versions. Myth retold with the uncomfortable parts intact.

On the Myth & Folklore shelf.

Books shelved as Mythological Fantasy

• Untethered Sky — Fonda Lee
• The Battle of the Labyrinth — Rick Riordan
• The Wise Wound: Menstruation and Everywoman — Penelope Shuttle
• A Crown of Wishes — Roshani Chokshi / Priya Ayyar
• Fevered Star — Rebecca Roanhorse
• Dragonsworn — Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Hunted — Kevin Hearne
• Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold — Stephen Fry
• Northern Wrath — Thilde Kold Holdt
• Ariadna — JENNIFER. SAINT
• Mysteries of the Dark Moon — Demetra George
• The Song of Achilles — Madeline Miller
• The Lost Hero — Rick Riordan
• The Aztlanian — Brandon Sanderson
• Galatea — Ambra Garlaschelli
• El estanque de los soñadores — Juliet Marillier
• Three Parts Dead — Max Gladstone
• The House of Hades — Rick Riordan
• The Magician — Michael Scott
• The Mark of Athena — Rick Riordan
• The Two Towers — J.R.R. Tolkien
• La hija del bosque — Juliet Marillier
• The Ship of the Dead — Rick Riordan
• The Red Pyramid — Rick Riordan

Related genres

• Folklore
• Mythology
• Arthurian
• Celtic Fantasy
• Vikings & Norse
• Biblical

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