Mythic

Mythic fiction is literature that is rooted in, inspired by, or that in some way draws from the tropes, themes and symbolism of myth, folklore, and fairy tales. Mythic fiction overlaps with urban fantasy and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but mythic fiction also includes contemporary works in non-urban settings. Mythic fiction refers to works of contemporary literature that often cross the divide between literary and fantasy fiction.

Circe
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
The Song of Achilles
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
Anansi Boys
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Norse Mythology
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
Galatea
A Thousand Ships
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
Sacrifice by Helyn DunnThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Great Historical Fantasy Novels
19 books — 8 voters
The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat RectorAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanGoblin Market by Christina RossettiThe Little Country by Charles de Lint
Must-read Mythic Fiction Novels
80 books — 44 voters

A-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoShine by Rajinder JholThe Pearl on the String by Jenny   RichterLove Evil by Wendy Williamson
The alchemist
9 books — 8 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Celtic Twilight by W.B. YeatsSoul Music by Terry PratchettTaliesin by Stephen R. LawheadThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
BEST CELTIC MAGIC/BARD BOOKS
69 books — 10 voters


Aspen Matis
My parents had lived in California, long ago, when they were twenty and twenty-two, also newly married. This distant knowledge romanced me like a whiff of honey, the sweet and mythic prehistory of my existence.
Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

Jeff Vandermeer
He kills the stars.
Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

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