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The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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September 1, 2011
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September 30, 2011
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#42 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/201…more

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Carrie
Jun 06, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, fantasy, favorites, historical-fiction, 1st-in-a-series, goddess-gods, own, arthurian
4.75

This would have to be one of my top reads for 2017.....It lost .25 to make it a full 5 stars because of all the times I wanted to smack Gewnhwyfar.
16 likes ·   · see review
Gaijinmama
Sep 04, 2009 rated it it was amazing
This blew me away when I was 15.
I'm in my 40's now and a bit better informed about history, but nevertheless this is a brilliant piece of fiction, with characters that will stay with you forever. ...more
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James
Jun 29, 2007 marked it as on-my-wishlist-sff-1
Shelves: fantasy, myth-legend-and-folklore, locus
T.L. Rese
Jul 18, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, fantastical
Teddy
Aug 15, 2007 added it
Shelves: classics
Kimberly
Jan 12, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Kelly Linzey
Mar 03, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Jenelle Compton
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Shelves: fantasy
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Sep 05, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: cannot-live-without
Marilyn
Nov 22, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
Diane
Jan 06, 2009 rated it really liked it
Tracey
Jun 05, 2009 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fantasy, arthurian
Kevis Hendrickson
Jul 29, 2009 marked it as to-read
Michelle
Oct 21, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Heather
Nov 25, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Bookowl
Nov 24, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, arthurian, 2022
Paula
Jun 16, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Andrew
Feb 13, 2016 marked it as to-read
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