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The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Odyssey by HomerThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Best Books About Mythology
1,401 books — 2,226 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanScarlet by Marissa MeyerCress by Marissa MeyerThe Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales & Classics
1,793 books — 2,002 voters

Fighting Destiny by Amelia HutchinsTaunting Destiny by Amelia HutchinsDarkfever by Karen Marie MoningShadowfever by Karen Marie MoningBloodfever by Karen Marie Moning
Fae & Elven Romance/Urban Fantasy
443 books — 801 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best of Mythic Fiction
691 books — 719 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Awakening by Kate ChopinZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best New Orleans Books
424 books — 346 voters
Vampire Academy by Richelle MeadBitches To Witches by Ellie AidenRoyally Sucked by Ellie AidenSuck U by Ellie AidenEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Amazing Paranormal Books-All Sub Genres
480 books — 307 voters

Beowulf by UnknownThe Odyssey by HomerThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Iliad by HomerAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Mythology/Folklore
579 books — 218 voters
Harvest Home by Thomas TryonCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesThe Willows by Algernon BlackwoodThe White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur MachenWylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Folk Horror
371 books — 164 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienWhispers from the Woods by Sandra KynesA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareUprooted by Naomi Novik
Forests in Myth, Folklore and Fairy tales
182 books — 92 voters
Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena RossnerThe Familiar by Leigh BardugoThe Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
Jewish Inspired SFF
195 books — 60 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainForty-Ninth by Boris PronskyThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Americana Fiction
63 books — 53 voters
Collected Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesThe Woman in Black by Susan HillGreat Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Phyllis FraserThe Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith WhartonBloody Ghost Stories by Brianna Stoddard
Ghost Story Collections
164 books — 47 voters

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe House with Chicken Legs by Sophie AndersonBaba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoolaVassa in the Night by Sarah PorterThe Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Baba Yaga
100 books — 47 voters
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau PretoHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Phoenix and the Blue Jackal by Chris MustacheThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneHeart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto
Fiction: Phoenix (Mythological Bird)
102 books — 46 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanMythos by Stephen FryThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Task 15 #ReadHarder 2019
142 books — 44 voters
Caste by Isabel WilkersonHappiness Becomes You by Tina TurnerOverground Railroad by Candacy A. TaylorOur Time Is Now by Stacey AbramsWandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins
2020 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
115 books — 41 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonFour Hundred Souls by Ibram X. KendiYou'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber RuffinStuck Improving by Decoteau J. IrbySomebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
2021 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
160 books — 41 voters
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie GonzalesDear John by Nicholas SparksCall It What You Want by Brigid KemmererEnchanted to Meet You by Meg CabotLove Story by Erich Segal
Taylor Swift Song Titles
228 books — 40 voters

The Art of War by Sun TzuThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaThe Way of Zen by Alan W. WattsSymposium by PlatoThe Metamorphoses of Ovid by Ovid
Joseph Campbell Reading List
48 books — 32 voters
Devil in the Grove by Gilbert KingA Land Remembered by Patrick D. SmithLast Train to Paradise by Les StandifordThe Swamp by Michael GrunwaldTotch by Loren G. "Totch" Brown
Florida History
193 books — 28 voters

Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmLittle Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart HymanSaint George and the Dragon by Margaret HodgesThe Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul GaldoneThe Jack Tales by Richard Thomas Chase
Best Classic Folk Tales
197 books — 26 voters
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. MaasThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackA Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
Here Be Fairies
64 books — 25 voters

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenThe Mermaid and the Shoe by K.G. CampbellThe Mermaid by Jan BrettMermaid School by JoAnne Stewart WetzelSukey And The Mermaid by Robert D. San Souci
Picture Books about Mermaids
220 books — 24 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNormal People by Sally RooneyGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
books taylor swift has mentioned
36 books — 24 voters

Silver on the Tree by Susan CooperThe Wild Hunt of Hagworthy by Penelope LivelyWild Hunt by Jane YolenTamsin by Peter S. BeagleThe Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
The Wild Hunt
123 books — 24 voters
The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine HoweThe Penguin Book of the Undead by Scott G. BruceThe Penguin Book of Ghost Stories by Michael NewtonThe Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina BacchilegaThe Penguin Book of English Folktales by Neil Philip
The Penguin Book of…
154 books — 20 voters

History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James MooneyScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzFood for the Dead by Michael E. BellMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtGhostland by Colin Dickey
American Folklore
148 books — 16 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaolaThe Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaolaThe Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
Flower and Plant lore
98 books — 13 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenNormal People by Sally RooneyRebecca by Daphne du MaurierTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Every book Taylor Swift has read
51 books — 13 voters
Marian, Princess Thief by C.K. BrookeScarlet by A.C. GaughenHawksmaid by Kathryn LaskyMaid Marian by Elsa WatsonThe Forestwife by Theresa Tomlinson
Maid Marian (Robin Hood) Retellings
30 books — 12 voters

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