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The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerBeowulf by UnknownThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Nibelungenlied by Unknown
Best Epic Poem/Myth
15 books — 17 voters
Mr. Either/Or by Aaron PoochigianParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Empireid by IlvarioPlutonic Sonnets by Robert Bates Graber
Greatest Epic/Long Narrative Poems
12 books — 13 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisInferno by Dante AlighieriThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad Tradition
48 books — 10 voters
Paradise Lost by John MiltonThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Prelude by William Wordsworth
Long Poems
31 books — 10 voters

The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary SutcliffBlack Ships Before Troy by Rosemary SutcliffD'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireThe Revenge of Ishtar by Ludmila ZemanThe Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmila Zeman
Best Children's Ancient Literature & Mythology
47 books — 8 voters
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story by Jason ReynoldsBlack Girl You Are Atlas by Renée WatsonCruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley GranilloThe First State of Being by Erin Entrada KellyFinn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy
2025 Youth Media ALA Awards
105 books — 3 voters

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline BoulleyThe Summer of the Bone Horses by Virginia Driving Hawk SneveAll the Blues in the Sky by Renée WatsonThe Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan GlaserSheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
2026 Youth Media ALA Awards
124 books — 2 voters
The Cantebury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Hobbit, Part One by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJubilee by Margaret WalkerParadise Lost by John Milton
Book-Alikes for Homer's Odyssey
14 books — 1 voter

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
Odyssey Retellings
1 book — 1 voter
The Odyssey of Andrew Swan by Dugald MacfadyenThe Strange Odyssey of Howard Pow by Bill HuttonThe Tooth Trip by Thomas McGuireJourneys in the mythic sea by Jim HarterThe Odyssey Of An Out-Of-Work by Terence Horsley
"Odyssey"
46 books — 1 voter

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