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Arthur Books
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5)
by (shelved 63 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,077 ratings — published 1958
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.13 — 214,175 ratings — published 1982
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.13 — 48,880 ratings — published 1970
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.26 — 56,709 ratings — published 1995
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.91 — 39,834 ratings — published 1485
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.76 — 80,718 ratings — published 1375
Arthurian Romances (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,216 ratings — published 1181
Arthur Meets The President (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.86 — 951 ratings — published 1991
Arthur's Birthday (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 29 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,770 ratings — published 1989
The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.25 — 23,205 ratings — published 1973
Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
by (shelved 25 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.02 — 18,859 ratings — published 1987
Arthur's Pet Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,373 ratings — published 1990
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.78 — 108,930 ratings — published 1889
The History of the Kings of Britain (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.71 — 6,974 ratings — published 1136
The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 16,831 ratings — published 1979
Arthur's Halloween (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,798 ratings — published 1982
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,772 ratings — published 1200
Arthur Writes a Story (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 23 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,454 ratings — published 1996
Idylls of the King (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,526 ratings — published 1885
Arthur's Chicken Pox: An Arthur Adventure (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,660 ratings — published 1994
Arthur's Reading Race (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,341 ratings — published 1996
Arthur's First Sleepover (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,046 ratings — published 1994
Arthur's Valentine (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,572 ratings — published 1980
Arthur's Tooth (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,120 ratings — published 1985
Arthur's Thanksgiving (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,312 ratings — published 1983
Arthur's Teacher Trouble (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,785 ratings — published 1987
Arthur's New Puppy (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,204 ratings — published 1993
Arthur's Baby (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,104 ratings — published 1987
Arthur's Christmas (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 20 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,842 ratings — published 1984
Arthur's Eyes (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 20 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,727 ratings — published 1979
The Book of Merlyn (Once and Future King, #5)
by (shelved 20 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.87 — 10,264 ratings — published 1977
The Sword in the Stone (Once and Future King, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.88 — 28,815 ratings — published 1938
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,034 ratings — published 1976
Glasses for D.W. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.04 — 918 ratings — published 1996
Arthur's April Fool (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.96 — 913 ratings — published 1982
Arthur's Family Vacation (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,528 ratings — published 1993
Arthur Babysits (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,916 ratings — published 1992
Arthur's TV Trouble (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 17 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.91 — 666 ratings — published 1995
Arthur and the True Francine (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.76 — 401 ratings — published 1981
The Wicked Day (Arthurian Saga, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.10 — 12,059 ratings — published 1983
Arthur's Computer Disaster: An Arthur Adventure (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.93 — 681 ratings — published 1997
The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,429 ratings — published 1992
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics)
by (shelved 15 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,126 ratings — published 1953
Arthur's Nose (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.75 — 966 ratings — published 1976
Arthur's Teacher Moves In: An Arthur Adventure (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.94 — 499 ratings — published 2000
Arthur's Underwear (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.93 — 750 ratings — published 1999
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.44 — 31,983 ratings — published 1997
Arthur Goes to Camp (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,039 ratings — published 1982
Arthur (The Pendragon Cycle)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,233 ratings — published 1989
Merlin (The Pendragon Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,383 ratings — published 1987
“She wanted to give him her name. She wanted to give him everything.”
― The Guinevere Deception
― The Guinevere Deception
“From the plotting of strangers and iniquitous
Monks, as the water flows from the fountain,
Sad and heavy will be the day of Cadwallon.
The lines come from the Red Book of Hergest, a collection of Welsh poems written in the late-fourteenth century but containing material that is much older.
This brings us, neatly, to J. R. R. Tolkien. For according to a learned authorial conceit, the source of his tales of Middle-earth was the Red Book of Westmarch. Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University and one of his aims was to create a mythology for England, as the Red Book of Hergest, which contains the Mabinogion and other material, could be said to preserve the mythology of the Britons.
Many if not all the writers and scholars involved in Anglo-Saxon studies first came to the field through reading the professor’s stories – and I am one of them, so it is no accident that this story is called Oswald: Return of the King, in tribute and homage. Tolkien writes of Oswald in his seminal essay Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics and the parallels between him and Aragorn – rightful king in exile returning to claim the throne – are obvious.”
― Oswald: Return of the King
Monks, as the water flows from the fountain,
Sad and heavy will be the day of Cadwallon.
The lines come from the Red Book of Hergest, a collection of Welsh poems written in the late-fourteenth century but containing material that is much older.
This brings us, neatly, to J. R. R. Tolkien. For according to a learned authorial conceit, the source of his tales of Middle-earth was the Red Book of Westmarch. Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University and one of his aims was to create a mythology for England, as the Red Book of Hergest, which contains the Mabinogion and other material, could be said to preserve the mythology of the Britons.
Many if not all the writers and scholars involved in Anglo-Saxon studies first came to the field through reading the professor’s stories – and I am one of them, so it is no accident that this story is called Oswald: Return of the King, in tribute and homage. Tolkien writes of Oswald in his seminal essay Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics and the parallels between him and Aragorn – rightful king in exile returning to claim the throne – are obvious.”
― Oswald: Return of the King
