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Mythology Books
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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11518 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,313,016 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 10577 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,922,170 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 9353 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,380,199 ratings — published 2005
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 7318 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,338,394 ratings — published 2006
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 6832 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,195,395 ratings — published 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 6635 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,200,859 ratings — published 2008
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 6499 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.10 — 340,678 ratings — published 2017
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 6480 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,129,898 ratings — published 2009
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 5457 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.29 — 929,392 ratings — published 2010
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 5079 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,172,809 ratings — published -700
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 4731 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.40 — 659,016 ratings — published 2011
The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 4432 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.47 — 666,278 ratings — published 2012
The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 4066 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.57 — 475,590 ratings — published 2013
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 4039 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.26 — 157,582 ratings — published 2017
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3959 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.79 — 143,575 ratings — published 2021
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3765 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.93 — 502,244 ratings — published -800
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 3672 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.43 — 384,313 ratings — published 2014
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 3414 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.10 — 422,568 ratings — published 2010
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 3172 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,787 ratings — published 2001
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2905 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.05 — 87,981 ratings — published 2019
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
by (shelved 2897 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.23 — 237,558 ratings — published 2015
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 2833 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.03 — 59,478 ratings — published 1942
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)
by (shelved 2703 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.13 — 227,221 ratings — published 2016
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2480 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.93 — 119,239 ratings — published 2013
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 2460 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.18 — 226,209 ratings — published 2011
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 2451 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.89 — 109,852 ratings — published 2018
Lore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2211 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.74 — 105,604 ratings — published 2021
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2179 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.79 — 74,323 ratings — published 2022
A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone, #1)
by (shelved 2166 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.80 — 422,248 ratings — published 2019
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 2115 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.27 — 179,068 ratings — published 2012
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2088 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.66 — 54,682 ratings — published 2022
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
by (shelved 2011 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.31 — 58,103 ratings — published 2018
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1906 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.22 — 54,315 ratings — published 2023
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2)
by (shelved 1886 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.30 — 128,058 ratings — published 2016
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1867 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.04 — 60,566 ratings — published 2021
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1852 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.71 — 84,936 ratings — published 2005
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
by (shelved 1805 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.11 — 137,730 ratings — published 2017
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 1765 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.21 — 170,685 ratings — published 2021
Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 1644 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.68 — 302,366 ratings — published 2021
Atalanta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1602 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.74 — 33,774 ratings — published 2023
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)
by (shelved 1589 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.36 — 104,602 ratings — published 2017
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1572 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.22 — 25,917 ratings — published 2020
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 1543 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,306 ratings — published 8
The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
by (shelved 1533 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.02 — 122,386 ratings — published 2009
Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
by (shelved 1527 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.35 — 41,087 ratings — published 2020
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 1523 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.07 — 123,783 ratings — published 2022
The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo, #3)
by (shelved 1521 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.26 — 112,238 ratings — published 2018
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 1467 times as mythology)
avg rating 3.75 — 116,528 ratings — published -2000
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1454 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.43 — 96,965 ratings — published 2014
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 1410 times as mythology)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,589 ratings — published 1949
“Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
“They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?”
― The Son of Neptune
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?”
― The Son of Neptune
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