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Myth (Reuse and Retelling)

Description: Works that incorporate mythology as an overt part of the story.

Members: 23 participating members (show all)

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2
Grendel
by John Gardner
5,322 members, 99 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Jarandel, Cecrow, ahef1963, johnmackfreeman, guyalice, aulsmith, jillmwo, spiphany

Score: 8

4
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
23,322 members, 1,148 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: foggidawn, ahef1963, johnmackfreeman, guyalice

Score: 4

5
Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
18,371 members, 433 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, aulsmith, guyalice, trollsdotter

Score: 4

6
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
by C. S. Lewis
7,445 members, 142 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, ncgraham, foggidawn, guyalice

Score: 4

7
Bridge of Birds
by Barry Hughart
2,301 members, 89 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, guyalice, Cecrow, spiphany

Score: 4

8
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
9,329 members, 118 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: Jarandel, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963

Score: 3

9
Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,785 members, 85 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Jarandel, jillmwo, spiphany

Score: 3

10
Nobody's Princess
by Esther Friesner
981 members, 40 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: BabelTower, foggidawn, jillmwo

Score: 3

12
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
13,275 members, 181 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, ahef1963

Score: 2

13
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
5,700 members, 354 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: wandering_star, ncgraham

Score: 2

14
Hounded
by Kevin Hearne
2,785 members, 256 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: johnmackfreeman, trollsdotter

Score: 2

15
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad
by Rosemary Sutcliff
1,298 members, 15 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ncgraham, jillmwo

Score: 2

16
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
by Jeanette Winterson
1,202 members, 46 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: lilithcat, guyalice

Score: 2

17
The Hounds of the Morrigan
by Pat O'Shea
1,029 members, 21 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: inge87, wandering_star

Score: 2

18
Omeros
by Derek Walcott
994 members, 19 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: lilithcat, spiphany

Score: 2

19
The Lost Books of The Odyssey
by Zachary Mason
789 members, 36 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: wandering_star, spiphany

Score: 2

20
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
by Alexander McCall Smith
771 members, 30 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: lilithcat, guyalice

Score: 2

21
Ragnarok: The End of the Gods
by A. S. Byatt
768 members, 55 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: jillmwo, guyalice

Score: 2

22
The Last World: A Novel with an Ovidian Repertory
by Christoph Ransmayr
590 members, 11 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: inge87, spiphany

Score: 2

23
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
by Nikos Kazantzakis
434 members, 3 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: lilithcat, spiphany

Score: 2

24
Ovid Metamorphosed
by Philip Terry
62 members, 0 reviews
3.29 stars (3.29 stars)

Lists: wandering_star, spiphany

Score: 2

25
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths
by Nina Kossman
61 members, 2 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: spiphany, jillmwo

Score: 2

26
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
79,623 members, 1,059 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

27
Beowulf
by Beowulf Poet
20,650 members, 293 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

28
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
19,435 members, 521 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

29
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14,890 members, 281 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

30
The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman
10,512 members, 235 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

31
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
10,455 members, 99 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

32
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
9,708 members, 395 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: leahbird

Score: 1

33
The Eyes of the Dragon
by Stephen King
9,083 members, 146 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Jarandel

Score: 1

34
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Anonymous
8,622 members, 102 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

35
The Sandman: The Doll's House
by Neil Gaiman
7,366 members, 122 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

36
Rose Madder
by Stephen King
6,714 members, 64 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

37
Ilium
by Dan Simmons
3,772 members, 57 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Jarandel

Score: 1

38
Ceremony
by Leslie Marmon Silko
3,018 members, 50 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: inge87

Score: 1

39
Enchantment
by Orson Scott Card
2,928 members, 80 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Jarandel

Score: 1

40
Odd and the Frost Giants
by Neil Gaiman
2,888 members, 175 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: guyalice

Score: 1

41
Olympos
by Dan Simmons
2,617 members, 37 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: Jarandel

Score: 1

42
Ysabel
by Guy Gavriel Kay
1,828 members, 86 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

43
Urban Shaman
by C. E. Murphy
1,572 members, 64 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: trollsdotter

Score: 1

44
Deathless
by Catherynne M. Valente
1,384 members, 74 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Jarandel

Score: 1

45
Brown Girl In The Ring
by Nalo Hopkinson
991 members, 43 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: aulsmith

Score: 1

46
Silverlock
by John Myers Myers
938 members, 20 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: jillmwo

Score: 1

47
The Wanderings of Odysseus
by Rosemary Sutcliff
808 members, 6 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: jillmwo

Score: 1

48
Hades' Daughter
by Sara Douglass
756 members, 7 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: guyalice

Score: 1

49
Black Ships
by Jo Graham
670 members, 85 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

50
The Fox Woman
by Kij Johnson
555 members, 23 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: jillmwo

Score: 1

51
The Fire Gospel: The Myth of Prometheus
by Michel Faber
413 members, 26 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

Lists: bluepiano

Score: 1

52
Medea
by Christa Wolf
399 members, 8 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

53
Gilgamesh the King
by Robert Silverberg
375 members, 7 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: Jarandel

Score: 1

54
Thirteen Orphans
by Jane Lindskold
326 members, 19 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: trollsdotter

Score: 1

55
Temping Fate
by Esther Friesner
198 members, 8 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: trollsdotter

Score: 1

56
Poem Strip
by Dino Buzzati
183 members, 10 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: bluepiano

Score: 1

57
Binu and the Great Wall : The Myth of Meng
by Su Tong
151 members, 6 reviews
3.13 stars (3.13 stars)

Lists: jillmwo

Score: 1

58
Utterly Charming
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
146 members, 5 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: trollsdotter

Score: 1

59
The Moon Riders
by Theresa Tomlinson
105 members, 2 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: BabelTower

Score: 1

60
Oedipus on the Road
by Henry Bauchau
80 members, 0 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

61
The Maze Maker
by Michael Ayrton
65 members, 3 reviews
3.13 stars (3.13 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

62
White Ravens
by Owen Sheers
53 members, 3 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

63
Asgard
by Nigel Frith
45 members, 0 reviews
2.5 stars (2.5 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

65
The Ninth Wave
by Russell Celyn Jones
38 members, 2 reviews
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

66
Eine ganz gewöhnliche Ehe. Odysseus und Penelope. Roman
by Inge Merkel
37 members, 0 reviews
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

67
The Meat Tree
by Gwyneth Lewis
29 members, 3 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

68
Siegfried und Krimhild
by Jürgen Lodemann
28 members, 0 reviews
4.63 stars (4.63 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

69
The Dreams of Max & Ronnie
by Niall Griffiths
28 members, 0 reviews
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

70
Thor Meets Captain America
by David Brin
25 members, 1 review
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: aulsmith

Score: 1

71
The White Trail
by Fflur Dafydd
21 members, 3 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

72
The Prince's Pen
by Horatio Clare
20 members, 1 review
3.2 stars (3.2 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

73
Palast der blauen Delphine
by Brigitte Riebe
17 members, 1 review
3.2 stars (3.2 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

74
Minotauros
by Tor Åge Bringsværd
16 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

75
See How They Run
by Lloyd Jones
13 members, 0 reviews
2.75 stars (2.75 stars)

Lists: wandering_star

Score: 1

77
Morpheus
by Katharina Hacker
9 members, 0 reviews

Lists: spiphany

Score: 1

78
UnMythed
by Chris Wind
8 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ptittle

Score: 1

81
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
24,715 members, 364 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Score: 0

82
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J. K. Rowling
18,406 members, 435 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

83
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
15,845 members, 433 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Score: 0

84
The Titan's Curse
by Rick Riordan
15,227 members, 359 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Score: 0

85
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,286 members, 215 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Score: 0

86
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel
10,722 members, 234 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Score: 0

87
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,519 members, 129 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

88
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
7,105 members, 189 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

89
The Big Over Easy
by Jasper Fforde
5,455 members, 179 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Score: 0

90
The Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan
5,222 members, 60 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Score: 0

91
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
4,749 members, 319 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Score: 0

92
The Fourth Bear
by Jasper Fforde
3,896 members, 116 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Score: 0

93
The Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale
3,770 members, 171 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Score: 0

94
Little, Big
by John Crowley
3,760 members, 105 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Score: 0

95
The Bone People
by Keri Hulme
3,393 members, 97 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Score: 0

96
The Outlaws of Sherwood
by Robin McKinley
2,569 members, 38 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Score: 0

97
The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
2,370 members, 126 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

98
Nights at the Circus
by Angela Carter
2,310 members, 45 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Score: 0

99
The Fairy Godmother
by Mercedes Lackey
2,283 members, 58 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Score: 0

100
Soul Mountain
by Gao Xingjian
2,229 members, 35 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Score: 0

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Started by: jillmwo (May 2012)

Type: Unnumbered

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