best knight book you ever read

hi peoples! its 24owls. i read alot about knights and kign arthur and i was wondering if theresa any other good books about knight tales out there. im reading a book about a knight now, but i forgot what the name of it was. the best knight book i ever read was probly this one about king arthur, its not on my libary because i forgot the name of it and i read it a long time ago. if i ever saw it again i would buy for millon dollars if i had to. please make a list of books about knight tales so i can check them out at my libary.
-24owls

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Le Morte d'Arthur is the classic, of course. Mists of Avalon is also very good, as is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. And I concur, The Once and Future King is excellent.

Ivanhoe!

The chronicles of Prydain: The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer and The High King by Lloyd Alexander

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a classic.

ok ummm knight tales for ages 9-15 please

The Prydain Chronicles will probably work now for you. They are some of my all-time favorites ever.

You are a good reader now, but you're at the lower end of this range. By the time you are 15, you'll probably be able to read almost anything on this list.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court might work for you. It's an older book (by Mark Twain) and it's pretty silly and funny.

Once and Future King is a great book, but you will find it VERY long. (I am going by other things you have read and written about) Which is not to say that you may not want to try it--just that you need to know you will be reading a long chapter book, possibly longer than anything you have read before.

Ivanhoe could be read by a 15 year old, but I would not recommend it for a 9 or 10 year old. It's a stretch. I read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for school when I was 13 or 14, but I'm not sure I much enjoyed it at that age.

Le Mort d'Arthur is a book I remember as tough going--I probably tried to read it when I was too young to appreciate it.

I don't remember the Mists of Avalon very clearly, but I'd wait for a few years.

The High Crusade was great when I read it at that age. I have to second, maybe third, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It is great and very readable at that age.

The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan features a knight (Horace) and knight-training, along with good adventures.

Ok, I hated the ending of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was way to dark and nasty and genocidal for me, let alone a 9-15 year old.

But any kid would love reading that jousting scene earlier in the book. Hilarious!!!

Men of Iron by Howard Pyle is a considered a juvenile book, but it chronicles the life of a young squire through knighthood and is very authentic in describing the ritual and dedication involved.

My favourite character in Through the Looking-Glass was the White Knight.

There's a great funny series by Gerald Morris. The first book is The Squire's Tale. Definitely recommended!

I'm also really enjoying Hilari Bell's Knight and Rogue series right now, which starts with The Last Knight. It might be more for the upper end of your age range, though.

You absolutely will love any book by Tamora Pierce.
Song of the Lioness series and Protector of the Small in particular.

> 12: Yeah, but hardly what I would advise somebody looking for swashbuckling King Arthur like stuff. Although you could argue that Alice fits the damsel in distress scenario to some extent.