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Myth (Reuse and Retelling)

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

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Rank Title Author Added

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American Gods {original}

33,627 members

932 reviews

4.1

12 Members: trollsdotter, hipdeep, jillmwo, wandering_star, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, Cecrow, JerryMmm, Jarandel, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by John Gardner

6,057 members

108 reviews

3.8

9 Members: jillmwo, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, Cecrow, spiphany, Jarandel, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

20,157 members

465 reviews

3.9

5 Members: trollsdotter, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

8,854 members

153 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, ncgraham, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

by Margaret Atwood

5,890 members

258 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: lilithcat, wandering_star, AnnaClaire, acenturyofsleep, spiphany

6

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

31,835 members

1,250 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963

7

Odd and the Frost Giants

3,332 members

184 reviews

3.9

4 Members: trollsdotter, jillmwo, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep

8

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,516 members

96 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, Cecrow, spiphany

9

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,149 members

93 reviews

3.8

4 Members: jillmwo, spiphany, Jarandel, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Once and Future King

15,353 members

206 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

10,279 members

126 reviews

4

3 Members: Jarandel, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963

12

Nobody's Princess

by Esther M. Friesner

1,130 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: jillmwo, foggidawn, BabelTower

13

by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,646 members

1,190 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

21,996 members

564 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

13,143 members

512 reviews

4.2

2 Members: wandering_star, ncgraham

16

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,059 members

108 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

by Christopher Moore

10,622 members

415 reviews

4.2

2 Members: leahbird, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

10,528 members

156 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Jarandel, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,304 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

by Kevin Hearne

3,394 members

282 reviews

3.9

2 Members: trollsdotter, johnmackfreeman

21

by Guy Gavriel Kay

1,983 members

88 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad

by Rosemary Sutcliff

1,793 members

17 reviews

4.1

2 Members: jillmwo, ncgraham

23

Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles

by Jeanette Winterson

1,320 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lilithcat, acenturyofsleep

24

by Derek Walcott

1,143 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lilithcat, spiphany

25

The Hounds of the Morrigan

1,112 members

24 reviews

4.1

2 Members: wandering_star, inge87

26

by John Myers Myers

1,018 members

20 reviews

3.9

2 Members: jillmwo, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Ragnarok: The End of the Gods

910 members

59 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: jillmwo, acenturyofsleep

28

The Lost Books of The Odyssey

by Zachary Mason

888 members

41 reviews

4

2 Members: wandering_star, spiphany

29

Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams

by Alexander McCall Smith

844 members

30 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lilithcat, acenturyofsleep

30

by Christoph Ransmayr

664 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, spiphany

31

The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel

by Nikos Kazantzakis

501 members

4 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lilithcat, spiphany

32

Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths

by Nina Kossman

69 members

2 reviews

4.1

2 Members: jillmwo, spiphany

33

Ovid Metamorphosed

by Philip Terry

64 members

½ 3.3

2 Members: wandering_star, spiphany

34

by Beowulf Poet

25,454 members

334 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

35

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16,380 members

300 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

36

The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie

12,066 members

140 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes

11,849 members

283 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

38

The Epic of Gilgamesh

by Gilgamesh Poet

9,906 members

120 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

39

by Stephen King

7,916 members

74 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

40

The Big Over Easy

by Jasper Fforde

5,737 members

180 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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4,175 members

67 reviews

3.9

Member: Jarandel

42

The Fourth Bear

by Jasper Fforde

4,120 members

116 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Bone People

3,828 members

112 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

by Leslie Marmon Silko

3,569 members

60 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

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by Orson Scott Card

3,161 members

83 reviews

3.9

Member: Jarandel

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2,900 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: Jarandel

47

The Stolen Child

by Keith Donohue

2,480 members

129 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

by C. E. Murphy

1,693 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: trollsdotter

49

by Catherynne M. Valente

1,685 members

77 reviews

4

Member: Jarandel

50

Brown Girl in the Ring

by Nalo Hopkinson

1,184 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

51

The Wanderings of Odysseus

by Rosemary Sutcliff

1,109 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: jillmwo

52

Hades' Daughter

by Sara Douglass

854 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: acenturyofsleep

53

by Donna Jo Napoli

798 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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701 members

88 reviews

3.9

Member: spiphany

55

605 members

23 reviews

3.8

Member: jillmwo

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by Christa Wolf

479 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: spiphany

57

Gilgamesh the King

by Robert Silverberg

462 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Jarandel

58

The Fire Gospel: The Myth of Prometheus

by Michel Faber

440 members

27 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bluepiano

59

Thirteen Orphans

by Jane Lindskold

347 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: trollsdotter

60

by Esther M. Friesner

223 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: trollsdotter

61

by Dino Buzzati

223 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bluepiano

62

by Zach Weinersmith

219 members

16 reviews

4.2

Member: hipdeep

63

Binu and the Great Wall : The Myth of Meng

161 members

6 reviews

3.1

Member: jillmwo

64

Utterly Charming

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

154 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: trollsdotter

65

The Moon Riders

by Theresa Tomlinson

115 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: BabelTower

66

Oedipus on the Road

by Henry Bauchau

88 members

½ 4.5

Member: spiphany

67

by Michael Ayrton

70 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: spiphany

68

56 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: wandering_star

69

50 members

½ 2.5

Member: spiphany

70

Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology

by Deborah DeNicola

48 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: spiphany

71

Eine ganz gewöhnliche Ehe. Odysseus und Penelope. Roman

43 members

½ 4.4

Member: spiphany

72

by Russell Celyn Jones

39 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: wandering_star

73

by Gwyneth Lewis

32 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: wandering_star

74

The Dreams of Max & Ronnie

by Niall Griffiths

31 members

3

Member: wandering_star

75

Siegfried und Krimhild

by Jürgen Lodemann

30 members

½ 4.6

Member: spiphany

76

Thor Meets Captain America

29 members

1 review

3.9

Member: aulsmith

77

The White Trail

by Fflur Dafydd

23 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: wandering_star

78

The Prince's Pen

by Horatio Clare

22 members

1 review

3.2

Member: wandering_star

79

Palast der blauen Delphine

by Brigitte Riebe

21 members

1 review

3

Member: spiphany

80

by Tor Åge Bringsværd

18 members

1 review

4

Member: spiphany

81

See How They Run

14 members

2.8

Member: wandering_star

82

The Tip of My Tongue: (and Some Other Weapons as Well)

by Trezza Azzopardi

13 members

½ 3.5

Member: wandering_star

83

8 members

1 review

4

Member: ptittle

84

Equating the Equations of Insanity: A Journey from Grief to Victory

by Durgesh Satpathy

8 members

4

Member: Sdurgesh

85

by Katharina Hacker

8 members

Member: spiphany

86

Unterm Sternbild des Hercules : Antikes in der Lyrik der Gegenwart

by Bernd Seidensticker

5 members

Member: spiphany

87

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

27,844 members

412 reviews

4

88

The Titan's Curse

by Rick Riordan

21,409 members

395 reviews

4.2

89

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

18,096 members

467 reviews

4.1

90

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

13,966 members

246 reviews

4.1

91

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

11,896 members

257 reviews

3.8

92

by Joanne Harris

7,845 members

201 reviews

3.8

93

The Hundred Secret Senses

5,739 members

66 reviews

3.8

94

The Tiger's Wife

5,377 members

336 reviews

½ 3.5

95

by Shannon Hale

4,306 members

180 reviews

4.2

96

by John Crowley

4,196 members

114 reviews

4

97

The Outlaws of Sherwood

by Robin McKinley

2,841 members

39 reviews

3.8

98

Nights at the Circus

by Angela Carter

2,670 members

52 reviews

3.9

99

by Gao Xingjian

2,522 members

41 reviews

½ 3.5

100

The Fairy Godmother

by Mercedes Lackey

2,482 members

61 reviews

3.9

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Started: jillmwo
May 2012
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