Modern Arthurian Fiction

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I started this list with the bibliography of Raymond H. Thompson's The Return from Avalon: a study of the Arthurian legend in modern fiction. Feel free to add books, thumb up, or thumb down
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The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
15,352 members
206 reviews
4.1
8 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: Sword in the Stone and Witch in the Wood are revised from their original publications
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The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper
8,480 members
227 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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3
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
6,593 members
139 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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4
The Grey King
by Susan Cooper
5,867 members
89 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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5
Greenwitch
by Susan Cooper
5,079 members
72 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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Silver on the Tree
by Susan Cooper
4,969 members
63 reviews
4
5 Members
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The Hollow Hills
by Mary Stewart
4,159 members
54 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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8
Sword at Sunset
by Rosemary Sutcliff
826 members
20 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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9
That Hideous Strength
by C. S. Lewis
8,316 members
88 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart
5,860 members
111 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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Half Magic
by Edward Eager
4,258 members
87 reviews
4
4 Members
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12
The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay
4,026 members
101 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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The Winter King
by Bernard Cornwell
3,811 members
100 reviews
4
3 Members
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The Last Enchantment
by Mary Stewart
3,799 members
36 reviews
4
3 Members
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The Wicked Day
by Mary Stewart
2,727 members
22 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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Idylls of the King
by Alfred Tennyson
2,567 members
17 reviews
4
3 Members
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The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
16,379 members
300 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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The Book of Merlyn
by T. H. White
3,720 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith : I really wanted to like this one, but it was just too preachy.
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The Sword in the Stone
by T. H. White
3,350 members
48 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: 1939 edition
20
The Wandering Fire
by Guy Gavriel Kay
3,103 members
56 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Darkest Road
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,983 members
49 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
by John Steinbeck
2,841 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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The Fires of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
1,339 members
11 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Lantern Bearers
by Rosemary Sutcliff
1,317 members
23 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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25
The Fall of Arthur
by J. R. R. Tolkien
1,263 members
20 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Hexwood
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,246 members
23 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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War in Heaven
by Charles Williams
776 members
9 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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28
Nabokov's Dozen
by Vladimir Nabokov
548 members
2 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: "Lance"
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The Lady of Shalott
by Alfred Tennyson
531 members
5 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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30
The Pendragon Legend
by Antal Szerb
520 members
14 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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31
The High Kings
by Joy Chant
291 members
3 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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32
Porius
by John Cowper Powys
200 members
5 reviews
4
2 Members
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33
Merlin Dreams
by Peter Dickinson
124 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
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34
Morte d'Arthur
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
13 members
1 review
4
2 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith: Don't know how I missed this one in school. I like this one much better than the Idylls.
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Merlin's Magic
by Helen Clare
12 members
½ 4.6
2 Members
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36
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
11,612 members
136 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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37
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck
5,673 members
92 reviews
3.8
Member
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38
Taliesin
by Stephen R. Lawhead
3,133 members
34 reviews
3.8
Member
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39
Enemy of God
by Bernard Cornwell
2,372 members
45 reviews
4.1
Member
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40
Merlin
by Stephen R. Lawhead
2,350 members
20 reviews
3.8
Member
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41
Excalibur
by Bernard Cornwell
2,304 members
40 reviews
4.2
Member
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42
The Guns of Avalon
by Roger Zelazny
2,282 members
46 reviews
4
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43
Arthur
by Stephen R. Lawhead
2,143 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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44
The Courts of Chaos
by Roger Zelazny
1,938 members
42 reviews
4
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45
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
by Alan Garner
1,926 members
48 reviews
4
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46
Pendragon
by Stephen R. Lawhead
1,401 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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47
Three Hearts and Three Lions
by Poul Anderson
1,377 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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48
The Moon of Gomrath
by Alan Garner
1,147 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
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49
Grail
by Stephen R. Lawhead
1,142 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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50
Silverlock
by John Myers Myers
1,018 members
20 reviews
3.9
Member
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51
The Box of Delights
by John Masefield
826 members
16 reviews
4
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52
Avalon
by Anya Seton
774 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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53
The Return of Merlin
by Deepak Chopra
686 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
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Hawk of May
by Gillian Bradshaw
683 members
16 reviews
3.8
Member
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55
The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
by Rosemary Sutcliff
657 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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56
A Glastonbury Romance
by John Cowper Powys
568 members
10 reviews
3.9
Member
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The Hidden Treasure of Glaston
by Eleanore M. Jewett
554 members
2 reviews
4
Member
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Port Eternity
by C. J. Cherryh
545 members
9 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Aquila
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The Stolen Lake
by Joan Aiken
539 members
13 reviews
4
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60
The King's Peace
by Jo Walton
532 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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Firelord
by Parke Godwin
472 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
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62
The Winter Prince
by Elizabeth E. Wein
427 members
22 reviews
4.1
Member
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63
I Am Mordred
by Nancy Springer
418 members
8 reviews
3.8
Member
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The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy Grail
by Rosemary Sutcliff
400 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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65
The Hawk's Gray Feather
by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
399 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
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66
Tristan and Iseult
by Rosemary Sutcliff
394 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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67
Castle Dor
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
390 members
6 reviews
3
Member
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Explanations
Crypto-Willobie: update of the Tristan & Isolde story
68
Camelot 3000
by Mike W. Barr
366 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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69
The Oak Above the Kings
by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
326 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
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70
The King's Name
by Jo Walton
294 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
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71
Hedge of Mist
by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
286 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
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72
Beloved Exile
by Parke Godwin
283 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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73
The Pendragon
by Catherine Christian
237 members
3 reviews
4
Member
Aquila
74
Earthfasts
by William Mayne
159 members
8 reviews
4.1
Member
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75
A Prince Among Men
by Robert N. Charrette
140 members
½ 2.7
Member
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76
The Green Knight
by Vera Chapman
116 members
3.1
Member
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77
Winter of Magic's Return
by Pamela F. Service
115 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
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78
The Witch in the Wood {original version}
by T. H. White
115 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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79
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur
by Harold Foster
107 members
10 reviews
3.8
Member
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80
The Crimson Chalice
by Victor Canning
107 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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81
A King Beneath the Mountain
by Robert N. Charrette
90 members
3
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82
Camelot: A New Musical [libretto]
by Alan Jay Lerner
82 members
4 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
83
A Knight Among Knaves
by Robert N. Charrette
80 members
½ 2.7
Member
leennnadine
84
Orion and King Arthur
by Ben Bova
62 members
1 review
3.2
Member
Crypto-Willobie
85
The Hallowed Isle: The Book of the Sword and The Book of the Spear
by Diana L. Paxson
50 members
1 review
3.8
Member
Crypto-Willobie
86
Mayday
by William Faulkner
36 members
4.2
Member
Crypto-Willobie
87
Exiled from Camelot
by Cherith Baldry
32 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
Crypto-Willobie
88
Father of Lies / Mirror Image
by John Brunner
32 members
1 review
3
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Father of Lies
89
The Doom of Camelot
by James Lowder
29 members
1 review
2.8
Member
Crypto-Willobie
90
The Quest of Excalibur
by Leonard Wibberley
23 members
2 reviews
½ 2.3
Member
aulsmith
92
Serpent Rose
by Kari Sperring
13 members
7 reviews
3.9
Member
jain
93
Legends of the Pendragon (Pendragon Fiction, 6211)
by James Lowder
11 members
Member
Crypto-Willobie
94
Tristan and Isolde Restoring Palamede
by John Erskine
10 members
2 reviews
4
Member
Crypto-Willobie
95
The Follies of Sir Harald
by Phyllis Ann Karr
10 members
Member
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96
The fair
by Robert Nathan
9 members
Member
Crypto-Willobie
97
Morgane
by Simon Kansara
7 members
½ 4.3
Member
Alex_Maybe
Explanations
Alex_Maybe: Reinterpretation of the Arthurian mythos and Morgane le Fay's role in it. Similar to "Wicked".
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Dead letters
by Maurice Baring
7 members
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: "The Camelot Jousts"
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The return from Avalon : a study of the Arthurian legend in modern fiction
by Raymond H. Thompson
6 members
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Added this so that this list would show up on the work page.
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Penguin Parade 2 : New Stories,Poems,Ect., By Contemporary Writers
by Denys Kilham Roberts
5 members
1 review
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Gwyn Jones' "Gwydion Mathrafal"