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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}

33,709 members

933 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

6,069 members

108 reviews

3.8

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

3

20,200 members

466 reviews

3.9

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

4

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

8,897 members

152 reviews

4.2

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

5

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

by Margaret Atwood

5,911 members

258 reviews

½ 3.6

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

6

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

32,063 members

1,254 reviews

4.1

4 Members: foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963

7

Odd and the Frost Giants

3,344 members

184 reviews

3.9

4 Members: trollsdotter, jillmwo, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep

8

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,521 members

96 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, Cecrow, spiphany

9

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,156 members

94 reviews

3.8

4 Members: jillmwo, spiphany, Jarandel, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Once and Future King

15,400 members

207 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

10,307 members

126 reviews

4

3 Members: Jarandel, johnmackfreeman, ahef1963

12

Nobody's Princess

by Esther M. Friesner

1,133 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: jillmwo, foggidawn, BabelTower

13

by J. R. R. Tolkien

95,072 members

1,194 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

22,041 members

564 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

13,309 members

515 reviews

4.2

2 Members: wandering_star, ncgraham

16

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,092 members

108 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

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

by Christopher Moore

10,648 members

416 reviews

4.2

2 Members: leahbird, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

10,592 members

157 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Jarandel, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,329 members

151 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

by Kevin Hearne

3,409 members

282 reviews

3.9

2 Members: trollsdotter, johnmackfreeman

21

by Guy Gavriel Kay

1,989 members

89 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad

by Rosemary Sutcliff

1,808 members

17 reviews

4.1

2 Members: jillmwo, ncgraham

23

Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles

by Jeanette Winterson

1,323 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lilithcat, acenturyofsleep

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by Derek Walcott

1,148 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lilithcat, spiphany

25

The Hounds of the Morrigan

1,113 members

24 reviews

4.1

2 Members: wandering_star, inge87

26

by John Myers Myers

1,023 members

20 reviews

3.9

2 Members: jillmwo, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Ragnarok: The End of the Gods

911 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

847 members

31 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lilithcat, acenturyofsleep

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by Christoph Ransmayr

668 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, spiphany

31

The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel

by Nikos Kazantzakis

504 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

25,557 members

334 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

35

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16,421 members

300 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

36

The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie

12,110 members

140 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes

11,887 members

283 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

38

The Epic of Gilgamesh

by Gilgamesh Poet

9,936 members

120 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

39

by Stephen King

7,943 members

75 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

40

The Big Over Easy

by Jasper Fforde

5,741 members

180 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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4,189 members

67 reviews

3.9

Member: Jarandel

42

The Fourth Bear

by Jasper Fforde

4,123 members

116 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Bone People

3,832 members

112 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

by Leslie Marmon Silko

3,587 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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2,907 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: Jarandel

47

The Stolen Child

by Keith Donohue

2,483 members

129 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

by C. E. Murphy

1,697 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: trollsdotter

49

by Catherynne M. Valente

1,691 members

77 reviews

4

Member: Jarandel

50

Brown Girl in the Ring

by Nalo Hopkinson

1,190 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

51

The Wanderings of Odysseus

by Rosemary Sutcliff

1,118 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: jillmwo

52

Hades' Daughter

by Sara Douglass

856 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: acenturyofsleep

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by Donna Jo Napoli

800 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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700 members

88 reviews

3.9

Member: spiphany

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606 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

464 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Jarandel

58

The Fire Gospel: The Myth of Prometheus

by Michel Faber

443 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 Zach Weinersmith

226 members

16 reviews

4.2

Member: hipdeep

61

by Dino Buzzati

225 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bluepiano

62

by Esther M. Friesner

223 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: trollsdotter

63

Binu and the Great Wall : The Myth of Meng

160 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

116 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

71 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

38 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

27,930 members

413 reviews

4

88

The Titan's Curse

by Rick Riordan

21,561 members

397 reviews

4.2

89

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

18,158 members

470 reviews

4.1

90

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

14,011 members

247 reviews

4.1

91

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

11,914 members

257 reviews

3.8

92

by Joanne Harris

7,872 members

201 reviews

3.8

93

The Hundred Secret Senses

5,753 members

66 reviews

3.8

94

The Tiger's Wife

5,417 members

337 reviews

½ 3.5

95

by Shannon Hale

4,317 members

180 reviews

4.2

96

by John Crowley

4,207 members

115 reviews

4

97

The Outlaws of Sherwood

by Robin McKinley

2,853 members

39 reviews

3.8

98

Nights at the Circus

by Angela Carter

2,686 members

52 reviews

3.9

99

by Gao Xingjian

2,526 members

41 reviews

½ 3.5

100

The Fairy Godmother

by Mercedes Lackey

2,478 members

61 reviews

3.9

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May 2012
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