The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
2011
Books with the “Mythology Retelling” trope
A story built on classical or other myths and their gods and heroes, retold for modern readers.
Genre tropes · Mythology Retelling
Books with this trope
Circe
Madeline Miller
2018
The Once and Future King
T. H. White
1958
The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander
1964
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley
1982
The Darkest Night
Gena Showalter
2008
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
2001
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
2005
Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
2020
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
2017
The Wrath and the Dawn
Renée Ahdieh
2015
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh
2022
Ariadne
Jennifer Saint
2021
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel
2022
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood
2005
Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin
2008
A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes
2019
The Witch's Heart
Genevieve Gornichec
2021
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan
2022
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair
2019
Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
2005
Bridge of Birds
Barry Hughart
1984
The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah
2022
Gild
Raven Kennedy
2020
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