Mythology Booklist

World History > Mythology

Book recommendations pertaining to Mythology.

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India	Williams, Marcia	2014	LE MG	Early Civilization	6000-5000 BCE	Asia	India	Hindu Mythology	M F	PB
The Palace of Illusions	Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee	2008	YA A	Early Civilization	6000-5000 BCE	Asia	India	Hindu Mythology	M HF	N
Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs	Williams, Marcia	2013	LE	Early Civilization	3200 BCE-400 CE	Africa	Egypt	Mythology Egyptian Gods	F M	PB
Bull	Elliott, David	2019	YA	Classical Age	3000 BCE	Europe	Greece	Athens Theseus and the Minotaur	M	N
Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)	Zeman, Ludmila	1998	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M F	PB
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)	Zeman, Ludmila	1998	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M F	PB
The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)	Zeman, Ludmila	1998	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M F	PB
Gilgamesh the King	Silverberg, Robert	1984	YA A	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	F M	N
The Red Tent	Diamant, Anita	1997	YA A	Early Civilization	1600 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Biblical Patriarchy	M	N
The Song of Achilles	Miller, Madeline	2012	YA A	Classical Age	1200 BCE	Europe	Greece	Achilles LGBTQ+ Greek Mythology	M	N
Gilgamesh the Hero	McCaughrean, Geraldine	2002	UMG	Early Civilization	1200 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M	PB CB
The Trojan War	Colidge, Olivia	2001	UMG YA	Classical Age	1194–1184 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	CB
Inside the Walls of Troy	McLaren, Clemence	1996	YA	Classical Age	1194–1184 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	N
A Thousand Ships	Haynes, Natalie	2021	YA A	Classical Age	1194–1184 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	N
The Silence of the Girls	Barker, Pat	2019	YA A	Classical Age	1194–1184 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	N
Waiting for Odysseus	McLaren, Clemence	2000	YA	Classical Age	1184–1174 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	N
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad	Sutcliff, Rosemary	2005	MG UMG	Classical Age	1184 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	N
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1	Pope Osborne, Mary	2010	MG	Classical Age	1184-1174 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	CB
The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey	Sutcliff, Rosemary	2005	MG UMG	Classical Age	1184-1174 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	N
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 2	Pope Osborne, Mary	2010	MG	Classical Age	1184-1174 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	CB
The Adventures of Odysseus	Lupton, Hugh	2012	MG	Classical Age	1184-1174 BCE	Europe	Greece	Trojan War	M	PB CB
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths	D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar	1992	LE MG	Classical Age	900–850 BCE	Europe	Greece	Greek Mythology	M	PB
Quiver	Spinner, Stephanie	2002	UMG YA	Classical Age	900-800 BCE	Europe	Greece	Greek Mythology	M F HF	N
Circe	Miller, Madeline	2018	YA A	Classical Age	800 BCE	Europe	Greece	Greek Mythology	M	N
The Ch'i-lin Purse	Fang, Linda	1997	LE	Early Civilizations	800 BCE-1300 CE	Asia	China	Chinese Tales	M F	PB
Daughter of Sparta	Andrews, Claire	2021	YA A	Classical Age	400 BCE	Europe	Greece	Sparta	M	N
Sita’s Ramayana	Arni, Samhita	2011	MG	Classical Age	300 BCE	Asia	India	Ramayana	M	GN
A Tail of Camelot	Leung, Julie	2016	MG UMG	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	CB
The Sword and the Circle	Sutcliff, Rosemary	1981	UMG YA	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
Sword at Sunset	Sutcliff, Rosemary	1963	YA A	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
Black Horses for the King	McCaffrey, Anne	1996	UMG YA	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	F M	CB
The Once and Future King	White, T.H.	1987	YA A	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
The Kitchen Knight	Hodges, Margaret	2007	LE	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	PB
The White Stag	Seredy, Kate	1937	UMG	Early Medieval	406–453	Europe	Hungary	Atilla the Hun Hungary	F M	CB
Beowulf, Dragon Slayer	Sutcliff, Rosemary	2016	UMG YA	Early Medieval	500	Scandinavia	Scandinavia	Anglo-Saxon Mythology Beowulf	M	N
The Lost Queen, Book I	Pike, Signe	2018	A	Early Medieval	550-556	Europe	Scotland	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
The Forgotten Kingdom, Book II	Pike, Signe	2021	A	Early Medieval	573	Europe	Scotland	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
The Witch's Heart	Gornichec, Genevieve	2021	YA A	Early Medieval	700	Europe	Scandinavia	Norse Mythology	M F	N
Way of the Waves	Ramirez, Janina	2019	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	CB
A Child's Introduction to Norse Mythology	Alexander, Heather	2018	LE MG	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	PB
The Saga of Erik the Viking	Jones, Terry	1983	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	N
Riddle of the Runes	Ramirez, Janina	2018	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	CB
Norse Mythology	Gaiman, Neil	2017	YA A	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	N
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths	D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar	2005	LE MG	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	PB
Odd and the Frost Giants	Gaiman, Neil	2008	MG	High Middle Ages	800	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	F M	PB CB
Arthur and the Golden Rope	Todd-Stanton, Joe	2020	LE MG	High Middle Ages	800	Scandinavia	Iceland	Vikings	M F	PB GN
Root Magic	Royce, Eden	2021	MG UMG	Modern Age	1963	North America	United States	Civil Rights	F M	CB
City of the Plague God	Chadda, Sarwat	2021	MG UMG	Early Civilization	2021	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	OV M	N

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+)	NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir