This right here! This is my kinda post. I live for folklore and mythology in books and love nothing more that learning all about new cultures, my one problem… there was no way I was going to be able to narrow this down to 5, so I may have cheated. The book below are some of my all time favourite reads or are on my TBR, and a huge part of that is the fact they are all based around some kind of mythology or folklore. To help me cheat, I’ve narrowed these down to continents and then included all the books I have read ( there are probably loads more out there) that feature in that continent. Have you read any of the below? Or have any of them on your TBR’s? Let me know in the comments.
Thanks to Mandy over at Devouring books for creating these amazing prompts! You should definitely go check her blog out because she posts some great content.
Africa
Kingdom of Souls – Rena Barron
Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
City of Brass – S.A. Chakraborty
The Djinn Falls in Love and other stories – Mahvesh Murad
The Golem and the Jinni – Helene Wecker
Antartica
Below – Alexandria Warwick
The Wolf in the Whale – Jordanna Max Brodsky
Asia
Shadow of the Fox – Julia Kagawa
The Poppy War – R F Kuang
Flame in the Mist – Renee Ahdieh
Europe
Percy Jackson and the lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
Heroes of Olympus – Rick Riordan
The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
The Deathless Girls – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Silence of the Girls – Pat Baker
Circe – Madeline Miller
Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller
Brightfall – Jaime Lee Moyer
North America
Trial of Lightning – Rebecca Roanhorse
South America
Gods of Jade and Shadow – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
There are probably sooooo many more here that I’m forgetting about! Also I clearly need to read more North/South American books so hit me up with your recommendations.
How about The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card? It got a LOT of bad reviews, and while I agree with some of it, the mythology about Norse and other mythologies is an interesting take.
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Oooh I’ll check that one out thank you 😊
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so many good books on here!
Also so many I still want to read, like Gods of Jade and Shadow and Trail of lightning!
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Mythology/Folklore is my weakness in case you couldn’t tell 😂. They’re both amazing & I hope you love them!
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Such a great list, with so many on my TBR, like Gods of Jade and Shadow and Kingdom of Souls! I really need to read The Poppy War and COBAB too, I already have them waiting on my shelf.
I made a list too but they all happen to be European mythology…I wish I’d had your idea of doing a bunch for each continent!
https://paperplanenomad.wordpress.com/2020/02/29/top-5-saturday-books-inspired-by-mythology/
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Thanks! I had to cheat on this one because I loved them all and would seriously struggle getting down to 5 😊
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*adding everything that’s not already on my list to my truly endless tbr* YAAS gimme all the books! Lol I love reading books inspired by mythology and can’t wait to read more 😀 I love how you’ve done this week’s prompt!
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Haha yes! I hope you enjoy them all… I couldn’t resist, there are just too many to narrow down 🙈
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Ahh I love that you made a full list! There are so many books on your list that are on my TBR! Oh and The Poppy War is one of my all time favorites. Also if you love mythology and enjoyed The City of Brass you should totally check out The Candle and the Flame. I really loved that one it was so cultural and fascinating with great characters. Also just so uk the topics for march are up on this week’s post.
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Haha I couldn’t resist! I totally forgot about Candle and the Flame, it’s been on my TBR for a while and I heard really good things about it. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll check them out 😊
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I really loved the characters in it. It was also just so full of culture and I really found it fascinating.
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I’ll definitely bump it up then! Thanks 😊
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I love me some mythology books, and I like how you broke them down by region! I feel kind of bad to say that so many of these are on my TBR? I have so many backlist books to catch up on at this point. xD Can we add a few more hours in the day? I love your list, though, and you’ve given me a few extra books to check out, too!
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Same! I am such a sucker for mythology so any mention of it and the book gets instantly added to my TBR. I could definitely get behind adding a few more hours to the day 😂
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Hey there ! Indian Mythology should really be on your bucket list. I’m sure you will find it like no other mythology out there.
A great beginning would be reading the Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi.
Also,(some necessary self promotion 😅) since you are interested in mythology I would be thoroughly gratified if you could check out my blog on Mythology below:
https://mythsacrosstheglobe.wordpress.com
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Hi! Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely check that series out ☺️.
A whole blog on mythology!!!! Count me in, can’t wait to check it out.
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Thank you so much !!!! I’m so grateful for your response ☺️☺️
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