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The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before AchillesNovel
Padraic Columstandalone novel1921
Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and gods, set in ancient world and mediterranean.
“A somewhat fictionalized account of ancient Greek heroes.”
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Earth GiantNovel
Edison Marshallstandalone novel1960
Historical fantasy.
“At the age of five, Heracles crushed in his chubby fists the spade-shaped heads of two messengers of death that had invaded his bed of sheepskins.”
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The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of TroyNovel
Padraic Columstandalone novel1918
Fantasy, about war, set in mythological world.
The World's DesireNovel
H. Rider Haggard & Andrew Langstandalone novel1890
Fantasy, about forbidden love.
TheseusSeries
series2 books1958
completed
Historical fiction, about coming of age.
“Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.”
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Start with The King Must Die →
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin