🌊 Inuit Mythology

The cosmology and oral traditions of Arctic peoples, where spirits inhabit sea and ice, and shamans journey between worlds. These stories carry the weight of survival in landscapes that demand profound respect.

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Split Tooth 88%

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Two Old Women

by Velma Wallis • 1993

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

4.09

19k+

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family 💚 Community Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Bonds

Two Old Women 88%

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

by Velma Wallis 1993

4.09

19k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family 💚 Community Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Bonds

The Wolf in the Whale

by Jordanna Max Brodsky • 2019

An Inuk shaman, both man and woman, battles Viking invaders in a war of dying gods.

4.10

5k+

❄️ Arctic Survival 🌙 Genderfluid Protagonist 🪓 Viking Age Setting 🦅 Shamanic Journey ⚔️ Clash Of Mythologies

The Wolf in the Whale 87%

An Inuk shaman, both man and woman, battles Viking invaders in a war of dying gods.

by Jordanna Max Brodsky 2019

4.10

5k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Survival 🌙 Genderfluid Protagonist 🪓 Viking Age Setting 🦅 Shamanic Journey ⚔️ Clash Of Mythologies

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman • 2017

From ice and fire, the Norse gods built a world they already knew would burn.

4.10

345k+

🪓 Norse Myth Retelling 🦊 Trickster Tales ⚡ Inevitable Prophecy 👑 Divine Family Drama 📜 Ancient Myths Revisited

Norse Mythology 87%

From ice and fire, the Norse gods built a world they already knew would burn.

by Neil Gaiman 2017

4.10

345k+ ratings

🪓 Norse Myth Retelling 🦊 Trickster Tales ⚡ Inevitable Prophecy 👑 Divine Family Drama 📜 Ancient Myths Revisited

The Fire Eternal

by Chris d'Lacey • 2007

Inside a polar bear, a missing father's soul awakens. The dying Earth needs a dragon's eye.

3.99

15k+

🐉 Dragon Companions 🐻‍❄️ Animal Spirit Guides ❄️ Arctic Fantasy 🌿 Nature Magic 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Fire Eternal 87%

Inside a polar bear, a missing father's soul awakens. The dying Earth needs a dragon's eye.

by Chris d'Lacey 2007

3.99

15k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Companions 🐻‍❄️ Animal Spirit Guides ❄️ Arctic Fantasy 🌿 Nature Magic 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Viking Spirit

by Daniel McCoy • 2016

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

4.15

2k+

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion 🌍 Creation Myths 🃏 Trickster Gods

The Viking Spirit 87%

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

by Daniel McCoy 2016

4.15

2k+ ratings

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion 🌍 Creation Myths 🃏 Trickster Gods

The Kalevala

by Elias Lönnrot • 1835

From a seabird's egg, the world is sung. An ancient sage reclaims the stolen sun.

4.05

6k+

📜 National Epic 🌌 Creation Myth 🎶 Power Of Song ⚒️ Divine Smith 🧙‍♂️ Eternal Sage

The Kalevala 87%

From a seabird's egg, the world is sung. An ancient sage reclaims the stolen sun.

by Elias Lönnrot 1835

4.05

6k+ ratings

📜 National Epic 🌌 Creation Myth 🎶 Power Of Song ⚒️ Divine Smith 🧙‍♂️ Eternal Sage

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

by Drew Hayden Taylor • 2010

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

3.64

3k+

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada ⚡ Myth Meets Modernity 😏 Wry Humor

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 87%

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

by Drew Hayden Taylor 2010

3.64

3k+ ratings

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada ⚡ Myth Meets Modernity 😏 Wry Humor

Indaba My Children

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

4.41

450

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths 🕯️ Ancestral Veneration 📜 Oral History

Indaba My Children 86%

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964

4.41

450 ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths 🕯️ Ancestral Veneration 📜 Oral History

Bad Cree

by Jessica Johns • 2023

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

3.89

21k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Bad Cree 86%

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

by Jessica Johns 2023

3.89

21k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Monkey Beach

by Eden Robinson • 2000

Her brother missing at sea, a Haisla woman follows the spirits only she can see.

4.02

11k+

🖤 Indigenous Gothic 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 👁️ Spirit Visions 💙 Sibling Devotion 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

Monkey Beach 86%

Her brother missing at sea, a Haisla woman follows the spirits only she can see.

by Eden Robinson 2000

4.02

11k+ ratings

🖤 Indigenous Gothic 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 👁️ Spirit Visions 💙 Sibling Devotion 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

Never Whistle at Night

by Shane Hawk • 2023

Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.

3.85

32k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🔥 Folk Horror 💔 Colonial Trauma 🕯️ Ancestral Curse 🐺 Shapeshifter Lore

Never Whistle at Night 86%

Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.

by Shane Hawk 2023

3.85

32k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🔥 Folk Horror 💔 Colonial Trauma 🕯️ Ancestral Curse 🐺 Shapeshifter Lore

River Marked

by Patricia Briggs • 2011

On her honeymoon, a coyote shapeshifter must destroy an ancient river monster only she can kill.

4.28

94k+

🪶 Native Mythology 🐺 Shapeshifter Heroine 💕 Fated Mates 🔍 Hidden Parentage 😢 Bittersweet Victory

River Marked 86%

On her honeymoon, a coyote shapeshifter must destroy an ancient river monster only she can kill.

by Patricia Briggs 2011

4.28

94k+ ratings

🪶 Native Mythology 🐺 Shapeshifter Heroine 💕 Fated Mates 🔍 Hidden Parentage 😢 Bittersweet Victory

Весна незнаемая

by Елизавета Дворецкая • 2002

A girl who is spring and a god-born blacksmith walk through death to break endless winter.

3.42

🏛️ Slavic Mythology ⚡ Gods Among Mortals 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🌍 Mythic Quest

Весна незнаемая 86%

A girl who is spring and a god-born blacksmith walk through death to break endless winter.

by Елизавета Дворецкая 2002

3.42

12 ratings

🏛️ Slavic Mythology ⚡ Gods Among Mortals 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🌍 Mythic Quest

Tauhou

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall • 2023

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

3.97

720

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Land Connection

Tauhou 86%

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall 2023

3.97

720 ratings

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Land Connection

City of the Beasts

by Isabel Allende • 2004

A grieving teen and his grandmother hunt a mythic Amazon beast and uncover a deadly conspiracy.

3.74

47k+

🌿 Ecological Fantasy 🗺️ Mythic Quest 🐾 Animal Spirit Bond 👥 Found Family 🌌 Indigenous Spirituality

City of the Beasts 86%

A grieving teen and his grandmother hunt a mythic Amazon beast and uncover a deadly conspiracy.

by Isabel Allende 2004

3.74

47k+ ratings

🌿 Ecological Fantasy 🗺️ Mythic Quest 🐾 Animal Spirit Bond 👥 Found Family 🌌 Indigenous Spirituality

The Old Norse Spell Book

by Alda Dagny • 2021

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

3.77

223

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Old Norse Spell Book 86%

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

by Alda Dagny 2021

3.77

223 ratings

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

by Richard Buxton • 2004

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

4.23

2k+

🏛️ Greek Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 📜 Classical Studies 🕯️ Ancient Religion 🗣️ Oral Tradition

The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary

The Complete World of Greek Mythology 86%

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

by Richard Buxton 2004

4.23

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 📜 Classical Studies 🕯️ Ancient Religion 🗣️ Oral Tradition

Smilla's Sense of Snow

by Peter Høeg • 1992

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

3.73

53k+

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

Smilla's Sense of Snow 86%

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

by Peter Høeg 1992

3.73

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

Scatterlings

by Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

Scatterlings 86%

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

by Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

مامان و معنی زندگی

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1999

From Zeus to Thor, the timeless stories of gods and heroes that shaped the Western world.

4.07

11k+

🏛️ Classical Mythology ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🏆 Heroic Quests ⚡ Hubris And Fall

مامان و معنی زندگی 86%

From Zeus to Thor, the timeless stories of gods and heroes that shaped the Western world.

by Irvin D. Yalom 1999

4.07

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Mythology ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🏆 Heroic Quests ⚡ Hubris And Fall

Odin's Ravens

by K.L. Armstrong • 2014

Three kids descended from gods venture into Hel to reclaim a friend and halt Ragnarök.

4.14

4k+

🔱 Norse Mythology 🌍 Modern Mythic Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🔮 Prophecy And Fate

Odin's Ravens 86%

Three kids descended from gods venture into Hel to reclaim a friend and halt Ragnarök.

by K.L. Armstrong 2014

4.14

4k+ ratings

🔱 Norse Mythology 🌍 Modern Mythic Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🔮 Prophecy And Fate

Crow Winter

by Karen McBride • 2019

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

3.81

2k+

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Crow Winter 86%

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

by Karen McBride 2019

3.81

2k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Greek Mythology

by Liv Albert • 2021

A who's who of Greek mythology, from Chaos and Titans to Olympians, heroes, and monsters.

4.24

3k+

🧑‍🏫 Introductory Mythology 🏛️ Classical Myths 📖 Mythology Reference ⚡ Olympian Gods 🛡️ Heroic Legends

Greek Mythology 86%

A who's who of Greek mythology, from Chaos and Titans to Olympians, heroes, and monsters.

by Liv Albert 2021

4.24

3k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Introductory Mythology 🏛️ Classical Myths 📖 Mythology Reference ⚡ Olympian Gods 🛡️ Heroic Legends

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan • 2016

When Thor's hammer vanishes, Magnus Chase tracks it to a giant's wedding and a trickster's trap.

4.29

131k+

🏔️ Norse Myth Adventure 🌆 Modern Mythology 🤝 Found Family 🦎 Gender Fluid Hero 😬 Reluctant Hero

The Hammer of Thor 86%

When Thor's hammer vanishes, Magnus Chase tracks it to a giant's wedding and a trickster's trap.

by Rick Riordan 2016

4.29

131k+ ratings

🏔️ Norse Myth Adventure 🌆 Modern Mythology 🤝 Found Family 🦎 Gender Fluid Hero 😬 Reluctant Hero

Princess Bari

by Hwang Sok-yong • 2007

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

3.72

2k+

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma 👧 Abandoned Child 🤝 Found Family

Princess Bari 85%

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

by Hwang Sok-yong 2007

3.72

2k+ ratings

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma 👧 Abandoned Child 🤝 Found Family

Blood of the Raven

by A.E. Rayne • 2021

Her dead husband steals the children north. A healer's last hope: dream-seers in a god war.

4.59

2k+

🔥 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🌑 Dark Epic Fantasy 🏃 Rescue Quest 🤝 Found Family ⚡ Gods And Mortals

Blood of the Raven 85%

Her dead husband steals the children north. A healer's last hope: dream-seers in a god war.

by A.E. Rayne 2021

4.59

2k+ ratings

🔥 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🌑 Dark Epic Fantasy 🏃 Rescue Quest 🤝 Found Family ⚡ Gods And Mortals

Passport to Magonia

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1969

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

4.21

2k+

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype 📚 Comparative Mythology 👁️ Hidden Intelligences

Passport to Magonia 85%

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1969

4.21

2k+ ratings

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype 📚 Comparative Mythology 👁️ Hidden Intelligences

Walking in Two Worlds

by Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1k+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Walking in Two Worlds 85%

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

by Wab Kinew 2021

3.47

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Shades in Shadow

by N.K. Jemisin • 2015

Imprisoned gods and cunning survivors clash in a dark fantasy of power, pain, and self-definition.

4.05

3k+

⛓️ Imprisoned Deity 🌑 Godpunk ⚖️ Gods And Mortals 🩸 Cycles Of Abuse 🏚️ Found Family

Shades in Shadow 85%

Imprisoned gods and cunning survivors clash in a dark fantasy of power, pain, and self-definition.

by N.K. Jemisin 2015

4.05

3k+ ratings

⛓️ Imprisoned Deity 🌑 Godpunk ⚖️ Gods And Mortals 🩸 Cycles Of Abuse 🏚️ Found Family

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Silverskin 85%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

by Satyarth Nayak • 2022

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

4.39

2k+

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance 🐚 Divine Avatars 🌺 Feminine Divine

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas Summary

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas 85%

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

by Satyarth Nayak 2022

4.39

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance 🐚 Divine Avatars 🌺 Feminine Divine

The Devil Is a Southpaw

by Brandon Hobson • 2025

When a Native boy vanishes from juvenile hall, his rival spends decades confessing his envy.

3.05

641

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🎨 Artist Rivalry 🔒 Juvenile Detention 💔 Institutional Trauma

The Devil Is a Southpaw 85%

When a Native boy vanishes from juvenile hall, his rival spends decades confessing his envy.

by Brandon Hobson 2025

3.05

641 ratings

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🎨 Artist Rivalry 🔒 Juvenile Detention 💔 Institutional Trauma

Treasury of Greek Mythology

by Donna Jo Napoli • 2011

Greek myths retold by what they explain: seasons, stars, earthquakes, and why power never stays put.

4.01

3k+

🌿 Greek Mythology 📖 Mythological Retellings 🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Heroic Quests 👸 Women In Mythology

Treasury of Greek Mythology 85%

Greek myths retold by what they explain: seasons, stars, earthquakes, and why power never stays put.

by Donna Jo Napoli 2011

4.01

3k+ ratings

🌿 Greek Mythology 📖 Mythological Retellings 🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Heroic Quests 👸 Women In Mythology

The Back of the Turtle

by Thomas King • 2014

An Indigenous scientist returns to the reserve his work destroyed, meaning to die among its ghosts.

4.06

4k+

🌊 Magical Realism 📖 Indigenous Storytelling 🏠 Prodigal Return 💼 Corporate Greed 🌿 Environmental Disaster

The Back of the Turtle 85%

An Indigenous scientist returns to the reserve his work destroyed, meaning to die among its ghosts.

by Thomas King 2014

4.06

4k+ ratings

🌊 Magical Realism 📖 Indigenous Storytelling 🏠 Prodigal Return 💼 Corporate Greed 🌿 Environmental Disaster

The Lost Realms

by Zecharia Sitchin • 1990

The same ancient astronauts who mined Sumer also raised the lost cities of the Americas.

4.15

980

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🏛️ Pseudoarchaeology 🗿 Lost Civilizations 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🌌 Archaeoastronomy

The Lost Realms 85%

The same ancient astronauts who mined Sumer also raised the lost cities of the Americas.

by Zecharia Sitchin 1990

4.15

980 ratings

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🏛️ Pseudoarchaeology 🗿 Lost Civilizations 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🌌 Archaeoastronomy

Moon of the Crusted Snow

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2018

The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.

3.82

46k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌾 Indigenous Futurism 😈 Charismatic Outsider 📉 Slow Burn Collapse ❄️ Atmospheric Winter

Moon of the Crusted Snow 85%

The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2018

3.82

46k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌾 Indigenous Futurism 😈 Charismatic Outsider 📉 Slow Burn Collapse ❄️ Atmospheric Winter

Our Last Echoes

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

4k+

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

Our Last Echoes 85%

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

The Witch's Heart

by Genevieve Gornichec • 2021

A witch, burned and reborn, builds a life with Loki until prophecy marks her children for death.

4.04

63k+

📜 Norse Mythology 💪 Feminist Retelling 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🥀 Bittersweet

The Witch's Heart 85%

A witch, burned and reborn, builds a life with Loki until prophecy marks her children for death.

by Genevieve Gornichec 2021

4.04

63k+ ratings

📜 Norse Mythology 💪 Feminist Retelling 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🥀 Bittersweet

Touch

by Natalia Jaster • 2014

The goddess of desire cannot touch. A mortal sees her, and the gods demand his death.

3.95

1k+

🔱 God X Mortal Lover 🖐️ Forbidden Touch ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕊️ Becoming Mortal 💛 Found Family

Touch 85%

The goddess of desire cannot touch. A mortal sees her, and the gods demand his death.

by Natalia Jaster 2014

3.95

1k+ ratings

🔱 God X Mortal Lover 🖐️ Forbidden Touch ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕊️ Becoming Mortal 💛 Found Family

Hammered

by Kevin Hearne • 2011

To survive Odin's wrath, a Druid assembles a crew of immortal misfits to kill Thor.

4.21

57k+

🏛️ Mythology Mashup ⚡ Norse Gods 🗡️ Motley Crew Heist 😏 Snarky Banter 🐺 Talking Animal Sidekick

Hammered 85%

To survive Odin's wrath, a Druid assembles a crew of immortal misfits to kill Thor.

by Kevin Hearne 2011

4.21

57k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythology Mashup ⚡ Norse Gods 🗡️ Motley Crew Heist 😏 Snarky Banter 🐺 Talking Animal Sidekick

Grendel

by John Gardner • 1971

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

3.69

43k+

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Grendel 85%

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

by John Gardner 1971

3.69

43k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Mark of the Hunter

by A.E. Rayne • 2020

Trapped in a cursed warlord's camp, a dreamer hides her power as the Wild Hunt closes in.

4.53

2k+

🗡️ Norse Inspired Fantasy 💀 Grimdark Fantasy 🧝‍♀️ Reluctant Heroine 👁️ Meddlesome Gods 🔮 Dream Magic

Mark of the Hunter 85%

Trapped in a cursed warlord's camp, a dreamer hides her power as the Wild Hunt closes in.

by A.E. Rayne 2020

4.53

2k+ ratings

🗡️ Norse Inspired Fantasy 💀 Grimdark Fantasy 🧝‍♀️ Reluctant Heroine 👁️ Meddlesome Gods 🔮 Dream Magic

The Nesting

by C.J. Cooke • 2020

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

3.57

8k+

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

The Nesting 85%

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

by C.J. Cooke 2020

3.57

8k+ ratings

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

The Hunger of the Gods

by John Gwynne • 2022

A mother hunts her stolen son across a frozen world as a dragon-god gathers her army.

4.49

56k+

🪓 Viking Fantasy ⛓️ Enslaved Gods 🩸 Blood Oaths 🐺 Mother's Quest 🖤 Grimdark Fantasy

The Hunger of the Gods 85%

A mother hunts her stolen son across a frozen world as a dragon-god gathers her army.

by John Gwynne 2022

4.49

56k+ ratings

🪓 Viking Fantasy ⛓️ Enslaved Gods 🩸 Blood Oaths 🐺 Mother's Quest 🖤 Grimdark Fantasy

The Snow Child

by Eowyn Ivey • 2012

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

4.02

178k+

👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple 🌿 Wild Child ✨ Ambiguous Magic

The Snow Child 85%

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

by Eowyn Ivey 2012

4.02

178k+ ratings

👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple 🌿 Wild Child ✨ Ambiguous Magic

When the Sky Fell

by Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

3.92

278

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism 📖 Myth As History 🗿 Ancient Anomalies

When the Sky Fell 85%

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

by Rand Flem-Ath 1995

3.92

278 ratings

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism 📖 Myth As History 🗿 Ancient Anomalies

The Uses of Greek Mythology

by Ken Dowden • 1992

Greek myth founded cities, structured initiations, and drew the line between human and monster.

3.62

🏛️ Ancient Greek Religion 📜 Classical Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 🌿 Rites Of Passage 👥 Myth And Society

The Uses of Greek Mythology 85%

Greek myth founded cities, structured initiations, and drew the line between human and monster.

by Ken Dowden 1992

3.62

34 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Religion 📜 Classical Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 🌿 Rites Of Passage 👥 Myth And Society

Tricked

by Kevin Hearne • 2012

Atticus fakes his death to escape Asgard, but a trickster's favor draws skinwalkers and a curse.

4.25

51k+

🧙 Modern Druid 🦊 Trickster God Deals 🪶 Navajo Mythology 🐺 Skinwalker Threat 🗡️ Cursed Blade

Tricked 85%

Atticus fakes his death to escape Asgard, but a trickster's favor draws skinwalkers and a curse.

by Kevin Hearne 2012

4.25

51k+ ratings

🧙 Modern Druid 🦊 Trickster God Deals 🪶 Navajo Mythology 🐺 Skinwalker Threat 🗡️ Cursed Blade

The 12th Planet

by Zecharia Sitchin • 1976

A 12th planet sent alien gods to Earth, where they engineered humans to mine gold.

3.98

6k+

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology 🏺 Pseudoarchaeology ✝️ Biblical Reinterpretation

The 12th Planet 85%

A 12th planet sent alien gods to Earth, where they engineered humans to mine gold.

by Zecharia Sitchin 1976

3.98

6k+ ratings

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology 🏺 Pseudoarchaeology ✝️ Biblical Reinterpretation

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