Modern Myth Books | Summaries & Audio

Candle & Crow

by Kevin Hearne • 2024

Two lethal curses force a Scottish sigil agent to build a god of cheese and whisky.

4.34

3k+

🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Mythological Satire 🕊️ Reformed Deity

Candle & Crow 89%

Two lethal curses force a Scottish sigil agent to build a god of cheese and whisky.

by Kevin Hearne 2024

4.34

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Mythological Satire 🕊️ Reformed Deity

The Dark Prophecy

by Rick Riordan • 2017

A mortal Apollo must seize a dark Oracle's prophecy before an undead emperor executes his friends.

4.10

143k+

🏛️ Mortal Gods 🌆 Modern Mythology 🏠 Found Family

The Dark Prophecy 89%

A mortal Apollo must seize a dark Oracle's prophecy before an undead emperor executes his friends.

by Rick Riordan 2017

4.10

143k+ ratings

🏛️ Mortal Gods 🌆 Modern Mythology 🏠 Found Family

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman • 2001

A grieving ex-con drives for a one-eyed grifter raising an army of forgotten gods.

4.10

995k+

🏚️ Forgotten Gods 🛣️ Road Trip Odyssey 👻 Dead Wife Returns

American Gods 89%

A grieving ex-con drives for a one-eyed grifter raising an army of forgotten gods.

by Neil Gaiman 2001

4.10

995k+ ratings

🏚️ Forgotten Gods 🛣️ Road Trip Odyssey 👻 Dead Wife Returns

Trapped

by Kevin Hearne • 2012

A Druid's apprentice needs her binding rite. The gods have turned Olympus into a trap.

4.27

46k+

🏛️ Mythological Mashup ⚔️ God Slayer 🧙 Mentor And Apprentice

Trapped 89%

A Druid's apprentice needs her binding rite. The gods have turned Olympus into a trap.

by Kevin Hearne 2012

4.27

46k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Mashup ⚔️ God Slayer 🧙 Mentor And Apprentice

The Power of Myth

by Joseph Campbell • 1988

Ancient myths are not about gods. They are the instruction manual for your own unfinished life.

4.26

54k+

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🗺️ The Hero'S Journey 🧠 Jungian Psychology

The Power of Myth 89%

Ancient myths are not about gods. They are the instruction manual for your own unfinished life.

by Joseph Campbell 1988

4.26

54k+ ratings

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🗺️ The Hero'S Journey 🧠 Jungian Psychology

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

Greek Mythology 89%

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

The Son of Neptune

by Rick Riordan • 2011

An amnesiac demigod must free Death from a giant in Alaska to save a Roman camp.

4.40

676k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🧠 Amnesia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Son of Neptune 89%

An amnesiac demigod must free Death from a giant in Alaska to save a Roman camp.

by Rick Riordan 2011

4.40

676k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🧠 Amnesia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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

Norse Mythology 89%

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

Weight

by Jeanette Winterson • 2005

Alone with the sky on his shoulders, Atlas listens to the world and questions the weight.

3.74

8k+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🔄 Retold From Villain 🌌 Cosmic Punishment

Weight 89%

Alone with the sky on his shoulders, Atlas listens to the world and questions the weight.

by Jeanette Winterson 2005

3.74

8k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🔄 Retold From Villain 🌌 Cosmic Punishment

The Cry for Myth

by Rollo May • 1991

What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?

4.07

442

🧠 Existential Psychology 📖 Myth And Meaning 🪪 Narrative Identity

The Cry for Myth 88%

What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?

by Rollo May 1991

4.07

442 ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 📖 Myth And Meaning 🪪 Narrative Identity

Mythos

by Stephen Fry • 2017

The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.

4.26

167k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🎙️ Witty Narrator 🌌 Creation Myths

Mythos 88%

The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.

by Stephen Fry 2017

4.26

167k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🎙️ Witty Narrator 🌌 Creation Myths

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

The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary

The Complete World of Greek Mythology 88%

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

The Titan’s Curse

by Rick Riordan • 2007

When Annabeth and Artemis vanish, Percy races west to face a Titan and bring them home.

4.37

1.2M+

🏛️ Modern Myth Retelling 🔮 Prophecy-Driven Quest 💔 Heroic Sacrifice

The Titan’s Curse 88%

When Annabeth and Artemis vanish, Percy races west to face a Titan and bring them home.

by Rick Riordan 2007

4.37

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Myth Retelling 🔮 Prophecy-Driven Quest 💔 Heroic Sacrifice

Daimon

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2011

Her mother killed by daimons, a half-blood outcast fights to reach the world that rejected her.

4.00

30k+

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🌃 Hidden Supernatural World 🩸 Half Blood Outsider

Daimon 88%

Her mother killed by daimons, a half-blood outcast fights to reach the world that rejected her.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2011

4.00

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🌃 Hidden Supernatural World 🩸 Half Blood Outsider

The Last Olympian

by Rick Riordan • 2009

A prophecy dooms Percy Jackson at sixteen, and the Titan army has just invaded Manhattan.

4.55

1.2M+

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🔮 Prophecy Twist 🗡️ Enemy Redemption Arc

The Last Olympian 88%

A prophecy dooms Percy Jackson at sixteen, and the Titan army has just invaded Manhattan.

by Rick Riordan 2009

4.55

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Greek Mythology 🔮 Prophecy Twist 🗡️ Enemy Redemption Arc

Gods and Robots

by Adrienne Mayor • 2018

Ancient Greeks imagined robots, AI, and the ethics we still wrestle with, long before the tech.

3.73

718

🏛️ Classical Mythology ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🤖 Ancient Robots

Gods and Robots 88%

Ancient Greeks imagined robots, AI, and the ethics we still wrestle with, long before the tech.

by Adrienne Mayor 2018

3.73

718 ratings

🏛️ Classical Mythology ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🤖 Ancient Robots

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

3.55

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 88%

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Mistborn

by Brandon Sanderson • 2016

Kelsier dies, wakes in a misty realm, and refuses to fade, plotting to save his world.

4.31

102k+

👻 Afterlife Fantasy 🕵️‍♂️ Heist Fantasy ⚡️ Temporary God

Mistborn 88%

Kelsier dies, wakes in a misty realm, and refuses to fade, plotting to save his world.

by Brandon Sanderson 2016

4.31

102k+ ratings

👻 Afterlife Fantasy 🕵️‍♂️ Heist Fantasy ⚡️ Temporary God

Wayward Sky

by Devon Monk • 2022

A spirit and his vampire wife hunt a spell book on Route 66 to live again.

4.39

269

🛣️ Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Love

Wayward Sky 88%

A spirit and his vampire wife hunt a spell book on Route 66 to live again.

by Devon Monk 2022

4.39

269 ratings

🛣️ Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Love

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

The Uses of Greek Mythology 88%

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

The Chalice of the Gods

by Rick Riordan • 2023

College admission for Percy Jackson means retrieving Zeus's stolen chalice from the god of old age.

4.25

178k+

🏛️ Modern Greek Myths 😩 Reluctant Chosen One 💙 Heroic Trio

The Chalice of the Gods 88%

College admission for Percy Jackson means retrieving Zeus's stolen chalice from the god of old age.

by Rick Riordan 2023

4.25

178k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Greek Myths 😩 Reluctant Chosen One 💙 Heroic Trio

Mythology

by Edith Hamilton • 1942

Greeks humanized gods; monsters became metaphors. The stories that built the Western mind.

4.04

60k+

🏛️ Classical Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 🌌 Creation Myths

Mythology 88%

Greeks humanized gods; monsters became metaphors. The stories that built the Western mind.

by Edith Hamilton 1942

4.04

60k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 🌌 Creation Myths

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

مامان و معنی زندگی 88%

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

The Battle of the Labyrinth

by Rick Riordan • 2008

Annabeth leads three friends into the Labyrinth before a traitor marches an army into camp.

4.42

1.2M+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚡ Modern Demigods 🔀 Living Labyrinth

The Battle of the Labyrinth 88%

Annabeth leads three friends into the Labyrinth before a traitor marches an army into camp.

by Rick Riordan 2008

4.42

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚡ Modern Demigods 🔀 Living Labyrinth

The Changeling

by Victor LaValle • 2017

Thinking their baby a changeling, a book dealer's wife acts terribly; he must search mythic city.

3.76

28k+

🧚 Modern Fairy Tale 🧒 Changeling Lore 👩‍🍼 Postpartum Horror

The Changeling 88%

Thinking their baby a changeling, a book dealer's wife acts terribly; he must search mythic city.

by Victor LaValle 2017

3.76

28k+ ratings

🧚 Modern Fairy Tale 🧒 Changeling Lore 👩‍🍼 Postpartum Horror

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

by A.S. Byatt • 1994

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

3.85

5k+

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye Summary

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye 88%

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

by A.S. Byatt 1994

3.85

5k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The House of Hades

by Rick Riordan • 2013

Seven demigods race to seal a gateway to the dead while two fight through Tartarus itself.

4.57

488k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🖤 Underworld Journey ❤️ Found Family

The House of Hades 88%

Seven demigods race to seal a gateway to the dead while two fight through Tartarus itself.

by Rick Riordan 2013

4.57

488k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🖤 Underworld Journey ❤️ Found Family

Pathways to Bliss

by Joseph Campbell • 2004

Ancient myth holds a complete map to a meaningful life. Here is how to follow it.

4.33

3k+

🏛️ Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📜 Archetypal Patterns

Pathways to Bliss 88%

Ancient myth holds a complete map to a meaningful life. Here is how to follow it.

by Joseph Campbell 2004

4.33

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📜 Archetypal Patterns

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

by Rick Riordan • 2015

Percy Jackson retells the original Greek hero myths with snark, tragedy, and divine family drama.

4.41

55k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🗣️ Snarky Narrator 💔 Tragic Heroes

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes 88%

Percy Jackson retells the original Greek hero myths with snark, tragedy, and divine family drama.

by Rick Riordan 2015

4.41

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🗣️ Snarky Narrator 💔 Tragic Heroes

Los superhéroes y la filosofía

by Tom Morris • 2001

What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?

3.84

965

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📖 Comic Book Studies ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Los superhéroes y la filosofía 88%

What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?

by Tom Morris 2001

3.84

965 ratings

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📖 Comic Book Studies ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence

by A. Severan • 2021

Postmodernism erased transcendence. Metamodernism rebuilds it, but only inside art's frame.

4.23

🏛️ Cultural Theory 🎭 Postmodernism 🌊 Metamodernism

Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence Summary

Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence 88%

Postmodernism erased transcendence. Metamodernism rebuilds it, but only inside art's frame.

by A. Severan 2021

4.23

43 ratings

🏛️ Cultural Theory 🎭 Postmodernism 🌊 Metamodernism

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

Tricked 88%

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

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan • 2014

A snarky demigod retells the Greek myths, from the first chaos to the Olympians' rule.

4.42

99k+

🏛️ Greek Mythology 😂 Humorous Retelling 📚 Middle Grade Mythology

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods 88%

A snarky demigod retells the Greek myths, from the first chaos to the Olympians' rule.

by Rick Riordan 2014

4.42

99k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Mythology 😂 Humorous Retelling 📚 Middle Grade Mythology

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

Odin's Ravens 88%

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

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

Весна незнаемая 88%

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

The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha

by Amish Tripathi

Blue-throated by a strange elixir, a mountain chief becomes the prophesied savior of a rigid empire.

4.23

3k+

🕉️ Indian Mythology Retelling 🔱 Mythic Fantasy ⚗️ Science Meets Myth

The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha Summary

The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha 88%

Blue-throated by a strange elixir, a mountain chief becomes the prophesied savior of a rigid empire.

by Amish Tripathi

4.23

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Indian Mythology Retelling 🔱 Mythic Fantasy ⚗️ Science Meets Myth

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell • 1972

A scholar traced one story pattern through every myth on earth, and Hollywood never looked back.

4.12

46k+

🔍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Story Archetypes

The Hero with a Thousand Faces 88%

A scholar traced one story pattern through every myth on earth, and Hollywood never looked back.

by Joseph Campbell 1972

4.12

46k+ ratings

🔍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Story Archetypes

The Lightning Thief

by Robert Venditti • 2010

Zeus's bolt is stolen, and Poseidon's newly discovered son must retrieve it before the solstice war.

4.41

142k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 📖 Graphic Novel Adaptation 🧬 Hidden Parentage

The Lightning Thief 88%

Zeus's bolt is stolen, and Poseidon's newly discovered son must retrieve it before the solstice war.

by Robert Venditti 2010

4.41

142k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 📖 Graphic Novel Adaptation 🧬 Hidden Parentage

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

The Hammer of Thor 88%

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

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

Treasury of Greek Mythology 88%

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

The Greek Myths

by Robin Waterfield • 2011

All of Greek myth, from creation to homecoming, told as one continuous and vivid story.

3.73

2k+

🏛️ Greek Mythology ⚡ Olympian Gods 🛡️ Heroic Mythology

The Greek Myths 88%

All of Greek myth, from creation to homecoming, told as one continuous and vivid story.

by Robin Waterfield 2011

3.73

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Mythology ⚡ Olympian Gods 🛡️ Heroic Mythology

Building the Cathedral

by Sadie Alwyn Moon • 2021

Shared myths collapsed. The meaning crisis is here. The answer: a sacred story you build yourself.

4.14

🧱 Jungian Psychology 📜 Personal Mythology 🌪 Meaning Crisis

Building the Cathedral 88%

Shared myths collapsed. The meaning crisis is here. The answer: a sacred story you build yourself.

by Sadie Alwyn Moon 2021

4.14

21 ratings

🧱 Jungian Psychology 📜 Personal Mythology 🌪 Meaning Crisis

Till We Have Faces

by C.S. Lewis • 1956

An ugly princess demands justice from the gods who took her beautiful sister Psyche.

4.20

82k+

📜 Myth Retelling 🏛️ Literary Fantasy 🖤 Possessive Love

Till We Have Faces 88%

An ugly princess demands justice from the gods who took her beautiful sister Psyche.

by C.S. Lewis 1956

4.20

82k+ ratings

📜 Myth Retelling 🏛️ Literary Fantasy 🖤 Possessive Love

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

Welcome to Night Vale 88%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

by Rick Riordan • 2017

Dead at sixteen, Magnus wakes in Valhalla: son of a god, with a wolf to bind.

4.52

4k+

🏙️ Modern Myth Quest 🌳 Norse Pantheon 🫂 Found Family

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Summary

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 88%

Dead at sixteen, Magnus wakes in Valhalla: son of a god, with a wolf to bind.

by Rick Riordan 2017

4.52

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Modern Myth Quest 🌳 Norse Pantheon 🫂 Found Family

The Demigod Files

by Rick Riordan • 2009

Chariot heist, bronze dragon, Underworld mission: three untold quests for Percy Jackson.

4.02

125k+

🏛️ Modern Greek Myths 🏕️ Summer Camp Fantasy ⚔️ Grudging Allies

The Demigod Files 88%

Chariot heist, bronze dragon, Underworld mission: three untold quests for Percy Jackson.

by Rick Riordan 2009

4.02

125k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Greek Myths 🏕️ Summer Camp Fantasy ⚔️ Grudging Allies

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 88%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Liturgies of the Wild

by Martin Shaw • 2026

A mythic guide through crisis and mortality: not escaping darkness, but walking through it whole.

4.32

841

📜 Mythic Storytelling 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🕯️ Christian Mysticism

Liturgies of the Wild 88%

A mythic guide through crisis and mortality: not escaping darkness, but walking through it whole.

by Martin Shaw 2026

4.32

841 ratings

📜 Mythic Storytelling 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🕯️ Christian Mysticism

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

The Wind Through the Keyhole 87%

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

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

When the Sky Fell 87%

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

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