🏷️ Greek Mythology
20 entries tagged with this trope
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
The witch of Greek mythology gets her own story. Circe isn't powerful or beautiful like other gods. But she finds her own magic, on her own terms. Quietly devastating.
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair · 2019
Persephone meets Hades in a nightclub. She hates him. He's obsessed. A modern Hades and Persephone retelling where he's the god of the dead and she's a journalism student. The mythology nerd's dream romance.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Patroclus tells the story of Achilles — from boyhood friendship to the Trojan War. You know how it ends. You read it anyway. And it DESTROYS you. The last page is one of the most devastating in literature.
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan · 2005
Percy Jackson discovers he's the son of Poseidon. Someone stole Zeus's lightning bolt. Percy has ten days to find it. The book that made mythology cool again.
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan · 2006
Percy's best friend is a cyclops. The Golden Fleece can save Camp Half-Blood. An Odyssey-inspired adventure that deepens the mythology.
The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan · 2007
Artemis is captured. Percy and friends race to save her before the winter solstice. The stakes get real and the humor stays sharp.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan · 2008
The Labyrinth is real, it's growing, and Luke's army is using it to invade Camp Half-Blood. Percy must navigate its shifting corridors.
The Last Olympian
Rick Riordan · 2009
The final battle for Olympus. Percy faces his destiny. The prophecy is fulfilled. The perfect conclusion to the original series.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
The love story of Achilles and Patroclus, from their boyhood friendship to their tragic end at Troy. Miller's retelling makes ancient myth feel immediate and devastating.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
The Iliad retold as a love story between Achilles and Patroclus. You know how it ends. You read it anyway. You cry for three days. A masterpiece of queer historical fiction.
Like a Tide Pulled to Shore
Lyricwritespjo · 2022
Aged-up Percabeth on a quest across the Mediterranean. Riordan vibes with romantic tension turned up. The banter is perfect and the quest stakes are genuinely exciting.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Tears_of_Mercury · 2020
Modern college AU where the Greek gods are meddling professors. Percy is a marine biology major. Annabeth is architecture. The gods just want them to kiss already. Same, gods. Same.
Salty and Sweet
greenconverses · 2012
Missing scenes and alternate POVs from across the series. Green fills in all the moments Riordan skipped — the almost-kisses, the worried glances, the quiet understanding.
The Wisdom Seeker
Athey · 2012
Annabeth-centric retelling of the Lightning Thief with expanded mythology. Her intelligence and strategy take center stage. The Percy dynamic is enriched by seeing it through her eyes.
The Half-Blood Chronicles
stargazer1702 · 2020
Modern AU. Percy and Annabeth meet at a university classics program. The mythology is woven into real life beautifully. Their banter is peak Percabeth — sarcasm as a love language.
Son of the Sea God
Sassyneko · 2015
Percy is raised by Poseidon underwater. He arrives at Camp Half-Blood as an outsider who's more god than human. Annabeth is the first person who treats him as just Percy. Worldbuilding is spectacular.
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios, is banished to a deserted island where she hones her witchcraft. From Odysseus to the Minotaur, she encounters the most famous figures of mythology—on her own terms.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Patroclus tells the story of Achilles — not the hero of myth but the boy he loved. The most beautiful love story you'll ever read. The last chapter will ruin you.
The Maidens
Alex Michaelides · 2021
A charismatic professor at Cambridge has a group of devoted female students called The Maidens. When girls start dying, Mariana is convinced he's responsible. No one believes her.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Patroclus and Achilles. From boys to warriors to legend. You know how it ends. It destroys you anyway.