5 must-read retellings books like Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman

4.10

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient …

"Ragnarok is coming."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"And the game begins anew."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Rebirth always follows death."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

If you liked the retellings plot in Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

By: Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Format: 491 pages, Mass Market Paperback

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter - the world's only totally reliable g… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It was a nice day."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"What’s your name, lad?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Woss the matter with you?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Never f*!k with the ineffable."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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2. The Poetic Edda

By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more

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  • classics
  • religion
  • mythology
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3. Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #3)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

The New York Timesbestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher. F… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, whe… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

5. The Prose Edda

By: Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more

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  • classics
  • mythology

6. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

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7. Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

4.27

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, h… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Padlina będzie dla was, czarodziejów, nikt wam jej nie zabierze. Chyba że inne sępy."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

"It’s like they said! Geralt! It’s like they said! Am I your destiny? Say it! Am I your destiny?' ‘You’re more than that, Ciri. Much more."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

"Are all stories about the Law of Surprise myths?’ ‘Yes. It’s hard to call an accident destiny.’ ‘But you witchers do not stop searching?’ ‘No, we don’t. But it’s senseless. Nothing has any point."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

"It is easy to let go of the string and think: This isn't me, it's the arrow. My hands do not bear the blood of this boy, it's the arrow that killed him, not me. But the arrow does not dream at night."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

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8. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

By: Douglas Adams

4.23

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked o… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

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9. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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10. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

Cover of The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4) by J.R.R. Tolkien

11. The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Do not spoil the wonder with haste!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Never is too long a word even for me..."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

Cover of The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

12. The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.49

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Yet dawn is ever the hope of men."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

Cover of The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

13. The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bi… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Fly you fools"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"You cannot pass!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"There is still hope."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"Short cuts make long delays."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

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14. Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman

4.10

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient … read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology book and Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology

  • retellings
  • classics
  • religion
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Ragnarok is coming."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"And the game begins anew."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Rebirth always follows death."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

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15. The Witch's Heart

By: Genevieve Gornichec

4.05

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the g… read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"I can’t believe,"

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

"We're odd. She's odd. She fits right in, does she not?"

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

"They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,"

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

"My heart is so much more than it once was, even if it now beats outside my chest."

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

Cover of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree

16. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

By: Travis Baldree

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

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  • retellings
  • classics
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

Cover of The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski

18. The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—is a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a m… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I can hear… music…"

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

"A mother, you son-of-a-bitch, is sacred!"

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

"Świat się zmienia, słońce zachodzi, a wódka się kończy."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

"They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

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19. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

By: Stephen Fry

4.32

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more

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  • retellings
  • classics
  • short stories
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

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20. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

By: Stephen Fry

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more

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  • retellings
  • classics
  • short stories
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Green fingers are better than gold."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

Cover of The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hackett Classics) by Anonymous

21. The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hackett Classics)

By: Anonymous

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would d… read more

Similar categories in Anonymous's The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hackett Classics) book and Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology

  • fiction
  • classics
  • mythology

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Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

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Andrzej Sapkowski

3.77

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Terry Pratchett

4.42

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4.16

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4.26

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3.80

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