Top 5 Saturday – Books Inspired by Mythology

This is a weekly meme hosted Devouring Books. This week’s prompt is Books Inspired by Mythology. Here’s my list:

1. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

2. The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman

4. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan

(All book covers from Goodreads)

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8 thoughts on “Top 5 Saturday – Books Inspired by Mythology”

Jules_Writes says:

February 29, 2020 at 8:18 am

I LOVED the Percy Jackson series – great choices!

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1. jilljemmett says:
  
  March 1, 2020 at 3:01 pm
  
  Thanks! I still need to finish the series
  
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yvonnembee says:

February 29, 2020 at 9:12 am

I loved reading American Gods, tried to watch the tv series and don’t get through the second episode. So glad I read the book first.
I want to read the Percy Jackson series xx

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1. jilljemmett says:
  
  March 1, 2020 at 3:02 pm
  
  I didn’t read American Gods but I want to. Percy Jackson is really good, but I haven’t finished the series yet.
  
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devouringbooks2017 says:

March 3, 2020 at 2:27 pm

Ooh American Gods is on my list too!! I only read the first half and loved it. I have to check out Silence of the Girls!! Btw I posted late but the topics for next month are finally up.

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indiefan20 says:

May 30, 2020 at 9:15 pm

I read ‘The Penelopiad’ recently and I was surprised how much I liked it. It almost made reading that agonizing slog that is ‘The Odyssey’ worth it, because it helped with context. I haven’t read any of the others, though I really like the books I have read by Neil Gaiman.

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