Recs if you like Ransom...

All the greek mythology I can find out there! There is a lot of Percy Jackson and then quite a bit more. A mixture of more modern retellings and also the books and plays they're derived from.

Greek, Roman, Arthurian, Norse, Celtic, Hindu, Japanese, and more!

books from outside of the us that have taken home the gold (ideally in translation)

some of the books selected are from authors who were overall recognized