Recs if you like Babylonia...

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

a smattering of different mythology & legend retellings

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

Requirements:

1. The Mc(s) is a tricksters or unreliable narrator who spends most of the book lying to, bluffing or otherwise misleading others or themselves.

2. They would continue lying even if they didn’t have to either they can’t help it or enjoy the game too much.

3. This causes situations that get unpredictable, chaotic or even completely ridiculous as the characters dodge or face consequences for their actions.

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.

books inspired by a range of mythologies (mostly Greek, Egyptian, & Hindu)

Books that remind me of Florence and the Machines song King. Featuring strong female leads. "I need my golden crown of sorrow . My bloody sword to swing. My empty halls echo with grand self mythology." 🎶🎵

Mostly fiction inspired by Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Canaanite (and Roman Levant), Hittite, Persian etc…

I see a lot of Greek myth retellings or books inspired by them, but not that much from SWANA.

The period spans from 8th millennium BCE to 7th century BCE. This is very much unique to Sumerian culture. But there aren’t a lot of Sumerian inspired works out there. And since, we’re bound by the constraints of what’s available, I’ve been lax with the criteria.

(Different genres)

All the 2025 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

Credits to @tardy_grade on Reddit for the idea and some of the books

These are my God Tier, Six Stars, Absolute Favourites, Certified Bangers

For the Fae and Flame Society book club, often our spring book bingo includes a square for 'Myth Retellings.' Here is a list of books as such!

Retellings of myths, legends and folklore. Featuring stories from around the world.

Books about or inspired by ‘classical’ history and mythology (been reading a lot of these recently)

fantasy or retellings set in the ancient world (with some liberties)