Recs if you like The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes...
Niche Classics
Overlooked, lesser known classics from all over the world and of many genres.
This list also exists as a book club on Fable under the same name.
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ancient & medieval history
here is your assigned reading 📚an assortment of secondary and primary sources 🧑🏫
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Fantasy Classics
Non-exhaustive list of foundational reading for the fantasy genre; either foundational texts or classics that influenced the development of the genre and its conventions. Also some key modern texts + criticism.
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Epic poetry: A Selection
Famous epic poems from a range of different countries
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Norse Mythology
Norse mythology and the books that were inspired by it.
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History, archaeology and everything in between
A study of the past
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Tolkien's Oxford Reading List
What did Tolkien have his students read at Pembroke College in Oxford? And what were his understandings of the old poems? Suggestions, information and discussion extremely welcome :)
Inspired by the video: "What were Tolkien's Oxford Students Reading in the 1930s?" by Graham Scheper on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruvevoxXNgw)
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We Call Them Giants. Chapter 1: The Giants of Old
The Shadow on the Horizon “They tell us the world was built for us, but the bones in the earth suggest otherwise. Before the cities, before the kings, there were the High Walkers. Some were made of stone, some of cloud, and some of a hunger that could swallow a village. We call them... Giants.”
Chapter 1: The Giants of Old (Myth & Legend) The foundational stories that defined the "Big Man" in our collective dreams.
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Books with winter vibes
Books set in winter/with winter vibes
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