Myth & Legend Fiction Books of the 1980s
The 38 most-read myth & legend fiction books first published between 1980 and 1989, led by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981), The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988) and The Fall of Gondolin (1985).
This list collects 38 books from the 1980s by 36 authors, published between 1980 and 1989. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams
The Fall of Gondolin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
Queen of Sorcery
David Eddings
The Kingdom of Gods
N. K. Jemisin
Faerie Tale
Raymond E. Feist
Merlín
Stephen R. Lawhead
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were
Michael F. Page, Robert Ingpen
Clash of the Titans
Alan Dean Foster
The Hounds of the Morrigan
Pat O'Shea
The Storm Runner
J. C. Cervantes
King Gilgamesh
Robert Silverberg
Burning Water
Mercedes Lackey
Sláine
Pat Mills, Simon Bisley
The High Kings
Joy Chant
In Frankenstein's shadow
Chris Baldick
Below the Belt & Other Stories
Samuel M. Steward
H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos
Robert M. Price
Ariadne
June Rachuy Brindel
Phaedra
June Rachuy Brindel
Medea
Miranda Seymour
They Dance in the Sky
Jean Guard Monroe
The Deadly Power of Medusa
Mary Pope Osborne
Voyages
Doris Buchanan Smith
Vargr-moon
Bernard King
Tempus
Janet Morris
J.R.R. Tolkien
Richard L. Purtill
Clash of the Titans
Hans Pemsteen
The last of Danu's children
Alison Rush
The Future of Eternity
Casey Fredericks
Imagine That!
Sara Corrin, Stephen Corrin
Jason and the Argonauts
Bernard Evslin
Dzelarhons
Anne Cameron
Legends of Cork
Thomas Crofton Croker, James Lyons
Starkadder
Bernard King
The last voyage of Odysseus
Karen L. Carey
Golden Twigs
Aleister Crowley
Tarzan and Tradition
Erling B. Holtsmark