Mythopoeic Awards

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The Mythopoeic Awards, 98 Books

The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas.

This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site about 3 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
2122 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
3166 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
17152 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
3878 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
5378 A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson 1974 American English
17152 Unfinished Tales Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien 1980 British English
1173 Little, Big John Crowley 1981 American English
17152 The Firelings Carol Kendall 1981 American English
17152 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17152 Cards of Grief Jane Yolen 1984 American English
5377 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
17152 The Folk of the Air Peter S. Beagle 1986 American English
6703 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
17152 Unicorn Mountain Michael Bishop 1988 American English
6962 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
14985 Thomas the Rhymer Ellen Kushner 1990 American English
17152 A Woman of the Iron People Eleanor Arnason 1991 American English
17152 Briar Rose Jane Yolen 1992 American English
17152 The Porcelain Dove Delia Sherman 1993 American English
17152 Something Rich and Strange Patricia A. McKillip 1984 American English
8206 Waking the Moon Elizabeth Hand, Elisabeth Hand 1994 American English
13092 The Wood Wife Terri Windling 1996 American English
17152 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt 1994 British English
8957 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
17152 Tamsin Peter S. Beagle 1999 American English
17152 The Innamorati Midori Snyder 1998 American English
17152 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
14985 Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 American English
14129 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
1585 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
14232 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry, Mónica Faerna 2005 British English
17152 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17152 In the Night Garden Catherynne M. Valente 2006 American English
17152 In the Cities of Coin and Spice Catherynne M. Valente 2007 American English
17152 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17152 Lifelode Jo Walton 2009 British English
14985 Redemption in Indigo Karen Lord 2010 Barbadian English
17152 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
14985 Digger, Vols.1-6 Ursula Vernon 2005 American English
13941 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
17152 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
7923 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
17152 Kingfisher Patricia A. McKillip 2016 American English
14985 Ka John Crowley 2017 American English
7979 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 2018 American English
17152 Snow White Learns Witchcraft Theodora Goss 2019 American English
7903 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
17152 Or What You Will Jo Walton 2020 British English
1744 Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 1990 British English
17152 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17152 The Kingdom of Kevin Malone Suzy McKee Charnas 1977 American English
17152 Owl in Love Patrice Kindl 1993 American English
17152 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17152 Passager Jane Yolen 1996 American English
17152 Hobby Jane Yolen 1996 American Unknown
17152 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17152 Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones, Magali Mangin 1998 British English
17152 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17152 Aria of the Sea Dia Calhoun 2000 American English
17152 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17152 Summerland Michael Chabon 2002 American English
17152 The Hollow Kingdom Clare B. Dunkle 2003 American English
14985 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
12023 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
17152 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17152 Ptolemy's Gate Jonathan Stroud 2005 British English
17152 Corbenic Catherine Fisher 2002 British English
236 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
2144 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
1017 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
1842 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
1910 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1755 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
2232 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
8401 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
6917 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, Janet Song 2009 Chinese English
14985 The Thief Megan Whalen Turner 1996 American English
17152 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17152 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17152 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
14985 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
17152 Vessel Sarah Beth Durst 2012 American English
17152 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17152 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17152 Castle Hangnail Ursula Vernon 2015 American English
17152 The Inquisitor's Tale Adam Gidwitz 2016 American English
14985 Frogkisser Garth Nix 2017 Australian English
17152 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17152 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
14985 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17152 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17152 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17152 Breath and Bone Carol Berg 2008 American English
17152 When The Angels Left The Old Country Sacha Lamb Unknown English
17152 The Melancholy Of Untold History Minsoo Kang Unknown Unknown
17152 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17152 The Moth Keeper K. O’Neil Unknown English
17152 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English