Top 100 Mythology Books
Essential and influential mythological texts
From the ancient epics of Homer to the sacred texts of the Rigveda, these are the foundational works that have shaped human understanding of the divine, the heroic, and the mystical. Each book represents centuries of oral tradition, cultural wisdom, and literary excellence, carefully curated and ranked by their historical significance, cultural impact, and timeless relevance.

The Iliad
Homer • Greek

The Odyssey
Homer • Greek

Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian

Mahabharata
Vyasa • Indian

Ramayana
Valmiki • Indian

Rigveda
Anonymous • Indian

Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic

Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic

Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman

One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous • Arabic

The Aeneid
Virgil • Roman

Book of the Dead
Anonymous • Egyptian

Early Upanishads
Anonymous • Indian

Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic

Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek

Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek

Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican

Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory • Germanic

Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian

Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian

Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri • East Asian

Antigone
Sophocles • Greek

Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek