Based on Arthurian Legends

King Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, and Lancelot are all familiar characters, inspiring numerous retellings and reimaginings of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. These are a few to get you started.
Updated September 19, 2022
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The once and future king
White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury) 1906-1964
Paper Book
A deluxe hardcover edition of the world's greatest fantasy classic--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman Winner of the AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court
Twain, Mark 1835-1910
Paper Book
Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years.
Over sea, under stone
Cooper, Susan 1935-
Paper Book
"I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU CHILDREN WOULD BE THE ONES TO FIND IT. OR WHAT DANGER YOU WOULD BE PUTTING YOURSELVES IN." Throughout time, the forces of good and evil have battled continuously, maintaining the balance. Whenever evil forces grow too powerful, a champion of...
La cueva de cristal
Kleypas, Lisa.
Paper Book
Justine Hoffman ha logrado una vida cómoda para ella en la isla de Friday Harbor. Es la propietaria de un hotel boutique con éxito, y ella tiene la vida segura y predecible que siempre ha querido. Haber crecido con su frívola y nómada madre, Caléndula, le
The buried giant a novel
Ishiguro, Kazuo 1954-
Paper Book
The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years.Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in nearly a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge, and war.
The winter king
Cornwell, Bernard.
Paper Book
With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show. The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been...
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Green, Roger Lancelyn.
Paper Book
Magic, adventure, and epic quests await--step up to the Round Table and join the knights of the Realm! King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of all time. From the magical moment when Arthur releases the sword in the stone to the quest for the Holy Grail and the final tragedy...
The acts of King Arthur and his noble knights
Steinbeck, John 1902-1968
Audiobook
This text is a collection of Steinbeck's rendition of stories heroic, romantic, and tragic from Malory's Morte D'Arthur, which chronicles the life of Arthur, from his mysterious birth through battles and adventures to his establishment as king.
Avalon High
Cabot, Meg.
Paper Book
This New York Times bestselling hit from Meg Cabot mixes the wit of the Princess Diaries with a supernatural twist on the Arthurian legend. Ellie's thrilled to meet Will, the star football player whose popularity at her new school is almost legendary. Yet as she gets to know Will better,...
The lost years of Merlin
Barron, T. A.
Paper Book
This best-selling series follows the adventures and training of young Merlin, the great wizard who counseled King Arthur. "A novel rich with magic."--The New York Times Book Review "An extraordinary journey of mind, body, and spirit--for both Merlin and...
Legendborn
Deonn, Tracy
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn's YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of...
The fall of Arthur
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973
Paper Book
The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old...
Sword at sunset
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Paper Book
This brilliant reconception of the Arthurian epic cuts through the familiar myths and tells the story of the real King Arthur: Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the...
The Guinevere deception
White, Kiersten
Paper Book
"Fascinating. . . . Kiersten White has taken the best parts of the Arthurian legend and made them all her own."--Renée Ahdieh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series. A new fantasy series set in the world of Camelot that bestselling author...
Once & future
Capetta, Amy Rose
Paper Book
King Arthur as you've never seen her! This bold, sizzling YA novel reimagines the Once and Future King as a teenage girl determined to save the universe from an evil curse.   My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution...
Cursed
Wheeler, Thomas (Screenwriter)
Paper Book
Now an original series starring Katherine Langford on Netflix! The Lady of the Lake is the true hero in this cinematic twist on the tale of King Arthur created by Thomas Wheeler and legendary artist, producer, and director Frank Miller (300, Batman: The Dark Knight...
Once & future 3 The parliament of magpies
Gillen, Kieron
Paper Book
THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS. Although the monsters of Beowulf may have been defeated, the convergence of stories means the tether between our world and the Otherworld grows dangerously thin. Determined to stay one step ahead of Arthur and Merlin's plans, Bridgette and Duncan start with what they know,...

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