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Books like Beowulf

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  1. The Odyssey

    Homer · 1996

    Because shares tags: classics, epic, mythology.

    Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls…

  2. The Iliad

    Homer · 1990

    Because shares tags: classics, epic, mythology.

    Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.

  3. The Silmarillion

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1977

    Because shares tags: classics, mythology, epic.

    Tolkien's posthumous First Age history, edited by Christopher Tolkien: the Music of the Ainur, Feanor's Silmarils, Beren and Luthien,…

  4. The Two Towers

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954 · The Lord of the Rings #2

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure, epic.

    Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.

  5. The Return of the King

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1955 · The Lord of the Rings #3

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure, epic.

    Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.

  6. The Fellowship of the Ring

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954 · The Lord of the Rings #1

    Because shares tags: adventure, classics, epic.

    Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.

  7. The War of the Worlds

    H.G. Wells · 1898

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    A Surrey writer watches Martians land in cylinders, march on London in tripods, and fall to Earth's smallest life.

  8. The Silver Chair

    C. S. Lewis · 1953 · Chronicles of Narnia #4

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.

  9. The Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster · 1961

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    A bored boy drives a toy car through a magic tollbooth into the Kingdom of Wisdom and learns to care about words, numbers and time.

  10. The Last Battle

    C.S. Lewis · 1956 · Chronicles of Narnia #7

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Lewis ends Narnia: Shift ape false Aslan, King Tirian last stand, Jill and Eustace at Stable Hill, and a morning beyond the world.

  11. The Great Hunt

    Robert Jordan · 1990 · The Wheel of Time #2

    Because shares tags: epic, adventure.

    Rand hunts the stolen Horn of Valere across the land while Egwene and Nynaeve face the Seanchan and the White Tower.

  12. The Dragon Reborn

    Robert Jordan · 1991 · The Wheel of Time #3

    Because shares tags: epic, adventure.

    Rand flees to Tear to claim Callandor while Perrin, Mat, and Egwene are drawn after him to the fallen Stone.

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