List of Arthurian literature

This is a '''bibliography of works about King Arthur''', his family, friends or enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.

==6th century== *''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'' by Gildas (mentions the Battle of Mons Badonicus, but famously neglects to mention Arthur{{sfn|Lacy|1986|loc=''Gildas''}})

==9th century== *''Historia Brittonum'' attributed to Nennius

==10th century==

===Latin=== * ''Annales Cambriae'', anonymous

===Welsh=== * ''Preiddeu Annwfn'' attributed to Taliesin * ''Pa Gur yv y Porthaur'' ({{translation|Who Is the Gatekeeper?}}), anonymous (a dialogue between Arthur and a gatekeeper, in which he boasts about Cei's battle with the Cath Palug) * ''Englynion y Beddau'' ({{translation|Stanzas of the Graves}}), anonymous (Arthur's grave site is a mystery)

==11th century==

===Latin=== * ''The Legend of St. Goeznovius'', anonymous {{circa|1019}} (Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be a reference to his immortality.;<ref>{{Harvnb|White|1997}}</ref> Vortigern mentioned) * ''Vita Sancti Cadoc'' by Lifris of Llancarfan {{circa|1086}} (Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and Bedivere's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns.<ref>{{Harvnb|White|1997|pp=13–16)}}</ref>)

===Welsh=== * Trioedd Ynys Prydein ({{translation|Triads of the Isle of Britain}}) 11th–14th century. (Twelve triads referring to Arthur.<ref>Lacy 1997 pages 565–7, GA (Geoffrey Ashe), "Triads"{{full citation needed|date=August 2022}}</ref> Others mention Mabon and Drystan,<ref>{{harvnb|Bromwich|1961}}.</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2019}} etc.) ** ''Trioedd y meirch'' ({{literal translation|The Triads of the Horses}}) (mentions the horse names of Cei (Sir Kay), Gwalchmai's horse Ceincaled.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bromwich|1961|pp=97–121}}</ref>) ** ''Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain'' ({{translation|Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain}}) 15th–16th centuries<ref name=cywyddwyr15-16>{{Harvnb|Bromwich|1961|p=cxxx}} "Period of the ''Cywyddwyr''"</ref> ** ''Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys'' ({{translation|Twenty-Four Knights of Arthur's Court}}) 15th–16th centuries<ref name=cywyddwyr15-16/> (mentions the sword Caledfwlch and the spear Rhongomiant<ref>{{Harvnb|Bromwich|1961|loc=appendix IV, pp. 250–255}}.</ref>)

==12th century==

===Welsh=== * ''Culhwch and Olwen'', anonymous, {{circa|1100}}

===Latin=== *''Vita Sancti Carannog'' {{circa|1100}} (at Arthur's requests, Carannog tames a dragon. Cato (Kay) is depicted as feeding it.<ref>{{Harvnb|White|1997|pp=16–17}}</ref>) * ''Vita Sancti Euflami'' {{circa|1100}} (Arthur cannot defeat dragon, but Efflam causes it to plunge from a rock through prayer<ref>{{Harvnb|Lacy|1986|p=471}}, GA, "Saints' Lives, Arthur in"</ref><ref>{{cite journal|editor-last=de la Borderie|editor-first=Arthur|title=Saint Efflam, texte inédit de la vie ancienne de ce saint|journal=Annales de Bretagne|volume=VII|pages=279–|publisher=Facultés des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Universities of Rennes et Nantes|year=1891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ERNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA279}} (p.299)</ref>) * ''Vita Sancti Paternus'' {{circa|1120s}} (mentions Arthur and Caradoc) * ''Gesta Regum Anglorum'' by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Arthur wears image of Mary; Discovery of Gawain's tomb.<ref>{{Harvnb|White|1997|pp=22–23}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Lacy|1986|p=630}}, KGM (Kenneth G. Madison), "William of Malmesbury"</ref>) * ''Historia Anglorum'' by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (mentions Arthur) * ''Vita Santi Gildae'' by Caradoc of Llancarfan {{circa|1120|1130}} (early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative.) * Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth are the main source of information for those writing on the legend. ** ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' {{circa|1136|8}} ** ''Vita Merlini'' {{circa|1150}} * ''Vera historia de morte Arthuri'' * ''De miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis'' by Herman of Tournai 1147 (early witness to the legend of Arthur's survival) * ''Life of Saint Kentigern'' by Jocelyn of Furness {{circa|1185}} (contains a version of the legend of Merlin, here called Lailoken<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Cynthia Whiddon|title=Jocelyn, a monk of Furness: The Life of Kentigern (Mungo)|work=Fordham University|year=1998|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/Jocelyn-LifeofKentigern.asp|access-date=2012-12-25}}, Chapter xlv, "Laleocen"</ref>) * ''Vita Sancti Illtud'' {{circa|1190s}} (Illtud came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court.<ref>{{Harvnb|White|1997|pp=24}}</ref> King Mark mentioned.)

===French and Anglo-Norman=== * ''Roman de Brut'' by Wace {{circa|1155}} (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of ''Historia Regum Britanniae'') * ''Draco Normannicus'' by Étienne de Rouen {{circa|1169}} (an epic chronicle of Normandy, it is the first text to mention Morgan Le Fay as Arthur's sister) * ''Tristan'' by Thomas of Britain {{circa|1170s}} * ''Tristan'' by Béroul {{circa|1170s}} * ''Folie Tristan d'Oxford'', {{circa|1175|1200}} * ''The Lais'' of Marie de France {{circa|1170s}} **''Lanval'' ** ''Chevrefoil'' (an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story) * The poems of Chrétien de Troyes ** ''Erec and Enide'' {{circa|1170s}} ** ''Cligés'' {{circa|1170s}} ** ''Yvain, the Knight of the Lion'' {{circa|1180s}} ** ''Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart'' {{circa|1180s}} ** ''Perceval, le Conte du Graal'' {{circa|1190}} ** ''Tristan'' mentioned but non-extant * The poems of Robert de Boron ** ''{{ill|Joseph d'Arimathie (poem)|lt=Joseph d'Arimathie|fr|Joseph d'Arimathie (roman)}}'' (extant) ** ''Merlin'' (partly extant in 300 lines) ** ''Perceval'' *The {{ill|Didot Perceval|lt=Didot ''Perceval''|fr|Perceval de Didot}} {{circa|1190|1215}} (a rendering of a lost poem titled ''Perceval'' by Robert de Boron) * ''Le Bel Inconnu'' by Renaut de Beujeu {{circa|1191|1213}} * ''Lai du Cor'' by Robert Biket (Caradoc succeeds in drinking from horn, proves wife's chastity) <ref>''Le lai du cor et Le manteau mal taillé : les dessous de la Table ronde'', Koble, Nathalie; Baumgartner, Emmanuèle, (Paris: Éditions Rue d'Ulm, 2005)</ref> * ''La Mantel Mautaillé'' (Caradoc's wife passes the chastity test by wearing an ill-fitting mantel) {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} * ''La Mule sans frein'' {{circa|1200}}

===German=== * ''Tristan'' by Eilhart von Oberge {{circa|1170s}} * ''Lanzelet'' by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of ''Lancelot'' that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous ''Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart''. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.) * The poems of Hartmann von Aue ** ''Iwein'', late 12th century (German adaptation of Chrétien's ''Yvain, the Knight of the Lion'') ** ''Erec'', late 12th century (expanded reworking of Chrétien's ''Erec and Enide'')

==13th century==

===French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal=== * ''Roman de Fergus'' by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s * ''Jaufré'' {{circa|1180|1225}} (Occitan verse) * ''La Vengeance Raguidel'' {{circa|1200|1225}} by Raoul (sometimes identified as Raoul de Houdenc)<ref>Lacy 1999 p. 595{{full citation needed|date=August 2022}}</ref> * Lancelot-Grail (Vulgate Cycle), anonymous {{circa|1210s|1230s}} ** ''Estoire del Saint Grail'' ** ''Estoire de Merlin'' ** ''Lancelot propre'' ** ''Queste del Saint Graal'' ** ''Mort Artu'' * ''Perlesvaus'', anonymous, {{circa|1210s}} * Prose ''Tristan'' by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (c. 1240) * Post-Vulgate Cycle, anonymous begun 1230s, finished 1240s * ''Palamedes'' composed between 1235 and 1240 * L'âtre périlleux, anonymous {{circa|1250}} <ref>see 'The Perilous Graveyard: a text edition': http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/AAI9906544/ [accessed 1st Feb 2018]</ref> * ''{{ill|The Marvels of Rigomer|fr|Les Merveilles de Rigomer}}'', {{circa|1250}} * ''Roman de Silence'' by Heldrius de Cornwall {{circa|1260s}} * ''Roman de Roi Artus'' aka ''Compilation'' by Rusticiano (Rustichello da Pisa); Franco-Italian, {{circa|1290s|1300}} ** ''Gyron le courtois'' (published 1501?) ** ''Meliadus de Leonnoys'' (published 1528 by Galliot du Pré, 1532 by Denys Janot)

===German=== * ''Tristan'' by Gottfried von Strassburg {{circa|1210s}} * ''Parzival'' by Wolfram von Eschenbach {{circa|1210s}} * ''Wigalois'' by Wirnt von Grafenberg {{circa|1210|1220}} * ''Daniel von Blumenthal'' by Der Stricker {{circa|1220}} * ''Diu Crône'' by Heinrich von dem Türlin * The poems of Der Pleier ** ''Garel von dem blühenden Tal'', {{circa|1230s}} or {{circa|1250|80}} ** ''Tandareis und Flordibel'' {{circa|1250|80}} ** ''Meleranz'' {{circa|1250|80}} * ''Der Mantel'', once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin (the "ill-fitting mantle" chastity test theme) {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===Norse=== * Brother Robert's prose renditions ** ''Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar'' 1226 (Norse reworking ''Tristan'' by Thomas of Britain) ** ''Ívens saga'' 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien's ''Yvain, the Knight of the Lion'') ** ''Erex saga'', perhaps originally by Robert (text probably changed in MS. transmission; a Norse reworking of Chrétien's ''Erec and Enide'') ** ''Parcevals saga'' ** ''Valvens þáttr'' ** ''Möttuls saga'', adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" motif * Strengleikar (translations of lais mostly by Marie de France) ** "Geitarlauf" (translation of ''Chevrefoil'') ** "Januals ljóð" (translation of ''Lanval'')

===English=== * ''Brut'' by Layamon (English reworking of ''Historia Regum Britanniae'') * ''Sir Tristrem'' {{circa|1300}} (English reworking of ''Tristan'' by Thomas of Britain) * ''Arthour and Merlin'' {{circa|1300}} {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===Dutch=== * ''{{ill|Roman van Walewein|nl|Roman van Walewein en het schaakspel}}'' by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} *''Roman van Ferguut'' (translation and reworking of the ''Roman de Fergus'') *The ''Lancelot Compilation'' (an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail and other romances, 10 in all:<ref>Lacy 1999 pp. 387–8, BB (Bart Besamusca), "Middle Dutch Arthurian Literature"{{full citation needed|date=August 2022}}</ref>) ** ''Lanceloet'' ** ''Perchevael'' ** ''Moriaen'' (''Morien'') ** ''{{ill|Queeste vanden Grale|nl}}'' ** ''Wrake van Ragisel'' (adaptation of ''Vengeance Raguidel'') ** ''Ridder metter mouwen'' ("The Knight with the Sleeve" ) ** ''Walewein ende Keye'' ** ''Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet'' ("Lancelot and the Stag with the White Foot") ** ''Torec'' by Jacob van Maerlant ** ''Arturs doet''

===Hebrew=== *''Melech Artus'' ({{translation|King Artus}}), a 1279 Hebrew translation, and the first in that language, which was published in Italy. Contains several short parts of the Vulgate Cycle: the Pendragon's seduction of Igraine and Arthur's death. Total of 5 pages, at the end of a larger codex on calendar astronomy titled ''Sefer ha-I'bbur'' ("the book of making leap years"). Anonymous author.<ref>Curt Leviant. ''King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279''. Syracuse University Press, 2003. For the Manuscript: [https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.ebr.48 Mss. Urb. Ebr. 48] in the Vatican Library, pp. 75r–77r.</ref>

===Welsh=== * ''Brut y Brenhinedd'' (Welsh chronicle adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's ''Historia Regum Britanniae'') * ''The Dream of Rhonabwy'', anonymous * ''The Black Book of Carmarthen'', anonymous (mentions Arthur)

==14th century==

===English=== * ''Alliterative Morte Arthure'', anonymous * ''Stanzaic Morte Arthur'', anonymous * ''The Avowyng of Arthur'' {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} * ''The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle'', anonymous * ''The Awntyrs off Arthure'', anonymous * ''Sir Cleges'' (not closely related to Chrestien's ''Cliges''; set in Uther Pendragon's court) * ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' by The Pearl Poet * ''Sir Launfal'' by Thomas Chestre (a remaking of the lai of ''Lanval'') * ''Sir Libeaus Desconus'' * ''Yvain and Gawain'' * ''Sir Perceval of Galles'' * ''Arthur'' * ''Lancelot of the Laik'' {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===Welsh=== (All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)

* ''Mabinogion'', anonymous * ''Culhwch and Olwen'' (recorded) {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} * The Welsh Romances ** ''Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain'' ** ''Geraint and Enid'' ** ''Peredur, son of Efrawg''

===Italian=== * ''Tavola Rottonda'', anonymous {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===French=== * ''Perceforest'', anonymous

===Catalan=== * ''La Faula'' by Guillem de Torroella<ref>"[http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-0066966.xml Guillem de Torroella]"</ref>

===Greek=== * ''O Presbus Ippotes'' ({{lang|grc|Ὁ Πρέσβυς Ἱππότης}}, {{translation|The Old Knight}}; a Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's ''Compilations'') {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

==15th century==

===English=== * ''Arthur'' {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} * ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Malory * Prose ''Merlin'' {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} * "King Arthur and King Cornwall" * ''Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle''

===Italian=== * ''Orlando Innamorato'' by Matteo Maria Boiardo * ''La Tavola Ritonda'', anonymous

===Icelandic=== * ''Skikkjurímur'', (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story) {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===Breton=== * ''An Dialog etre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff'', anonymous

==16th century==

===English=== * ''Arthur of Little Britain''<ref>[https://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_1972_num_50_3_2924 The Sixteenth Century Editions of "Arthur of Little Britain"], G.E. Mitchell, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire Année 1972 50-3 pp. 793-795. Online at Persée.fr (retrieved June 12, 2023)</ref> * ''The Greene Knight'' {{circa|1500}} * ''The Boy and the Mantle'' (ballad in the Percy Folio, chastity test story of the "ill-fitting mantle" and the horn) * ''The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain'' 1508 * ''The Jeaste of Sir Gawain'' {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} * ''The Misfortunes of Arthur'' by Thomas Hughes, 1587 * ''The Faerie Queene'' by Edmund Spenser, 1590

===Welsh=== * ''Tristan Romance'', preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS. {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===Byelo-Russian=== * ''{{ill|Povest' o Tryshchane|be|Аповесць пра Трышчана}}'' 1560s {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

===Yiddish=== * ''Viduvilt'' (Yiddish reworking of ''Wigalois'')

==17th century==

===English=== * Works of Richard Johnson ** ''Tom a Lincoln'' (1607) ** ''The History of Tom Thumbe, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe'' (1621) * ''The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father'' by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662) * Works of Richard Blackmore ** ''Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books'' (1695) ** ''King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books'' (1697)

==18th century== *''The History of Jack and the Giants'', published by J. White (1711) * Works by Henry Fielding ** ''Tom Thumb'' ** ''The Tragedy of Tragedies'' *Warton, Thomas (1728–1790) {{citation needed|date=December 2017}} ** "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777) ** "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777) * ''Vortigern and Rowena'' by W. H. Ireland (1799) (a Shakespearian forgery)

==19th century== * "Arthur o' Bower" (1805) * By Alfred, Lord Tennyson ** ''The Lady of Shalott'' (1833) ** ''Idylls of the King'' (1859–1885) * ''The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights'' by James Knowles (1862) * ''The Boy's King Arthur'' by Sidney Lanier (1880) * ''Tristram of Lyonesse'' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882) * ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' by Mark Twain (1889)

Bulfinch, Thomas Age of Chivalry; or, Legends of King Arthur

Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1872.

==20th century== ===English=== * Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including: ** "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903) ** "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905) ** "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907) ** "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910) * ''The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis'' (1905) by Clemence Housman<ref>Brian Stableford, (2009), ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', page 205. Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|0810868296}}</ref> * ''Merlin'' (1917), ''Lancelot'' (1920), and ''Tristram'' (1927) by Edwin Arlington Robinson * ''War in Heaven'' (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail * ''The Little Wench'' (1935) by Philip Lindsay * Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn ** ''King of the World's Edge'' (1936) ** ''The Ship from Atlantis'' (1967) ** ''Merlin's Ring'' (1974) * ''Taliessin through Logres'' (1938) and ''The Region of the Summer Stars'' (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles) * ''The Once and Future King'' by T. H. White including ** ''The Sword in the Stone'' (1938) ** ''The Queen of Air and Darkness'' (or ''The Witch in the Wood'') (1939) ** ''The Ill-Made Knight'' (1940) ** ''The Candle in the Wind'' (1958) ** ''The Book of Merlyn'' (1977) * ''That Hideous Strength'' (1945) by C. S. Lewis * ''Porius (A Romance of the Dark Ages)'' (1951) by John Cowper Powys *''King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'' (1953) by Roger Lancelyn Green * ''The Great Captains'' (1956) by Henry Treece * Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novels: ** ''The Lantern Bearers'' (1959) ** ''Sword at Sunset'' (1963) ** ''Tristan and Iseult'' (1971) ** ''The Shining Company'' (1990), a retelling of ''Y Gododdin'', which contains the earliest mention of Arthur's name ** ''The Arthurian Trilogy'' (1979–1981), re-issued in an omnibus edition in 2007 as ''The King Arthur Trilogy'': *** ''The Light Beyond the Forest'' (1979) *** ''The Sword and the Circle'' (1981) *** ''The Road to Camlann'' (1981) * ''A Trace of Memory'' (1963) by Keith Laumer * The Merlin series by Mary Stewart ** ''The Crystal Cave'' (1970) ** ''The Hollow Hills'' (1973) ** ''The Last Enchantment'' (1979) ** ''The Wicked Day'' (1983) ** ''The Prince and the Pilgrim'' (1995) * ''The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights'' (1975) by John Steinbeck * ''The Mabinogion Tetralogy'' (1974) by Evangeline Walton. * ''Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel'' by Thomas Berger (1978) * ''The Three Damosels'' (1978) and ''The Enchantresses'' (1998) by Vera Chapman (the latter with Mike Ashley) * ''The Old French Tristan Poems'' (1980) by David J. Shirt * ''The Mists of Avalon'' (1983) by Marion Zimmer Bradley * ''The White Raven'' (1988) by Diana L. Paxson (Tristan and Isseult) * The Road to Avalon (1988) by Joan Wolf * The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead ** ''Taliesin'' (1987) ** ''Merlin'' (1988) ** ''Arthur'' (1989) ** ''Pendragon'' (1994) ** ''Grail'' (1997) ** ''Avalon'' (1999) * The Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley ** ''Child of the Northern Spring'' (1987) ** ''Queen of the Summer Stars'' (1991) ** ''Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn'' (1993) * ''Knight Life'' (1987), ''One Knight Only'' (2004) and ''Fall of Knight'' (2007) by Peter David * ''The Road to Avalon'' (1988) by Joan Wolf *''The King'' (1990) by Donald Barthelme *The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio **''The Dragon and the Unicorn'' (1994) **''The Eagle and the Sword'' (1997) **''The Wolf and the Crown'' (1998) **''The Serpent and the Grail'' (1999) * ''The Child Queen'' (1994), ''The High Queen'' (1995), (collected in ''Queen of Camelot'' (2002)), ''Prince of Dreams'' (2004), and ''Grail Prince'' (2003) by Nancy McKenzie * ''I Am Mordred'' (1998) by Nancy Springer * ''Hallowed Isle'' by Diana L. Paxson: ''The Book of the Sword'' (1999), ''The Book of the Spear'' (1999), ''The Book of the Cauldron'' (1999), ''The Book of the Stone'' (2000). * The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles ** ''Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country'' (1999) ** ''The Knight of the Sacred Lake'' (2000) ** ''Child of the Holy Grail'' (2000) * ''The Warlord Chronicles'' by Bernard Cornwell ** ''The Winter King'' ** ''Enemy of God'' ** ''Excalibur'' * By Jane Yolen: ** ''Sword of the Rightful King'' ** ''The Young Merlin Trilogy'' * By Gerald Morris: ** ''The Squire's Tale'' ** ''The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady'' ** ''The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf'' ** ''Parsifal's Page'' ** ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan'' ** ''The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight'' ** ''The Lioness and her Knight'' ** ''The Quest of the Fair Unknown'' ** ''Squire's Quest'' ** ''The Legend of the King'' ** ''The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short'' ** ''The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great'' *By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy ** ''The Forever King'' ** ''The Broken Sword'' ** ''The Third Magic'' * The Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1988) * ''Stones of Power'' by David Gemmell ** ''Ghost King'' (1988) ** ''Last Sword of Power'' (1988) * Anonymous ** ''King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'' (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950) * ''To the Chapel Perilous'' Naomi Mitchison (1955) * ''Artorius'' by John Heath-Stubbs * ''Quirinius, Britannia's Last Roman'' by Erik Hildinger (2021) * ''Our Man in Camelot'' by Anthony Price (1975) (The sixth book in the Dr. David Audley series uses the Arthur myth as a MacGuffin in a modern spy thriller.) * By Parke Godwin **''Firelord'' (1980) **''Beloved Exile'' (1984) **''The Last Rainbow'' (1985) * The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009) **Book One: ''The Kingmaking'' (1994) **Book Two: ''Pendragon's Banner'' (1995) **Book Three: ''Shadow of the King'' (1997) * The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison ** ''The Hawk's Grey Feather'' (1991) ** ''The Oak Above the Kings'' (1994) ** ''The Hedge of Mist'' (1996) * ''A Dream of Eagles'' (''Camulod Chronicles'') by Jack Whyte **''The Sky Stone'' (1992) **''The Singing Sword'' (1993) **''The Eagles' Brood'' (1994) **''The Saxon Shore'' (1998) **''The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend'' (1997) **''The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis'' (1999) ** ''Uther'' (2001) ** ''Clothar the Frank'' (titled ''The Lance Thrower'' outside of Canada) (2004) ** ''The Eagle'' (2006) * The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. Barron **''The Lost Years of Merlin'' (1996) **''The Seven Songs of Merlin'' (1997) **''The Fires of Merlin'' (1998) **''The Mirror of Merlin'' (1999) **''The Wings of Merlin'' (2000) * ''Albion'', a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007) * ''The King Awakes'' and ''The Empty Throne'' by Janice Elliott, set in a Medieval-style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world *''Merlin's Bones'' by Fred Saberhagen *''The Idylls of the Queen'' by Phyllis Ann Karr *''Eagle in the Snow'' by Wallace Breem; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book *''The Winter Prince'' by Elizabeth Wein *''The Dragon Lord'' by David Drake *''Merlin's Mirror'' (1975) by Andre Norton *''The Return of Merlin'' (1995) by Deepak Chopra *''Guinevere'' series (1996), by Sharan Newman. *''Black Horses for the King'' (1996) by Anne McCaffrey. *''Camelot 3000'', a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future *''The Dark Is Rising'', a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan Cooper *''The Fionavar Tapestry'', a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay *''The Merlin Mystery'', A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entombed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed. * The ''Down the Long Wind'' series by Gillian Bradshaw (1980–82) ** ''Hawk of May'' ** ''Kingdom of Summer'' ** ''In Winter's Shadow'' *''The Little Wench'' by Philip Lindsay *''Merlin'' (1978) by Robert Nye *''A Lady of King Arthur's Court'' (1907) by Sara Hawks Sterling *''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' (1975) by Monty Python

===French=== * ''L'Enchanteur'' (1984) by René Barjavel

===German=== *''The Children of the Grail'' (1991) by Peter Berling *''Der Rote Ritter'' (1993) by Adolf Muschg

===Japanese=== * ''Kairo-kō'' (1905) by Natsume Sōseki

===Welsh=== * ''Ymadawiad Arthur'' (1902) by Thomas Gwynn Jones

==21st century==

*''The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'' series by Michael Scott mentions many artifacts and characters from Arthurian legend *The Magic Tree House Books (1992–present) by Mary Pope Osbourne, feature Morgan Le Fay as a prominent character in the original series. The later series, entitled The Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions, more prominently included elements from Arthurian Legend. Includes works such as: ** ''Christmas in Camelot'' (2001) **''Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve'' (2003) ** ''Summer of the Sea Serpent'' (2004) ** ''Winter of the Ice Wizard'' (2004) **''Night of the Ninth Dragon'' (2016) *''I am Morgan le Fay'' (2001) by Nancy Springer *Morgan Is My Name (2023) by Sophie Keetch *Le Fay (2024) by Sophie Keetch *The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock **''Celtika'' (2001) **''The Iron Grail'' (2002) **''The Broken Kings'' (2007) * ''Tales of Guinevere'' series by Alice Borchardt. * ''Corbenic'' by Catherine Fisher (2002) * ''Tristan and Isolde'' (2002) series by Rosalind Miles * ''Sword of the Rightful King'' by Jane Yolen (2003) * ''The House of Pendragon'' by Debra A. Kemp **I: ''The Firebrand'' (2003) **II: ''The Recruit'' (2007) *''The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp'' by Rick Yancey (2005) * Douglas Clegg: ''Mordred, Bastard Son'' (2006) * ''Fate/Zero'' by Gen Urobuchi (2006–2007) * ''Dracula vs. King Arthur'' by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007) * ''Orion and King Arthur'' by Ben Bova (2011) * ''Song of the Sparrow'' by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007) * ''Camelot Lost'' by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008) * ''Avalon High'' by Meg Cabot * ''The Sangreal Trilogy'' by Amanda Hemingway *''Sword of Darkness'' by Kinley MacGregor *''Knight of Darkness'' by Kinley MacGregor * ''Here Lies Arthur'' by Philip Reeve * ''The Book of Mordred'' by Vivian Vande Velde *''Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy'' by Dee Marie (2008) * Sarah Zettel's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint: ** ''In Camelot's Shadow'' (2004) ** ''For Camelot's Honor'' (2005) ** ''Under Camelot's Banner'' (2006) ** ''Camelot's Blood'' (2008) *''Merlin's Dragon'' Trilogy by T.A. Barron ** ''Merlin Book 6: The Dragon of Avalon''; originally issued as ''Merlin's Dragon'' (2008) ** ''Merlin Book 7: Doomraga's Revenge'' (2009) ** ''Merlin Book 8: Ultimate Magic'' (2010) *''The Great Tree of Avalon'' Trilogy ** ''Merlin Book 9: The Great Tree of Avalon''; originally issued as ''Child of the Dark Prophecy'' (2004) ** ''Merlin Book 10: Shadows on the Stars'' (2005) ** ''Merlin Book 11: The Eternal Flame'' (2007) *''Gwenhwyfar'' (2009) by Mercedes Lackey. *By Nakaba Suzuki **''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2012–2020), a manga loosely based on the Arthurian legend **''Four Knights of the Apocalypse'' (2021–present) *''The School for Good and Evil'' series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character (2013–2020) * ''The Fall of Arthur'' by J.R.R. Tolkien (published 2013, written circa 1920–30s) *''The Devices Trilogy'' by Philip Purser-Hallard, starting with ''The Pendragon Protocol'' (2014) * ''The Buried Giant'' by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015) *''Garden of Avalon'' by Kinoko Nasu *''Camelot Rising'' trilogy by Kiersten White **''The Guinevere Deception'' (2019) **''The Camelot Betrayal'' (2020) **''The Excalibur Curse'' (2021) *''Seven Endless Forests'' by April Genevieve Tucholke (2020) *''Legendborn'' by Tracy Deonn (2020) *''Reflejos de Shalott'' by Gema Bonnín (2022) *''The Bright Sword'' by Lev Grossman (2024)

==Nonfiction== * ''Arthur's Britain'' by Leslie Alcock * ''The Quest for Arthur's Britain'' by Geoffrey Ashe * ''The Medieval Quest for Arthur'' by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton * ''The Quest for Merlin'' by Nikolai Tolstoy (1985) * ''The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650'' John Morris * ''King Arthur: The Making of the Legend'' by Nicholas J. Higham * ''King Arthur: Myth-Making and History'' by Nicholas J. Higham * ''The Development of Arthurian Romance'' by Roger Sherman Loomis * ''Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages'' edited by Roger Sherman Loomis

==Depictions in other media== * List of works based on Arthurian legends

==References== {{Reflist|35em}}

* {{citation|last=Bromwich|first=Rachel|title=Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads|place=Cardiff|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=1961|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgYIAQAAIAAJ|format=snippet}} * {{citation|editor-last=Lacy|editor-first=Norris J.|title=The New Arthurian Encyclopedia|publisher=Garland|year=1986}} * {{citation|editor-last=White|editor-first=Richard|title=King Arthur in Legend and History|place=London|publisher=Dent|year=1997|isbn=0460879154|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/kingarthurinlege0000unse}}

==External links== *[http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm Camelot Project] *[https://bias.internationalarthuriansociety.com/ Bibliography of International Arthurian Society]

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