Pagan themed fantasy and science-fiction books

Explore top pagan-themed fantasy and science-fiction books! Discover magical realms, ancient rituals, and sci-fi twists in this curated list of must-read novels.

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The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Retells the legend of King Arthur as perceived by the women central to the tale, from the zealous Morgaine, sworn to uphold her goddess at …
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Jitterbug Perfume

by Tom Robbins

Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn’t conclude until nine o’clock tonight (Paris …
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The Fifth Sacred Thing

by Starhawk

An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between …
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The Gate to Women's Country

by Sheri S. Tepper

“Lively, thought-provoking . . . the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise . . . Tepper knows how to write a well-made, …
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The Hallowed Isle

by Diana L. Paxson

The Arthurian saga is one of the most enduring legends of Western civilization. In her sweeping and magnificent multi-volume work The Hallowed Isle, acclaimed author …
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Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, …
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Lammas Night

by Katherine Kurtz

A British military intelligence officer seeks the aid of witches to defeat a Nazi attempt to use magic to conquer England
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Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. And Gillian and Sally …
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Promethea

by Alan Moore

Comics narrate the story of university student Sophie Bangs as she fights mystical places and spirits to unveil the truth behind mythical warrior woman, Promethea.
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Overshoot

by Mona Clee

Avoiding quick demise by nuclear war, humanity faces the prospect of slower destruction by global warming. Can we survive? Can we genetically re-engineer ourselves to …
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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert Anson Heinlein

This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with "psi" powers--telepathy, clairvoyance, …
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A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to a Master Wizard.
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Wyrd Sisters Discworld series

by Terry Pratchett

Terry's Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have catapulted him into the highest echelons of parody next to …
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Little, Big

by John Crowley

Edgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, or across each other. It¿s filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in …
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Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut

“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. …