Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods collects Greek myths narrated by the son of Poseidon — irreverent, sarcastic, and candid about the gods' capacity for horror. The hook is the narrator's reluctance: he'd rather stay anonymous than anger Olympians he has personally crossed. What draws readers in is the collision of ancient chaos with a modern, wisecracking voice — gods who lie, betray, and devour, and stories that stay genuinely dark while remaining playful. If this appeals, you likely enjoy myth retold with wit and worlds where divine power is capricious and dangerous.
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods is a collection of short stories about Greek mythology as narrated by Percy Jackson. It was written by Rick Riordan and was released on August 19, 2014. It features Percy Jackson giving his own take on the Greek myths in a humorous way.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
A teenage son of Poseidon discovers his divine heritage and must prevent an all-out war between the gods.
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Hercules
A demigod moves through a world of tangled mythological characters and events drawn from ancient Greek legend.
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Percy battles mythical creatures across a quest rooted in the same golden-age perils the book gleefully catalogues.
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A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
A behind-the-scenes look at bringing Percy's world of gods, monsters, and legendary stunts to life on screen.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy races across America outwitting gods and outrunning monsters in the same irreverent mythological universe.
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Olympus
A protagonist uncovers his origins while navigating a world where gods were banished to the realm of the unconscious.
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Ulysses 31
A crew struggles against the ancient Greek gods who rule the universe — divine power as obstacle, not ally.
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Young Hercules
The youthful adventures of an ancient hero — mythology experienced from the inside, during the hero's formation.
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Hercules
Olympian gods drop in to help or hinder a young hero in training throughout his early adventures.
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Class of the Titans
Cronus escapes the Underworld and marshals mythological monsters — the same volatile divine politics Percy narrates.
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Zeus + Poseidon
Build a city-state on the Aegean shore while gods and massive sanctuaries shape your world from the ground up.
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Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)
Construct sanctuaries and command armies in an ancient Greek world where divine favour is a city-builder's resource.
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Age of Mythology: The Titans
Titans, Atlantis, and mighty armies collide — the same clash of cosmic forces Percy recounts with irreverent detail.
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God of War: Chains of Olympus
A mortal forced to serve the gods seeks absolution — divine power as burden rather than blessing.
Book
The Titan's Curse
Percy and his demigod allies face an urgent distress call, bronze sword in hand, in the same mythological world.
Book
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Books I-III
Three Percy Jackson novels collected — the lightning thief, sea of monsters, and the titan's curse in one volume.
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Heroes of Olympus
Further Percy Jackson adventures continuing the Heroes of Olympus saga begun in the same mythological universe.
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The book of Greek & Roman folktales, legends, & myths
The full spectrum of ancient Greek and Roman stories — myths, fairy tales, and stranger transformations all included.
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The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities
Ten new stories about beloved heroes, curated by Rick Riordan with contributions from top middle-grade authors.
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Creative experiences in Greek mythology
Ten Greek myths retold with vocabulary and discussion prompts — mythology made active and exploratory for readers.
The main Percy Jackson novels are a natural next step — The Titan's Curse and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Books I–III collection continue the same demigod world with the same wit, while Heroes of Olympus extends the series further.
The 2023 TV series Percy Jackson and the Olympians adapts the same universe with high fidelity to Rick Riordan's tone; for a cinematic fix, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief covers the original story's events on the big screen.
Age of Mythology: The Titans lets you command armies and invoke the same Olympian gods, while God of War: Chains of Olympus puts you in brutal direct conflict with the ancient deities Percy describes so vividly.