Arthuriana Source List

Constantly in flux. To avoid too much strikethrough, I'll bold what I'm currently reading (usually two sources at once), and you may assume anything above the first bolded line has been read. Many dates are approximate, don't take my word for it. Page numbers are of course variable because they're based on the specific editions I'm reading, but I'm keeping track for fun.

Title Author Year Pages
On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain Gildas 530 38
Y Gododdin Aneirin 600 94
Ecclesiastical History of the English People The Venerable Bede 731 97
The History of the Britons Nennius 828 42
Geraint son of Erbin Unknown 900 3
Annales Cambriae Unknown 950 1
The Legend of St. Goeznovius Unknown 1019 1
The Mabinogion Unknown 1050-1225 336
The Life of St. Cadoc Lifris 1085 77
The Life of St. Carannog Unknown 1100 4
The Life of St. Padarn Unknown 1100s 1
The Deeds of the English Kings William of Malmesbury 1125 1
The Life of Gildas Caradoc of Llangarfan 1130 12
The History of the Kings of Britain Geoffrey of Monmouth 1136 373
The Life of St. Illtud Unknown 1140 6
The Life of Merlin Geoffrey of Monmouth 1150 253
Tristran Béroul 1150 176
History of the English Henry of Huntingdon 1154 2
Roman de Brut Wace 1155 134
Tristan Thomas of Britain 1159 84
Draco Normannicus Étienne de Rouen 1168 9
Lais of Marie de France Marie de France 1155-1170 41
Tristrant Eilhart von Oberge 1175 155
Le Folie Tristan de Berne Unknown 1175 18
Le Folie Tristan d'Oxford Unknown 1175 23
Chivalric romances (+Perceval continuations) Chrétien de Troyes (+ others) 1170-1210s 972
Erec Hartmann von Aue 1185 112
The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur Unknown (possibly Ranulf Higden) 1180s 33
La Mule Sans Frien Païen de Maisières 1190 13
Layamon's Brut Layamon 1190 150
Lanzelet Ulrich von Zatzikhoven "after 1194" 241
Merlin & the Grail Trilogy Robert de Boron 1190s 184
History of English Affairs William of Newburgh 1198 5
Melion Unknown ~1200 12
Lai de Tyolet Unknown ~1200 12
Lai de Doon Unknown ~1200 10
Lai du Trot Unknown ~1200 10
Le Mantel Mautaillié Unknown ~1200 15
Lai du Cor Robert Biket ~1200 10
Meraugis of Portlesguez Raoul de Houdenc ~1200 77
La Vengeance Raguidel Raoul de Houdenc ~1200 74
The True History of the Death of Arthur Unknown ~1200 4
Iwein Hartmann von Aue ~1200 95
The dialogue of Melwas and Gwenhyfer Unknown ~1200 3
The Knight with the Sword Unknown 1200s 19
Les mervelles de Rigomer Unknown 1200s 381
Jaufré Unknown 1200s 162
Le Bel Inconnu Renaud de Beaujeu 1210 240
Perlesvaus Unknown 1210 396
Tristan Gottfried von Strassburg 1210 300
The Romance of Yder Unknown 1210 132
The Romance of Fergus Guillaume le Clerc 1210 133
Gligois Unknown 1210 11
Huon of Bordeaux Unknown 1210s 324
Wigalois Wirnt von Grafenberg 1210 221
Geitarlauf Unknown 1217 7
Janual Unknown 1217 6
Möttuls Saga (The saga of the cloak) Brother Robert 1217 14
Daniel von dem blühenden Tal Der Stricker 1220 74
Lancelot-Grail Cycle (Vulgate Cycle)
  • The History of the Holy Grail
  • The History of Merlin
  • Lancelot 1
  • Lancelot 2
  • Lancelot 3
  • Lancelot 4
  • Lancelot 5
  • Lancelot 6
  • The Quest for the Holy Grail
  • The Death of King Arthur
  • Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin
  • Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
  • Post-Vulgate Mort Artu
  • Chapter Summaries
Unknown 1210s-1240s 1745
Parzival Wolfram von Eschenbach 1225 448
The Knight of the Two Swords Unknown 1225 199
Lanceloet en het Hert met de Witte Voet Unknown 1225 19
Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar Brother Robert 1226 100
Diu Crône Heinrich von dem Turlin 1220s 350
The Prose Tristan Unknown 1230s 365
Die Wrake van Ragisel Unknown 1230 117
Erex Saga Brother Robert (possibly) 1230 46
Ívens saga Brother Robert 1230 49
Roman van Walewein Penninc and Pieter Vostaert 1230-60 260
Garel von dem blühenden Tal Der Pleier 1240 216
Meleranz Der Pleier 1240 168
Tandareis and Flordibel Der Pleier 1240 121
Wigamur Unknown 1240 201
De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae William of Malmesbury (+interpolators) 1247 64
Parcevals saga Unknown 1250 40
Valvens þáttr Unknown 1250 16
The perilous graveyard Unknown 1250? 199
Beaudous Robert de Blois 1250 6
Historia Meriadoci Regis Cambrie Unknown (possibly Ranulf Higden) 1250 86
Morien Unknown 1250s 152
The Book of Arthur Unknown 1250 19
Tristan als Mönch Unknown 1250 41
Arthur and the Porter Unknown 1250 3
The Dialogue of Myrddin and Taliesin Unknown 1250 2
The Stanzas of Graves Unknown 1250 10
Triads of the Horses Unknown 1250 1
The Romance of Hunbaut Colin le Fruitier? 1250-1275 22
Walewein ende Keye Unknown ~1260 78
Torec Jacob van Maerlant 1260 83
Escanor Girart d’Amiens 1266 7
Claris and Laris Unknown 1268 32
Metrical Chronicle Robert of Gloucester 1270 4
Of Arthour and of Merlin Unknown 1270 70
Die Riddere metter Mouwen Unknown 1275 86
Melekh Artus Unknown 1279 100
La Damigella di Scalot Unknown 1280? 1
Tristano Riccardiano Unknown 1300 84
The Knight of the Parrot Unknown 1300 51
Sir Landeval Unknown 1300 12
Segremors (fragment) Unknown 1300 4
Hippotēs ho Presbutēs Unknown 1300 42
Tristano Panciatichiano Unknown 1300s 355
Breta sögur and Merlínússpá Gunnlaugr Leifsson 1300s 66
Saga af Tristram ok Ísönd Unknown 1300s 24
Arthur and Gorlagon Unknown 1300s 28
Skikkjurímur Unknown 1300s 25
Hærra Ivan lejonriddaren Unknown 1303 145
Langtoft's Chronicle Pierre de Langtoft 1307 5
Sir Tristrem Unknown 1320 132
Inferno (Canto V) Dante Alighieri 1321 9
The Book of Taliesin Taliesin (+imitators) 1325 304
Ilas et Solvas (fragment) Unknown 1325 4
The Boke of Brut Thomas Castleford 1327 250
Sir Percyvell of Gales Unknown 1330 73
Perceforest (reader) Unknown 1340 117
Gismirante Antonio Pucci 1340 27
Bruto di Brettagna Antonio Pucci 1340 12
Ywain and Gawain Unknown 1350 130
Libeas Desconus Thomas Chestre ~1350 54
La Pulzella Gaia Unknown 1350 13
The Parlement of the Thre Ages Unknown 1352 2
Stanzaic Morte Arthur Unknown 135? 143
De Casibus Virorum Illustriam Giovanni Boccaccio 1360 5
I Cantari del Carduino Unknown 1370 1
Cantare di Lasancis Unknown 1372 6
Sir Launfal Thomas Chestre 1375 21
Tristano Corsiniano Unknown Late 1300s 107
Sir Cleges Unknown Late 1300s 18
The Dialogue Between Myrddin and His Sister Gwenddydd Unknown 1382 17
The Welsh Triads Unknown 1382 104
Chronicles of the Scottish People John of Fordun 1385 9
Arthur and Kaletvwlch Unknown 1390 7
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight Unknown Late 1300s 189
Alliterative Morte Arthure Unknown 1400 x
The Wife of Bath's Tale Geoffrey Chaucer 1400 x
Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales Various/Unknown 1400-1500 x
Carta de Iseo y respuesta de Tristán Unknown 1401 3
Sir Degrevant Unknown 1410 x
Cantare del Falso Scudo Unknown 1425 x
Tavola Ritonda Unknown 1446 x
The 24 knights of the Round Table Unknown 1450 2
Tristrams Kvædi Unknown 1450 x
The History of the Holy Grail Henry Lovelich 1450 x
The Romance of Merlin Henry Lovelich 1450 x
Cantare di Astore e Morgana Unknown 1450 x
Hardyng's Chronicle John Hardyng 1457 x
The Prose Brut Unknown 1479 x
Sir Corneus Unknown 1480 x
Iban Hardyng's Chronicle 1480s x
Le Morte d'Arthur
(Also: The Boy's King Arthur, a later censored version. For fun.)
Thomas Malory 1485 x
Lancelot of the Laik Unknown 1495 x
The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1596 x
Tom a Lincoln Richard Johnson 1607 x
The History of Tom Thumb Richard Johnson, maybe 1621 x
Selections from Poems: A New Edition Thomas Warton 1777 x
Sir Gabein Unknown 1789 25
Arthurian Literature by Women Various (Barbara & Alan Lupack, eds.) 1802-1991 x
Childe Rowland Robert Jamieson 1814 x
The Druid’s Prophecies Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1827 x
Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1833 x
Arthur, the Greatest King:
An Anthology of Modern Arthurian Poems
Various (Alan Lupack, ed.) 1835-1988 x
Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1842 x
Morte d’Arthur Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1842 x
Sir Galahad Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1842 x
Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1842 x
Lohengrin Richard Wagner 1850 x
Tristram and Iseult Matthew Arnold 1852 x
Avillion; or, The Happy Isles Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1853 x
Suggested by Reading an Article in a Newspaper Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1852 x
King Ban Algernon Charles Swinburne 1857 x
Queen Yseult Algernon Charles Swinburne 1858 x
Lancelot Algernon Charles Swinburne 1858 x
The Day Before the Trial Algernon Charles Swinburne 1858 x
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems William Morris 1858 x
Joyeuse Guarde Algernon Charles Swinburne 1859 x
Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner 1865 x
The Prophecy of Merlin, and Other Poems John Reade 1870 x
Idylls of the King Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1873 x
King Arthur: An Epic Poem Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1875 x
The Feasts of Camelot Eleanora Louisa Hervey 1877 x
Tristram of Lyonesse Algernon Charles Swinburne 1882 x
Parsifal Richard Wagner 1882 x
Tristan Und Isolde Algernon Charles Swinburne 1883 x
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 x
Merlin and The Gleam Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1889 x
The Romance of Tristan & Iseult Joseph Bédier 1900 x
Sir Marrok Allen French 1902 x
Legends and Stories of King Arthur Howard Pyle 1903-10 x
Kairo-kō Natsume Sōseki 1905 x
A Lady of King Arthur's Court Sara Hawks Sterling 1907 x
Sir Agravaine P. G. Wodehouse 1912 x
To Nimue Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1914 x
Merlin Edwin Arlington Robinson 1917 x
Lancelot Edwin Arlington Robinson 1920 x
Tristram Edwin Arlington Robinson 1927 x
War in Heaven Charles Williams 1930 x
The Fall of Arthur J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 x
Once & Future King (Omnibus) T.H. White 1958 x
Greta the Strong Donald J Sobol 1970 x
Tristan and Iseult Rosemary Sutcliffe 1971 x
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights John Steinbeck 1976 x
The Three Damosels Vera Chapman 1976 x
Arthur Rex Thomas Berger 1978 x
King Arthur Trilogy Rosemary Sutcliffe 1981 x
The Idylls of the Queen Phyllis Ann Karr 1982 x
Camelot 3000 Mike W. Barr 1982-85 x
Legacy (Merlin Tetralogy) Mary Stewart 1983 x
Mists of Avalon (...maybe) Marion Zimmer Bradley 1883 x
Merlin's Booke Jane Yolen 1986 x
The Road to Avalon Joan Wolf 1988 x
Invitation to Camelot Various (Parke Godwin, ed.) 1988 x
The Shining Company Rosemary Sutcliff 1990 x
That Way Lies Camelot Janny Wurts 1994 x
Camelot Various (Jane Yolen, ed.) 1995 x
Young Merlin Trilogy Jane Yolen 1996-7 x
The Enchantresses Vera Chapman 1998 x
Isaac Asimov's Camelot Various (Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams, eds.) 1998 x
The Song of Guinevere Alicia Snow 1999 x
Magic Tree House - Christmas in Camelot Mary Pope Osborne 2001 x
I Am Morgan le Fay Nancy Springer 2002 x
Merlin the Mad Norris J. Lacy 2003 x
Avalon High Meg Cabot 2005 x
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles Patricia Terry & Samuel N. Rosenberg 2007 x
Here Lies Arthur Philip Reeve 2007 x
Mordred, Bastard Son Douglas Clegg 2007 x
Merlin Investigation Series J.M.C. Blair 2008-9 x
Yseult Ruth Nestvold 2009 x
Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit Mercedes Lackey 2009 x
Gay Knights and Horny Heroes Michael Gouda 2011 x
Lancelot and the Wolf Sarah Luddington 2011 x
Arthur Dies at the End Series Jeffrey Wikstrom 2014 x
Lancelot: Her Story Katherine V. Forrest 2015 x
American Queen Sierra Simone 2016 x
Mice of the Round Table Trilogy Julie Leung 2016-18 x
Lancelot Giles Kristian 2018 x
A friend's NaNoWriMo [redacted] 2018 x
Once & Future Kieron Gillen 2019-22 x
Bisclavret K.L. Noone 2019 x
Blackheart Knights Laure Eve 2021 x
Doctor Who: Legends Of Camelot Jacqueline Rayner 2021 x
Half Sick of Shadows Laura Sebastian 2021 x
Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices Various (Swapna Krishna, ed.) 2021 x
Half Sick of Shadows( Lucy Hounsom 2021 x
Gwen and Art are Not in Love Lex Croucher 2023 x
Camelot Untold K.C. Kingmaker 2023 x
Summer of the Summoned Sword: A Lohengrin Retelling Sarah Beran 2023 x
Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights James Persichetti 2024 x
Merlin's Isle (unreleased) Malcolm Guite 2026-8 x