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
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 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
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
Le Folie Tristan de Berne Unknown 1175 18
Le Folie Tristan d'Oxford Unknown 1175 23
Tristrant Eilhart von Oberge 1175 x
Chivalric romances (+Perceval continuations) Chrétien de Troyes (+ others) 1170-1210s 972
Erec Hartmann von Aue 1185 112
The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur Robert de Torigni, maybe 1180s 33
La Mule Sans Frien Païen de Maisières 1190 x
Layamon's Brut Layamon 1190 150
Lanzelet Ulrich von Zatzikhoven "after 1194" 241
Merlin & the Grail Trilogy Robert de Boron 1190s 184
The True History of the Death of Arthur Unknown ~1200 4
The Knight with the Sword Unknown 1200s 19
Le Bel Inconnu Renaud de Beaujeu 1210 240
Perlesvaus Unknown 1210 396
Tristan Gottfried von Strassburg 1210 300
Wigalois Wirnt von Grafenberg 1210 221
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
The Prose Tristan Unknown 1230s 365
The perilous graveyard Unknown 1250? 199
Morien Unknown 1250s 152
The Romance of Hunbaut Colin le Fruitier? 1250-1275 19
La Damigella di Scalot Unknown 1280? 1
Perceforest (reader) Unknown 1340 117
Libeas Desconus Thomas Chestre ~1350 54
Stanzaic Morte Arthur Unknown 135? x
Chronicles of the Scottish People John of Fordun 1385 9
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
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Thomas Malory, maybe 1400s 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