Modern Fantasy Novels based on Non-Western Mythology or Folklore

1
La magnificence des oiseaux
de Barry Hughart
2,514 membres
96 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, souloftherose, spiphany
Explications
aulsmith: Chinese
2
Alif l'invisible
de G. Willow Wilson
1,729 membres
109 critiques
3.8
3 Members
souloftherose, Dilara86, spacehedgy
Explications
Dilara86: Arab mythology, djinns
3
Anansi Boys
de Neil Gaiman
20,141 membres
465 critiques
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
Explications
aulsmith: African and African-Caribbean
4
Seigneur de lumière
de Roger Zelazny
5,172 membres
114 critiques
4
2 Members
aulsmith, spacehedgy
Explications
aulsmith: Hindu and Buddhist
5
Les princes vagabonds
de Michael Chabon
2,913 membres
141 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, spacehedgy
Explications
aulsmith: I don't remember any magic, but it's definitely got elements from the Arabian Nights.
6
Stormdancer: La Guerre du Lotus, T1
de Jay Kristoff
1,138 membres
93 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Cecrow, spacehedgy
7
Le désir du dieu errant
de Margaret Weis
1,125 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Cecrow, spacehedgy
8
Redemption in Indigo
de Karen Lord
641 membres
46 critiques
3.9
2 Members
souloftherose, spacehedgy
Explications
souloftherose: Based on a Senagalese folktale
9
The Tiger's Daughter
de K Arsenault Rivera
627 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Cecrow, spacehedgy
10
A Secret Atlas
de Michael A. Stackpole
552 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
Cecrow, spacehedgy
11
Chroniques des années noires
de Kim Stanley Robinson
3,487 membres
106 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Mostly an alternate history, but when Robinson is switching time periods, he places the characters in an between-life place based on Buddhist mythology.
12
Les chevaux célestes
de Guy Gavriel Kay
1,900 membres
116 critiques
4.1
Member
Cecrow
13
The Killing Moon
de N. K. Jemisin
1,753 membres
100 critiques
3.9
Member
Cecrow
14
Throne of the Crescent Moon
de Saladin Ahmed
1,360 membres
95 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Cecrow
15
Royaumes d'ombre et de lumière
de Roger Zelazny
1,211 membres
19 critiques
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Egyptian
16
Brown Girl in the Ring
de Nalo Hopkinson
1,180 membres
53 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: African-Caribbean
17
River of Stars
de Guy Gavriel Kay
812 membres
52 critiques
4.1
Member
Cecrow
18
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
de Barry Hughart
536 membres
8 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Chinese
19
Le Frère initié
de Sean Russell
473 membres
7 critiques
4.1
Member
Cecrow
20
Tomoe Gozen
de Jessica Amanda Salmonson
225 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Cecrow
21
The Jaguar Princess
de Clare Bell
118 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Aztec
22
Marco Polo and The Sleeping Beauty
de Avram Davidson
83 membres
3.2
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: I found this too episodic, but the allusions to Chinese mythology were interesting.