List of Arthurian literature

6th century

• De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas

9th century

• Historia Brittonum attributed to Nennius

10th century

Latin

Welsh

11th century

Latin

Welsh

• Trioedd Ynys Prydein 11th–14th century.
• * Trioedd y meirch
• * Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain 15th–16th centuries
• * Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys 15th–16th centuries

12th century

Welsh

Latin

• Vita Sancti Carannog Vita Sancti Euflami Vita Sancti Paternus Gesta Regum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan
• Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth are the main source of information for those writing on the legend.
• * Historia Regum Britanniae
• * Vita Merlini Vera historia de morte ArthuriDe miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis by Herman of Tournai 1147 Life of Saint Kentigern by Jocelyn of Furness
• ''Vita Sancti Illtud''

French and Anglo-Norman

• *Lanval
• * Chevrefoil
• The poems of Chrétien de Troyes
• * Erec and Enide
• * Cligés
• * Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
• * Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart
• * Perceval, le Conte du Graal
• * Tristan mentioned but non-extant
• The poems of Robert de Boron
• *
• * Merlin
• * Perceval
• The Le Bel Inconnu by Renaut de Beujeu Lai du Cor by Robert Biket La Mantel Mautaillé
• ''La Mule sans frein''

German

• The poems of Hartmann von Aue
• * Iwein, late 12th century
• * Erec, late 12th century

13th century

French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal

• Lancelot-Grail, anonymous
• * Estoire del Saint Grail
• * Estoire de Merlin
• * Lancelot propre
• * Queste del Saint Graal
• * Mort ArtuPerlesvaus, anonymous,
• Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" and "Helie de Boron"
• Post-Vulgate Cycle, anonymous begun 1230s, finished 1240sPalamedes composed between 1235 and 1240
• L'âtre périlleux, anonymous , Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall Roman de Roi Artus aka Compilation by Rusticiano ; Franco-Italian,
• * Gyron le courtois
• * ''Meliadus de Leonnoys''

German

• The poems of Der Pleier
• * Garel von dem blühenden Tal, or
• * Tandareis und Flordibel
• * Meleranz Der Mantel, once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin

Norse

• Brother Robert's prose renditions
• * Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar 1226
• * Ívens saga 1226
• * Erex saga, perhaps originally by Robert
• * Parcevals saga
• * Valvens þáttr
• * Möttuls saga, adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" motif
• Strengleikar
• * "Geitarlauf"
• * "Januals ljóð"

English

• ''Arthour and Merlin''

Dutch

• Roman van Ferguut
• The Lancelot Compilation
• * Lanceloet
• * Perchevael
• * Moriaen
• * '
• * Wrake van Ragisel
• * Ridder metter mouwen
• * Walewein ende Keye
• * Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet
• * Torec by Jacob van Maerlant
• * ''Arturs doet''

Hebrew

• Melech Artus, a 1279 Hebrew translation, and the first in that language, which was published in Italy. Contains several short parts of the Vulgate Cycle: the Pendragon's seduction of Igraine and Arthur's death. Total of 5 pages, at the end of a larger codex on calendar astronomy titled Sefer ha-I'bbur. Anonymous author.

Welsh

14th century

English

• ''Lancelot of the Laik''

Welsh

• The Welsh Romances
• * Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain
• * Geraint and Enid
• * ''Peredur, son of Efrawg''

Italian

French

Catalan

Greek

• ''O Presbus Ippotes''

15th century

English

• Prose Merlin
• "King Arthur and King Cornwall"
• ''Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle''

Italian

Icelandic

Breton

16th century

English

Welsh

Byelo-Russian

Yiddish

• ''Viduvilt''

17th century

English

• Works of Richard Johnson
• * Tom a Lincoln
• * The History of Tom Thumbe, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley
• Works of Richard Blackmore
• * Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books
• * ''King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books''

18th century

• The History of Jack and the Giants, published by J. White
• Warton, Thomas
• * "The Grave of King Arthur"
• * "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" Vortigern and Rowena by W. H. Ireland

19th century

• "Arthur o' Bower"
• By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• * The Lady of Shalott
• * Idylls of the King The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

20th century

English

• Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including:
• * "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights"
• * "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table"
• * "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions"
• * "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis by Clemence HousmanWar in Heaven by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" quest for the Holy GrailThe Little Wench by Philip Lindsay
• Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn
• * King of the World's Edge
• * The Ship from Atlantis
• * Merlin's Ring Taliessin through Logres and The Region of the Summer Stars by Charles W. S. Williams The Once and Future King by T. H. White including
• * The Sword in the Stone
• * The Queen of Air and Darkness
• * The Ill-Made Knight
• * The Candle in the Wind
• * The Book of Merlyn That Hideous Strength by C. S. LewisPorius (A Romance of the Dark Ages) by John Cowper Powys
• King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn GreenThe Great Captains by Henry Treece
• Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novels:
• * The Lantern Bearers
• * Sword at Sunset
• * Tristan and Iseult
• * The Shining Company, a retelling of Y Gododdin, which contains the earliest mention of Arthur's name
• * The Arthurian Trilogy, re-issued in an omnibus edition in 2007 as The King Arthur Trilogy:
• ** The Light Beyond the Forest
• ** The Sword and the Circle
• ** The Road to Camlann A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer
• The Merlin series by Mary Stewart
• * The Crystal Cave
• * The Hollow Hills
• * The Last Enchantment
• * The Wicked Day
• * The Prince and the Pilgrim The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John SteinbeckThe Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton.Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger The Three Damosels and The Enchantresses by Vera Chapman The Old French Tristan Poems by David J. ShirtThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe White Raven by Diana L. Paxson
• The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf
• The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
• * Taliesin
• * Merlin
• * Arthur
• * Pendragon
• * Grail
• * Avalon
• The Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley
• * Child of the Northern Spring
• * Queen of the Summer Stars
• * Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn Knight Life, One Knight Only and Fall of Knight by Peter DavidThe Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf
• The King by Donald Barthelme
• The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
• *The Dragon and the Unicorn
• *The Eagle and the Sword
• *The Wolf and the Crown
• *The Serpent and the Grail The Child Queen, The High Queen,, Prince of Dreams, and Grail Prince by Nancy McKenzieI Am Mordred by Nancy SpringerHallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson: The Book of the Sword, The Book of the Spear, The Book of the Cauldron, The Book of the Stone.
• The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
• * Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
• * The Knight of the Sacred Lake
• * Child of the Holy Grail The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
• * The Winter King
• * Enemy of God
• * Excalibur
• By Jane Yolen:
• * Sword of the Rightful King
• * The Young Merlin Trilogy
• By Gerald Morris:
• * The Squire's Tale
• * The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
• * The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
• * Parsifal's Page
• * The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
• * The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
• * The Lioness and her Knight
• * The Quest of the Fair Unknown
• * Squire's Quest
• * The Legend of the King
• * The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
• * The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
• By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
• * The Forever King
• * The Broken Sword
• * The Third Magic
• The Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy Stones of Power by David Gemmell
• * Ghost King
• * Last Sword of Power
• Anonymous
• * King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table To the Chapel Perilous Naomi Mitchison Artorius by John Heath-StubbsQuirinius, Britannia's Last Roman by Erik Hildinger Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price
• By Parke Godwin
• *Firelord
• *Beloved Exile
• *The Last Rainbow
• The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick
• *Book One: The Kingmaking
• *Book Two: Pendragon's Banner
• *Book Three: Shadow of the King
• The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
• * The Hawk's Grey Feather
• * The Oak Above the Kings
• * The Hedge of Mist A Dream of Eagles by Jack Whyte
• *The Sky Stone
• *The Singing Sword
• *The Eagles' Brood
• *The Saxon Shore
• *The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend
• *The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis
• * Uther
• * Clothar the Frank
• * The Eagle
• The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. Barron
• *The Lost Years of Merlin
• *The Seven Songs of Merlin
• *The Fires of Merlin
• *The Mirror of Merlin
• *The Wings of Merlin Albion, a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack The King Awakes and The Empty Throne by Janice Elliott, set in a Medieval-style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world
• Merlin's Bones by Fred Saberhagen
• The Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr
• Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book
• The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
• The Dragon Lord by David Drake
• Merlin's Mirror by Andre Norton
• The Return of Merlin by Deepak Chopra
• Guinevere series, by Sharan Newman.
• Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey.
• Camelot 3000, a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future
• The Dark Is Rising, a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan Cooper
• The Fionavar Tapestry, a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay
• The Merlin Mystery, A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entombed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed.
• The Down the Long Wind series by Gillian Bradshaw
• * Hawk of May
• * Kingdom of Summer
• * In Winter's Shadow
• The Little Wench by Philip Lindsay
• Merlin by Robert Nye
• A Lady of King Arthur's Court by Sara Hawks Sterling
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Monty Python

French

German

• The Children of the Grail by Peter Berling
• Der Rote Ritter by Adolf Muschg

Japanese

Welsh

21st century

• The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott mentions many artifacts and characters from Arthurian legend
• The Magic Tree House Books by Mary Pope Osbourne, feature Morgan Le Fay as a prominent character in the original series. The later series, entitled The Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions, more prominently included elements from Arthurian Legend. Includes works such as:
• * Christmas in Camelot
• *Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve
• * Summer of the Sea Serpent
• * Winter of the Ice Wizard
• *Night of the Ninth Dragon
• I am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer
• Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch
• Le Fay by Sophie Keetch
• The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock
• *Celtika
• *The Iron Grail
• *The Broken Kings Tales of Guinevere series by Alice Borchardt.Corbenic by Catherine Fisher Tristan and Isolde series by Rosalind MilesSword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen The House of Pendragon by Debra A. Kemp
• *I: The Firebrand
• *II: The Recruit
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
• Douglas Clegg: Mordred, Bastard Son Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi Dracula vs. King Arthur by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno Orion and King Arthur by Ben Bova Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito Avalon High by Meg CabotThe Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda Hemingway
• Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
• Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregorHere Lies Arthur by Philip ReeveThe Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde
• Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie
• Sarah Zettel's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint:
• * In Camelot's Shadow
• * For Camelot's Honor
• * Under Camelot's Banner
• * Camelot's Blood
• Merlin's Dragon Trilogy by T.A. Barron
• * Merlin Book 6: The Dragon of Avalon; originally issued as Merlin's Dragon
• * Merlin Book 7: Doomraga's Revenge
• * Merlin Book 8: Ultimate Magic
• The Great Tree of Avalon Trilogy
• * Merlin Book 9: The Great Tree of Avalon; originally issued as Child of the Dark Prophecy
• * Merlin Book 10: Shadows on the Stars
• * Merlin Book 11: The Eternal Flame
• Gwenhwyfar by Mercedes Lackey.
• By Nakaba Suzuki
• *The Seven Deadly Sins, a manga loosely based on the Arthurian legend
• *Four Knights of the Apocalypse
• The School for Good and Evil series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Devices Trilogy by Philip Purser-Hallard, starting with The Pendragon Protocol The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Garden of Avalon by Kinoko Nasu
• Camelot Rising trilogy by Kiersten White
• *The Guinevere Deception
• *The Camelot Betrayal
• *The Excalibur Curse
• Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
• Reflejos de Shalott by Gema Bonnín
• The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Nonfiction

Depictions in other media

• List of works based on Arthurian legends