Bibliography of King Arthur

This is a bibliography of works about King Arthur, his family, his friends or his enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.

6th century

 * De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas (mentions the Battle of Mons Badonicus, but famously neglects to mention Arthur)

9th century

 * Historia Brittonum attributed to Nennius

Latin

 * Annales Cambriae, anonymous

Welsh

 * Preiddeu Annwfn attributed to Taliesin
 * Pa Gur yv y Porthaur, anonymous (a dialogue between Arthur and a gatekeeper, in which he boasts about Cei's battle with the Cath Palug)
 * Englynion y Beddau, anonymous (Arthur's grave site is a mystery)

Latin

 * The Legend of St. Goeznovius, anonymous c. 1019 (Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be a reference to his immortality.; Vortigern mentioned)
 * Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris of Llancarfan c. 1086 (Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and Bedivere's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns. )

Welsh

 * Trioedd Ynys Prydein 11th–14th century. (Twelve triads referring to Arthur. Others mention Mabon and Drystan,  etc.)
 * Trioedd y meirch (lit. 'The Triads of the Horses') (mentions the horse names of Cei (Sir Kay), Gwalchmai's horse Ceincaled. )
 * Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain 15th–16th centuries
 * Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys 15th–16th centuries (mentions the sword Caledfwlch and the spear Rhongomiant )

Welsh

 * Culhwch and Olwen, anonymous, c. 1100

Latin

 * Vita Sancti Carannog c. 1100 (at Arthur's requests, Carantoc tames a dragon. Cato (=Kay) is depicted as feeding it. )
 * Vita Sancti Euflami c. 1100 (Arthur cannot defeat dragon, but Efflam causes it to plunge from a rock through prayer )
 * Vita Sancti Paternus c. 1120s (mentions Arthur and Caradoc)
 * Gesta Regum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Arthur wears image of Mary; Discovery of Gawain's tomb. )
 * Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (mentions Arthur)
 * Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan c. 1120 (early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative.)
 * Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth are the main source of information for those writing on the legend.
 * Historia Regum Britanniae c. 1136
 * Vita Merlini c. 1150
 * Vera historia de morte Arthuri
 * De miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis by Herman of Tournai 1147 (early witness to the legend of Arthur's survival)
 * Life of Saint Kentigern by Jocelyn of Furness c. 1185 (contains a version of the legend of Merlin, here called Lailoken )
 * Vita Sancti Illtud c. 1190s (Illtud came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court. King Mark mentioned.)

French and Anglo-Norman

 * Roman de Brut by Wace c. 1155 (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae)
 * Draco Normannicus by Étienne de Rouen c. 1169 (an epic chronicle of Normandy, it is the first text to mention Morgan Le Fay as Arthur's sister)
 * Tristan by Thomas of Britain c. 1170s
 * Tristan by Béroul c. 1170s
 * Folie Tristan d'Oxford, c. 1175
 * The Lais of Marie de France c. 1170s
 * Lanval
 * Chevrefoil (an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story)
 * The poems of Chrétien de Troyes
 * Erec and Enide c. 1170s
 * Cligés c. 1170s
 * Yvain, the Knight of the Lion c. 1180s
 * Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart c. 1180s
 * Perceval, le Conte du Graal c. 1190
 * Tristan mentioned but non-extant
 * The poems of Robert de Boron
 * Joseph d'Arimathie (poem) (extant)
 * Merlin (partly extant in 300 lines)
 * Perceval
 * The Didot Perceval c. 1190 (a rendering of a lost poem titled Perceval by Robert de Boron)
 * Le Bel Inconnu by Renaut de Beujeu c. 1191
 * Lai du Cor by Robert Biket (Caradoc succeeds in drinking from horn, proves wife's chastity)
 * La Mantel Mautaillé (Caradoc's wife passes the chastity test by wearing an ill-fitting mantel)
 * La Mule sans frein c. 1200

German

 * Tristan by Eilhart von Oberge c. 1170s
 * Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of Lancelot that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.)
 * The poems of Hartmann von Aue
 * Iwein, late 12th century (German adaptation of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion)
 * Erec, late 12th century (expanded reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)

French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal

 * Roman de Fergus by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s
 * Jaufré c. 1180 (Occitan verse)
 * La Vengeance Raguidel c. 1200 by Raoul (sometimes identified as Raoul de Houdenc)
 * Lancelot-Grail (Vulgate Cycle), anonymous c. 1210s
 * Estoire del Saint Grail
 * Estoire de Merlin
 * Lancelot propre
 * Queste del Saint Graal
 * Mort Artu
 * Perlesvaus, anonymous, c. 1210s
 * Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (c. 1240)
 * Post-Vulgate Cycle, anonymous begun 1230s, finished 1240s
 * Palamedes composed between 1235 and 1240
 * L'âtre périlleux, anonymous c. 1250
 * The Marvels of Rigomer, c. 1250
 * Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall c. 1260s
 * Roman de Roi Artus aka Compilation by Rusticiano (Rustichello da Pisa); Franco-Italian, c. 1290s
 * Gyron le courtois (published 1501?)
 * Meliadus de Leonnoys (published 1528 by Galliot du Pré, 1532 by Denys Janot)

German

 * Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg c. 1210s
 * Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach c. 1210s
 * Wigalois by Wirnt von Grafenberg c. 1210
 * Daniel von Blumenthal by Der Stricker c. 1220
 * Diu Crône by Heinrich von dem Türlin
 * The poems of Der Pleier
 * Garel von dem blühenden Tal, c. 1230s or c. 1250
 * Tandareis und Flordibel c. 1250
 * Meleranz c. 1250
 * Der Mantel, once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin (the "ill-fitting mantle" chastity test theme)

Norse

 * Brother Robert's prose renditions
 * Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
 * Ívens saga 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion)
 * Erex saga, perhaps originally by Robert (text probably changed in MS. transmission; a Norse reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)
 * Parcevals saga
 * Valvens þáttr
 * Möttuls saga, adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" motif
 * Strengleikar (translations of lais mostly by Marie de France)
 * "Geitarlauf" (translation of Chevrefoil)
 * "Januals ljóð" (translation of Lanval)

English

 * Brut by Layamon (English reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae)
 * Sir Tristrem c. 1300 (English reworking of Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
 * Arthour and Merlin c. 1300

Dutch

 * Roman van Walewein by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert
 * Roman van Ferguut (translation and reworking of the Roman de Fergus)
 * The Lancelot Compilation (an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail and other romances, 10 in all: )
 * Lanceloet
 * Perchevael
 * Moriaen (Morien)
 * Queeste vanden Grale
 * Wrake van Ragisel (adaptation of Vengeance Raguidel)
 * Ridder metter mouwen ("The Knight with the Sleeve" )
 * Walewein ende Keye
 * Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet ("Lancelot and the Stag with the White Foot")
 * 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 ("the book of making leap years"). Anonymous author.

Welsh

 * Brut y Brenhinedd (Welsh chronicle adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae)
 * The Dream of Rhonabwy, anonymous
 * The Black Book of Carmarthen, anonymous (mentions Arthur)

English

 * Alliterative Morte Arthure, anonymous
 * Stanzaic Morte Arthur, anonymous
 * The Avowyng of Arthur
 * The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, anonymous
 * The Awntyrs off Arthure, anonymous
 * Sir Cleges (not closely related to Chrestien's Cliges; set in Uther Pendragon's court)
 * Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by The Pearl Poet
 * Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre (a remaking of the lai of Lanval)
 * Sir Libeaus Desconus
 * Yvain and Gawain
 * Sir Perceval of Galles
 * Lancelot of the Laik

Welsh
(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)


 * Mabinogion, anonymous
 * Culhwch and Olwen (recorded)
 * The Welsh Romances
 * Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain
 * Geraint and Enid
 * Peredur, son of Efrawg

Italian

 * Tavola Rottonda, anonymous

French

 * Perceforest, anonymous

Catalan

 * La Faula by Guillem de Torroella

Greek

 * O Presbus Ippotes (Ὁ Πρέσβυς Ἱππότης, ; a Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's Compilations)

English

 * Arthur
 * Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
 * Prose Merlin
 * "King Arthur and King Cornwall"
 * Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle

Italian

 * Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo
 * La Tavola Ritonda, anonymous

Icelandic

 * Skikkjurímur, (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story)

Breton

 * An Dialog etre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff, anonymous

English

 * Arthur of Little Britain
 * The Greene Knight c. 1500
 * The Boy and the Mantle (ballad in the Percy Folio, chastity test story of the "ill-fitting mantle" and the horn)
 * The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain 1508
 * The Jeaste of Sir Gawain
 * The Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes, 1587
 * The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1590

Welsh

 * Tristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS.

Byelo-Russian

 * Povest' o Tryshchane 1560s

Yiddish

 * Viduvilt (Yiddish reworking of Wigalois)

English

 * Works of Richard Johnson
 * Tom a Lincoln (1607)
 * The History of Tom Thumbe, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe (1621)
 * The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662)
 * Works of Richard Blackmore
 * Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books (1695)
 * King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books (1697)

18th century

 * The History of Jack and the Giants, published by J. White (1711)
 * Warton, Thomas (1728–1790)
 * "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777)
 * "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777)
 * Vortigern and Rowena by W. H. Ireland (1799) (a Shakespearian forgery)

19th century

 * "Arthur o' Bower" (1805)
 * By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
 * The Lady of Shalott (1833)
 * Idylls of the King (1859–1885)
 * The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles (1862)
 * The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier (1880)
 * Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882)
 * A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (1889)

English

 * Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including:
 * "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903)
 * "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905)
 * "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907)
 * "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910)
 * Kairo-kō (1905) by Natsume Sōseki
 * The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis (1905) by Clemence Housman
 * War in Heaven (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail
 * The Little Wench (1935) by Philip Lindsay
 * Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn
 * King of the World's Edge (1936)
 * The Ship from Atlantis (1967)
 * Merlin's Ring (1974)
 * Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer Stars (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles)
 * The Once and Future King by T. H. White including
 * The Sword in the Stone (1938)
 * The Queen of Air and Darkness (or The Witch in the Wood) (1939)
 * The Ill-Made Knight (1940)
 * The Candle in the Wind (1958)
 * The Book of Merlyn (1958)
 * That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis
 * Porius (A Romance of the Dark Ages) (1951) by John Cowper Powys
 * King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1953) by Roger Lancelyn Green
 * The Great Captains (1956) by Henry Treece
 * Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novels:
 * The Lantern Bearers (1959)
 * Sword at Sunset (1963)
 * Tristan and Iseult (1971)
 * The Shining Company (1990), a retelling of the Y Gododdin, which contains the earliest mention of Arthur's name
 * The Arthurian Trilogy (1979–1981), re-issued in an omnibus edition in 2007 as The King Arthur Trilogy:
 * The Light Beyond the Forest (1979)
 * The Sword and the Circle (1981)
 * The Road to Camlann (1981)
 * A Trace of Memory (1963) by Keith Laumer
 * The Merlin series by Mary Stewart
 * The Crystal Cave (1970)
 * The Hollow Hills (1973)
 * The Last Enchantment (1979)
 * The Wicked Day (1983)
 * The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995)
 * The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1975) by John Steinbeck
 * The Mabinogion Tetralogy (1974) by Evangeline Walton.
 * Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger (1978)
 * The Three Damosels (1978) and The Enchantresses (1998) by Vera Chapman (the latter with Mike Ashley)
 * The Old French Tristan Poems (1980) by David J. Shirt
 * The Mists of Avalon (1983) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
 * L'Enchanteur (1984) by René Barjavel
 * The White Raven (1988) by Diana L. Paxson (Tristan and Isseult)
 * The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
 * Taliesin (1987)
 * Merlin (1988)
 * Arthur (1989)
 * Pendragon (1994)
 * Grail (1997)
 * Avalon (1999)
 * The Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley
 * Child of the Northern Spring (1987)
 * Queen of the Summer Stars (1991)
 * Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn (1993)
 * Knight Life (1987), One Knight Only (2004) and Fall of Knight (2007) by Peter David
 * The Road to Avalon (1988) by Joan Wolf
 * The King (1990) by Donald Barthelme
 * The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
 * The Dragon and the Unicorn (1994)
 * The Eagle and the Sword (1997)
 * The Wolf and the Crown (1998)
 * The Serpent and the Grail (1999)
 * The Child Queen (1994), The High Queen (1995), (collected in Queen of Camelot (2002)), Prince of Dreams (2004), and Grail Prince (2003) by Nancy McKenzie
 * I Am Mordred (1998) by Nancy Springer
 * Hallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson: The Book of the Sword (1999), The Book of the Spear (1999), The Book of the Cauldron (1999), The Book of the Stone (2000).
 * The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
 * Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (1999)
 * The Knight of the Sacred Lake (2000)
 * Child of the Holy Grail (2000)
 * 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 (1988)
 * Stones of Power by David Gemmell
 * Ghost King (1988)
 * Last Sword of Power (1988)
 * Anonymous
 * King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950)
 * To the Chapel Perilous Naomi Mitchison (1955)
 * Artorius by John Heath-Stubbs
 * Quirinius, Britannia's Last Roman by Erik Hildinger (2021)
 * Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price (1975) (The sixth book in the Dr. David Audley series uses the Arthur myth as a MacGuffin in a modern spy thriller.)
 * By Parke Godwin
 * Firelord (1980)
 * Beloved Exile (1984)
 * The Last Rainbow (1985)
 * The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009)
 * Book One: The Kingmaking (1994)
 * Book Two: Pendragon's Banner (1995)
 * Book Three: Shadow of the King (1997)
 * The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
 * The Hawk's Grey Feather (1991)
 * The Oak Above the Kings (1994)
 * The Hedge of Mist (1996)
 * A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) by Jack Whyte
 * The Sky Stone (1992)
 * The Singing Sword (1993)
 * The Eagles' Brood (1994)
 * The Saxon Shore (1998)
 * The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend (1997)
 * The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis (1999)
 * Uther (2001)
 * Clothar the Frank (titled The Lance Thrower outside of Canada) (2004)
 * The Eagle (2006)
 * The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. Barron
 * The Lost Years of Merlin (1996)
 * The Seven Songs of Merlin (1997)
 * The Fires of Merlin (1998)
 * The Mirror of Merlin (1999)
 * The Wings of Merlin (2000)
 * Albion, a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007)
 * 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 (1975) by Andre Norton
 * The Return of Merlin (1995) by Deepak Chopra
 * Guinevere series (1996), by Sharan Newman.
 * Black Horses for the King (1996) 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 (1980–82)
 * Hawk of May
 * Kingdom of Summer
 * In Winter's Shadow
 * The Little Wench by Philip Lindsay
 * Merlin (1978) by Robert Nye
 * A Lady of King Arthur's Court (1907) by Sara Hawks Sterling

Welsh

 * Ymadawiad Arthur (1902) by Thomas Gwynn Jones

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 (1992–present) 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 (2001)
 * Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve (2003)
 * Summer of the Sea Serpent (2004)
 * Winter of the Ice Wizard (2004)
 * Night of the Ninth Dragon (2016)
 * I am Morgan le Fay (2001) by Nancy Springer
 * The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock
 * Celtika (2001)
 * The Iron Grail (2002)
 * The Broken Kings (2007)
 * Tales of Guinevere series by Alice Borchardt.
 * Corbenic by Catherine Fisher (2002)
 * Tristan and Isolde (2002) series by Rosalind Miles
 * Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (2003)
 * The House of Pendragon by Debra A. Kemp
 * I: The Firebrand (2003)
 * II: The Recruit (2007)
 * The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey (2005)
 * Douglas Clegg: Mordred, Bastard Son (2006)
 * Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi (2006–2007)
 * Dracula vs. King Arthur by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007)
 * Orion and King Arthur by Ben Bova (2011)
 * Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007)
 * Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008)
 * Avalon High by Meg Cabot
 * The Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda Hemingway
 * Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
 * Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
 * Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
 * The Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde
 * Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie (2008)
 * Sarah Zettel's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint:
 * In Camelot's Shadow (2004)
 * For Camelot's Honor (2005)
 * Under Camelot's Banner (2006)
 * Camelot's Blood (2008)
 * Merlin's Dragon Trilogy by T.A. Barron
 * Merlin Book 6: The Dragon of Avalon; originally issued as Merlin's Dragon (2008)
 * Merlin Book 7: Doomraga's Revenge (2009)
 * Merlin Book 8: Ultimate Magic (2010)
 * The Great Tree of Avalon Trilogy
 * Merlin Book 9: The Great Tree of Avalon; originally issued as Child of the Dark Prophecy (2004)
 * Merlin Book 10: Shadows on the Stars (2005)
 * Merlin Book 11: The Eternal Flame (2007)
 * Gwenhwyfar (2009) by Mercedes Lackey.
 * By Nakaba Suzuki
 * The Seven Deadly Sins (2012–2020), a manga loosely based on the Arthurian legend
 * Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2021–present)
 * The School for Good and Evil series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character (2013–2020)
 * The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien (published 2013, written circa 1920–30s)
 * The Devices Trilogy by Philip Purser-Hallard, starting with The Pendragon Protocol (2014)
 * The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015)
 * Garden of Avalon by Kinoko Nasu
 * Camelot Rising trilogy by Kiersten White
 * The Guinevere Deception (2019)
 * The Camelot Betrayal (2020)
 * The Excalibur Curse (2021)
 * Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke (2020)
 * Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (2020)

Nonfiction

 * Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock
 * The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe
 * The Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton
 * The Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1985)
 * The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 John Morris
 * King Arthur: The Making of the Legend by Nicholas J. Higham
 * King Arthur: Myth-Making and History by Nicholas J. Higham
 * The Development of Arthurian Romance by Roger Sherman Loomis
 * Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages edited by Roger Sherman Loomis

Depictions in other media

 * List of works based on Arthurian legends