SpiralWorlds library
Books, Comics & Graphic Novels
Enter worlds shaped by epic poetry, Gothic horror, speculative fiction and sequential art. Follow landmark books, writers, heroes, villains and comic universes into the wider SpiralWorlds archive.
Curated reading
The Bookshop
Explore the books behind the stories: ancient epics, Gothic classics, speculative fiction and more.
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Fallen Troy, sea voyages and the struggle to found a homeland. The Odyssey — E. V. Rieu translation
Island encounters, divine grudges and a hard-won homecoming. Don Quixote — Edith Grossman translation
A knight, his squire and the trouble caused by taking stories literally.
Reading for your next campaign
Choose a book by the story you want to run
Start with the kind of adventure you are preparing. Each link opens a review and edition recommendation, or the practical Games Master reading shelf.
Divine grudges, island encounters and the cost of getting home.
Explore The Odyssey Creators and their creatures
Responsibility, rejection and a monster with a voice of its own.
Explore Frankenstein Rival houses and scarce resources
Politics, ecology and the struggle to control a vital resource.
Explore Dune Knightly ideals and comic trouble
A would-be knight, his squire and expectations that collide with reality.
Explore Don Quixote Journeys into the otherworld
A guided journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Explore The Divine Comedy Help with tonight’s preparation
Practical books on towns, maps, encounters and monster tactics.
Explore Games Master reading
Written worlds
Books, epics and plays
Journey from ancient epic and classical tragedy through Gothic horror, satire and modern speculative fiction.
Writers of imagined worlds
Authors
Meet writers whose stories have shaped fantasy, science fiction, horror, adventure and the literature of imagined worlds.
Authors of imagined worlds
Discover novelists, poets, dramatists and other writers connected to the stories explored throughout SpiralWorlds.
Comic character libraries
DC and Marvel characters
Enter two large character libraries filled with heroes, villains, teams, cosmic powers and supernatural figures.
Heroes and teams
Marvel starting points
Start with eight dedicated pages for some of Marvel’s best-known heroes and teams, then continue into the full character library above.
Stories in sequential art
Comic titles and worlds
Follow distinctive comic worlds through sword-and-sorcery, dystopian law, super-hero alliances, occult horror and deconstructed heroism.
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