5 Mythology Graphic Novels to Read After Percy Jackson

If you just finished The Last Olympian and want to know what happens to Camp Half-Blood, get The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel. If you loved Percy before you cared who his father was, try Aru Shah. She can cause a supernatural disaster just by trying to impress three kids from school.

1. The Lost Hero, for the reader who misses camp

Jason wakes up on a school bus with no idea who Piper and Leo are. They know him, or think they do. When a field trip goes wrong and all three land at Camp Half-Blood, readers who know the cabins have an unusual advantage over the main character. You know enough to see when something is wrong, and so little about Jason that you can still be surprised.

This is the graphic adaptation of the first Heroes of Olympus novel. Give it to someone who has finished the original five Percy Jackson books. A reader hoping to spend the opening chapter with Percy should know that the new trio carries this adventure.

2. The Red Pyramid, for an argument between siblings

Carter Kane travels with his father. Sadie lives in London with her grandparents. The two barely know each other when their father brings them to the British Museum and releases Set. A disagreement between Carter and Sadie carries extra weight because neither sibling has had much practice trusting the other.

This is the first Kane Chronicles adventure in comics form. Choose it for a reader who likes the way Riordan brings ancient gods into modern places and wants an Egyptian story with a different family at its center. It works even if the reader is halfway through Percy’s series.

3. Aru Shah and the End of Time, for the kid who would light the lamp

Aru lives in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture. When classmates dare her to prove a lamp is cursed, she takes the dare. This is an excellent reason to spend a few pages shouting at a book. It is also a believable reason for a twelve-year-old to wake a demon.

Roshani Chokshi’s adventure draws on the Mahabharata. Aru’s search for the reincarnated Pandavas gives the quest a shape of its own, while her embarrassment and terrible timing will feel familiar to a Percy reader. Look for the graphic adaptation by Chokshi and Joe Caramagna, illustrated by Anu Chouhan.

4. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, for readers who remember the friend

Tristan has one thing left of his friend Eddie, who died in a bus accident. It is a notebook full of stories. When a creature steals it, Tristan’s attempt to get it back opens a passage to a world where John Henry and Brer Rabbit need help. Before the first big adventure, you already know what that notebook is worth to him.

Kwame Mbalia brings Black American folk heroes and the West African trickster Anansi into the same adventure. Robert Venditti adapted the novel and Olivia Stephens drew it. Pick this one for the reader who likes the quieter scenes between battles. Grief is part of the story from its opening pages.

5. Olympians: Athena, for the reader who always picks Annabeth

What kind of mother would Annabeth’s mother be in a comic of her own? George O’Connor takes the longer route to that answer. His Athena volume draws on stories about the goddess herself, including her birth and her encounter with the weaver Arachne. A contest between a goddess and a mortal can tell you a great deal about how the goddess handles losing face.

Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess is volume two in Olympians. You can start here if Athena is the draw, or begin with Zeus: King of the Gods if the reader wants the family history in order. This series leaves Camp Half-Blood behind and follows the gods through the old stories.