Creating Liminal adventures based on traditional British myth and folklore is one of the most enthralling parts of the game and luckily GMs have a huge number of sources they can use to detail their games. There are hundreds of books to pore through for your ghosts, fae and monsters. This bookshelf is a mixture of some crowdsourced titles, books from the Liminal bibliography and some from my own library of books.
Updated: 15.07.24 with new titles and an Arthurian section
Full disclosure: Where these links lead to Amazon, they are Amazon Affiliate links and the small kick-back will be paying for the upkeep of the site in the first instance and the development of new Liminal material with what’s left over. Update: Whilst the links are still theoretically affiliate links, Amazon hates me and kicked me off the affiliate programme. Boo!
General Liminal Inspiration
Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination
Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales
Black and British: A Forgotten History
NEW – The Book of English Magic
Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures
The Fabled Coast: Legends & traditions from around the shores of Britain & Ireland
Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain
This book is renowned as one of the best books on British lore. However, it is stupidly expensive through traditional online sources. One for the flea markets, second-hand shops, and thrift stores I think… Good Luck!
The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain and Northern Ireland
NEW – The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
The Land of the Green Man: A Journey through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles
The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England’s Legends
The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legend
The Most Amazing Haunted and Mysterious Places in Britain
The Mythology of the British Isles
NEW – The People of the Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal Folk
Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
The Old Stones: A Field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland
Troublesome Things: A History of Faeries and Fairy Stories
A Visitors Guide to the History of Britain
Liminal London Inspiration
City of Sin: London and Its Vices
NEW – The Flower of All Cities
I Never Knew That About London
Necropolis: London and Its Dead
NEW – Occult London
Liminal on the Net
Arthurian Liminal
NEW – The Grail: The Quest for a Legend
NEW – Arthur’s Britain: The Land and the Legend
NEW – The Quest for Arthur’s Britain
NEW – The Quest of the Holy Grail
NEW – King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
NEW – Le Morte D’Arthur
NEW – The Once and Future King