What’s a good book on the greek gods as light reading?

I’m looking for a book on greek gods that can be read as a story, not as an in depth study, and it would be great if anyone knows one

Goodreads.com has several mythology book lists. Here are three lists. There are more to check out.

158 books on the Books with Greek Mythology References list

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2865.Books_with_Greek_mythology_references

85 books on the Greek Mythology list

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11078.Greek_Mythology

78 books on the Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology list

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3802.Modern_Adaptations_of_Greek_Mythology

Goodreads.com is a free website with thousands of books lists. You see the cover of the book and get a link to the book description. The lists are created by contributors who rate and review the books so you get a lot of input sometimes by hundreds of people.

At this site, for instance, you can pick science fiction and then get more specific lists like books that deal with time travel or aliens or robots. The main address is

http://www.goodreads.com/

paste the link I gave you above into your browser
click the explore tab (you don’t have to log in to use the site)
scroll down a bit to the genre tags and select what appeals to you
This site includes lists for children, young adults, adults, sci fi fiends, romance junkies, etc.

When you have time, just noodle around the website. There are three different types of search boxes and they don’t all show up on a page depending where you are. Book mark lists you like so you can find them later.

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