Beowulf: A New Telling: Chapters 1-5

This adaptation of an Old English epic describes the feats of the warrior Beowulf, who arrives in the great hall of Heorot to defeat a bloodthirsty monster.
Here is a link to our lists for John Gardner's Grendel, another modernization of the Beowulf story.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–10, Chapters 11–16