What to Read After Kalevala
Readers who loved Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Kalevala is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Kalevala
Edda
Seven Brothers
The Nibelungenlied
The sagas of Icelanders
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
Heimskringla; Lives/Saga of the Norse Kings
Hrafnkel's saga and other Icelandic stories
The Poetic Edda
Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf
The mabinogion
The Mabinogion
Eirik the Red
Beowulf
Beowulf.
Njal's Saga (Penguin Classics)
The Norse Myths
Popular Music From Vittula
Moominvalley in November
The year of the hare
Troll
Moominpappa's memoirs
The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics)