What to Read After The epic of Gilgamesh
Readers who loved The epic of Gilgamesh by Benjamin R. Foster keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The epic of Gilgamesh 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 The epic of Gilgamesh
Shahnameh
Edda
Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Ajax
Inanna
Myths from Mesopotamia
Monkey
Homeric Hymns
Theogony
Sappho
Oresteia
The Greek myths
Common Sense
The loving touch
Beowulf
Paradise Lost
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Wheel Time 3?
Why not me?
Midnight's Children
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Ulysses
The Horse and His Boy