What to Read After The Kalevala
Readers who loved The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot keep reaching for these 15 books. This list is built from where The 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 The Kalevala
Heimskringla; Lives/Saga of the Norse Kings
The Nibelungenlied
Seven Brothers
Eirik the Red
The sagas of Icelanders
Edda
The Crying of Lot 49
The Silmarillion
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
Heart of Darkness
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Brave New World