What to Read After The epic of Gilgamesh
Readers who loved The epic of Gilgamesh by A. R. George 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
Theogony
Homeric Hymns
Myths from Mesopotamia
Sappho
Edda
Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Ajax
Inanna
Shahnameh
Monkey
Oresteia
The Greek myths
The Works And Days And Theogony
The hero with a thousand faces
The Age of Revolution
three theban plays
Literary Theory
The eagle's gift
The fire from within
Mencius (Penguin Classics)
Diary of a madman, and other stories
The Book of the Dead
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus