What to Read After The Tain
Readers who loved The Tain by Thomas Kinsella keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Tain 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 Tain
The Mabinogion
Early Irish Myths and Sagas
Celtic Myths and Legends
Over Nine Waves
A Celtic Miscellany
The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog
The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends
Iliad
The Celtic Heroic Age
Grania
Celtic Mythology.
Pagan Celtic Britain
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Edda
The Poetic Edda
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Mabinogion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Hound of Ulster (Red Fox Classics)
Red Branch
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight