What to Read After Oedipus the King
Readers who loved Oedipus the King by Sophocles keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Oedipus the King 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 Oedipus the King
Alcestis
Clouds
Eumenides
Tartuffe
A Doll's House
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Moll Flanders
King Lear
The House of Mirth Illustrated Edition
My Ántonia
Beowulf
As I Lay Dying
Stiff
Lolita
Othello
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Giving Tree
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
A Confederacy of Dunces
Hamlet
The Virgin Suicides (Bloomsbury Classic)
David Copperfield
The Canterbury Tales
The Phantom Tollbooth