What to Read After Gilgamesh
Readers who loved Gilgamesh by Herbert Mason keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where 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 Gilgamesh
Myths from Mesopotamia
Sappho
Monkey
Edda
Shahnameh
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Inanna
Ajax
Theogony
Homeric Hymns
Oresteia
The Greek myths
Beowulf
Lolita
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Northanger Abbey
Jane Eyre
Sense and Sensibility
Murder on the Orient Express
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Giving Tree
Little Women
Wuthering Heights