What to Read After The Epic of Gilgamesh
Readers who loved The Epic of Gilgamesh by N. K. Sandars 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
Edda
Shahnameh
Sappho
Theogony
Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores
Homeric Hymns
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Ajax
Myths from Mesopotamia
Monkey
Inanna
Oresteia
The Greek myths
Aeneid
Crito
Confessions
The History of the Ancient World
Mencius (Penguin Classics)
Bacchae
Wood Beyond the World
Aristotle for Everybody
Iliad
The gnostic Gospels
Trifles