What to Read After Gilgamesh
Readers who loved Gilgamesh by David Ferry 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
Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores
Myths from Mesopotamia
Sappho
Ajax
Edda
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Theogony
Homeric Hymns
Monkey
Shahnameh
Inanna
Oresteia
The Greek myths
Becoming a writer
Your inner fish
Grendel
Faust
The Professor and the Madman CD
Feed
Son of a Witch
Ishmael
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Satanic Verses