What to Read After Etymologicon
Readers who loved Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Etymologicon 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 Etymologicon
The story of English in 100 words
They Have a Word for It
Empires of the Word
In the Land of Invented Languages
The adventure of English
You Are What You Speak
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?
UNFOLDING OF LANGUAGE.
Horologicon
The Children Act
The Universe Versus Alex Woods
The Miniaturist
The road to Little Dribbling
Men Explain Things To Me
We Should All Be Feminists
Slade House
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Sea of Poppies
The Professor and the Madman CD
The Mother Tongue
S.
Packing for Mars
Bad Science
Annihilation