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Poetry, drama and myth

Fiction

Poems and collected poets, plays from the Greek tragedians and Shakespeare to Beckett, ancient epics and satires, and retellings of Greek and Norse myth.

66 books on Poetry, drama and myth, recommended by 29 people including Ryan Holiday and Mohnish Pabrai.

66 books · 29 experts

Start here

  1. MacbethWilliam Shakespeare, 1508
  2. HamletWilliam Shakespeare, 1603
  3. King LearWilliam Shakespeare, 1608
  4. The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare, 1631
  5. The Satires of JuvenalJuvenal, 1807

The best books on Poetry, drama and myth 66

MacbethMacbeth
T4 Macbeth
William Shakespeare · 1508
Open Library
Recommended bySusan Cain
HamletHamlet
T4 Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 1603
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick CollisonRyan HolidayNaval Ravikant
King LearKing Lear
T4 King Lear
William Shakespeare · 1608
Open Library
Recommended bySteve Jobs
The Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the Shrew
T4 The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare · 1631
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
The Satires of JuvenalThe Satires of Juvenal
T4 The Satires of Juvenal
Juvenal · 1807
Open Library
Recommended byRyan Holiday
Leaves of GrassLeaves of Grass
T4 Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman · 1855
Open Library
Recommended byKevin Kelly
The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest
T4 The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde · 1893
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
The Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy
T4 The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri · 1910
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
A Book of MythsA Book of Myths
T4 A Book of Myths
Jeanie Lang · 1915
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
The White GoddessThe White Goddess
T4 The White Goddess
Robert Graves · 1920
Open Library
Recommended byCaterina Fake
Early Middle English Literature
T4 Early Middle English Literature
R.M. Wilson · 1939
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
The Complete Greek TragediesThe Complete Greek Tragedies
T4 The Complete Greek Tragedies
David Grene, Richmond Lattimore · 1942
Open Library
Recommended byStewart Brand
Death of a SalesmanDeath of a Salesman
T4 Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller · 1949
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiTim Ferriss
Savitri: A Legend & A Symbol - New U.S.EditiSavitri: A Legend & A Symbol - New U.S.Edition
T4 Savitri: A Legend & A Symbol - New U.S.Edition
Sri Aurobindo · 1950
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
T4 The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas · 1953
Open Library
Recommended bySteve Jobs
Waiting for Godot
T4 Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett · 1956
Open Library
Recommended byElon Musk
ArielAriel
T4 Ariel
Sylvia Plath · 1965
Open Library
Recommended byAudrey Gelman
Sixteen SatiresSixteen Satires
T4 Sixteen Satires
Juvenal · 1967
Open Library
Recommended byRyan Holiday
GrendelGrendel
T4 Grendel
John Gardner · 1971
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
Rilke on Love and Other DifficultiesRilke on Love and Other Difficulties
T4 Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties
Rainer Maria Rilke · 1975
Open Library
Recommended bySophia Amoruso
The Kabir BookThe Kabir Book
T4 The Kabir Book
Kabir · 1977
Open Library
Recommended byTim O’Reilly
Part of Nature, Part of UsPart of Nature, Part of Us
T4 Part of Nature, Part of Us
Helen Vendler · 1980
Open Library
Recommended bySheryl Sandberg
The Complete PoemsThe Complete Poems
T4 The Complete Poems
Anne Sexton · 1981
Open Library
Recommended bySusan J. Fowler
All You Who Sleep TonightAll You Who Sleep Tonight
T4 All You Who Sleep Tonight
Vikram Seth · 1990
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Three Chinese PoetsThree Chinese Poets
T4 Three Chinese Poets
Vikram Seth · 1992
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
ArcadiaArcadia
T4 Arcadia
Tom Stoppard · 1993
Open Library
Recommended byKathryn Minshew
The Collected Poems of Emily DickinsonThe Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
T4 The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson · 1993
Open Library
Recommended byCaterina Fake
The Collected Poems of W.B. YeatsThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
T4 The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats · 1994
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Recommended byTim O’Reilly
100 Best-Loved Poems100 Best-Loved Poems
T4 100 Best-Loved Poems
Philip Smith · 1995
Open Library
Recommended byNaval Ravikant
The Essential RumiThe Essential Rumi
T4 The Essential Rumi
Jalal Al Din Rumi · 1995
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Recommended byAdam RobinsonKevin KellyTim O’Reilly
Rabindranath Tagore: An AnthologyRabindranath Tagore: An Anthology
T4 Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology
Krishna Dutta, Andrew Robinson · 1997
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Complete PerfectionistThe Complete Perfectionist
T4 The Complete Perfectionist
Juan Ramón Jiménez · 1997
Open Library
Recommended byRyan Holiday
BeowulfBeowulf
T4 Beowulf
Seamus Heaney · 2000
Open Library
Recommended byStewart Brand
Great Short PoemsGreat Short Poems
T4 Great Short Poems
Paul Negri · 2000
Open Library
Recommended byNaval Ravikant
A Year with Rumi: Daily ReadingsA Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
T4 A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
Coleman Barks · 2006
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiPatrick O'Shaughnessy
Book of LongingBook of Longing
T4 Book of Longing
Leonard Cohen · 2006
Open Library
Recommended byCraig Newmark
The Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh
T4 The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous · 2006
Open Library
Recommended byRyan HolidayStewart BrandEric Weinstein
The Song of AchillesThe Song of Achilles
T4 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and PNo Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems
T4 No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems
Xiaobo Liu, Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Night Sky with Exit WoundsNight Sky with Exit Wounds
T4 Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byTim Ferriss
Norse MythologyNorse Mythology
T4 Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman · 2016
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
DevotionsDevotions
T4 Devotions
Mary Oliver · 2017
Open Library
Recommended byTim Ferriss
MythosMythos
T4 Mythos
Stephen Fry · 2017
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
CirceCirce
T4 Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
Open Library
Recommended bySophie Bakalar
The IliadThe Iliad
T4 The Iliad
Homer · 2023
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Recommended byNat EliasonStewart BrandElon MuskPaul Graham
Brahma
T4 Brahma
Ralph Waldo Emerson
unverified
Recommended byNaval Ravikant
Cato: A TragedyCato: A Tragedy
T4 Cato: A Tragedy
Joseph Addison
unverified
Recommended byRyan Holiday
EpigramsEpigrams
T4 Epigrams
Martial
unverified
Recommended byRyan Holiday
I hope this reaches her in timeI hope this reaches her in time
T4 I hope this reaches her in time
r.h. Sin
unverified
Recommended byMatt Mullenweg
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar
T4 Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
unverified
Recommended byRyan Holiday
Little GiddingLittle Gidding
T4 Little Gidding
T.S. Eliot
unverified
Recommended bySatya Nadella
Live Your DashLive Your Dash
T4 Live Your Dash
Linda Ellis
unverified
Recommended byJohn Maeda
Maria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the MillMaria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the Millennium)
T4 Maria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the Millennium)
Maria Sabina
unverified
Recommended byTim Ferriss
Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad
T4 Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Paradise LostParadise Lost
T4 Paradise Lost
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
SatiresSatires
T4 Satires
Juvenal
unverified
Recommended byRyan Holiday
Selected EpigramsSelected Epigrams
T4 Selected Epigrams
Martial
unverified
Recommended byRyan Holiday
Shakespeare on Love: Quotations from the PlaShakespeare on Love: Quotations from the Plays and Poems
T4 Shakespeare on Love: Quotations from the Plays and Poems
George Weinberg
unverified
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Aeneid
T4 The Aeneid
Virgil
unverified
Recommended byPatrick CollisonRyan HolidayMark ZuckerbergSusan J. Fowler
The Collected Poems
T4 The Collected Poems
Wallace Stevens
unverified
Recommended byCaterina FakeTim O’Reilly
The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib:
T4 The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib: Selected Poems of Ghalib
G.D. Thapar
unverified
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contempor
T4 The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry
Several authors
unverified
Recommended byCaterina Fake
The OdysseyThe Odyssey
T4 The Odyssey
Homer
unverified
Recommended byNat EliasonPatrick CollisonRyan HolidayStewart BrandCaterina FakeTim O’Reilly
The Oxford Shakespeare
T4 The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
unverified
Recommended byRicardo SemlerStewart Brand
Urdu for Pleasure for Ghazal Lovers: Intekha
T4 Urdu for Pleasure for Ghazal Lovers: Intekhab-o-Lughat: 500 Selected Verses & 10,000 Urdu Words, English-Hindi Edition
Sultan Nathani
unverified
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Works and DaysWorks and Days
T4 Works and Days
Hesiod
unverified
Recommended byNat Eliason

Experts 29

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Recommenders 29

Ryan Holidayrecommends 12 books here
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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 10 books here
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Sophie Bakalarrecommends 9 books hereStewart Brandrecommends 6 books hereCaterina Fakerecommends 5 books herePatrick Collisonrecommends 5 books hereTim O’Reillyrecommends 5 books hereNaval Ravikantrecommends 4 books hereTim Ferrissrecommends 4 books here
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Nat Eliasonrecommends 3 books herePaul Grahamrecommends 2 books here
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Kevin Kellyrecommends 2 books here
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Elon Muskrecommends 2 books hereSteve Jobsrecommends 2 books here
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Susan J. Fowlerrecommends 2 books here
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Ricardo Semlerrecommends 1 book here
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Adam Robinsonrecommends 1 book hereAudrey Gelmanrecommends 1 book hereCraig Newmarkrecommends 1 book hereEric Weinsteinrecommends 1 book hereJohn Maedarecommends 1 book hereKathryn Minshewrecommends 1 book hereMark Zuckerbergrecommends 1 book hereMatt Mullenwegrecommends 1 book here
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Patrick O'Shaughnessyrecommends 1 book hereSatya Nadellarecommends 1 book hereSheryl Sandbergrecommends 1 book here
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Sophia Amorusorecommends 1 book hereSusan Cainrecommends 1 book here
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