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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.

Books 66Recommenders 29

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  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
MacbethMacbeth
T4 Macbeth
William Shakespeare · 1508
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Susan Cain

HamletHamlet
T4 Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 1603
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Ryan Holiday and 1 other

King LearKing Lear
T4 King Lear
William Shakespeare · 1608
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Steve Jobs

The Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the Shrew
T4 The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare · 1631
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

The Satires of JuvenalThe Satires of Juvenal
T4 The Satires of Juvenal
Juvenal · 1807
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

Leaves of GrassLeaves of Grass
T4 Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman · 1855
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Kevin Kelly

The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest
T4 The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde · 1893
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

The Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy
T4 The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri · 1910
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

A Book of MythsA Book of Myths
T4 A Book of Myths
Jeanie Lang · 1915
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

The White GoddessThe White Goddess
T4 The White Goddess
Robert Graves · 1920
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Caterina Fake

Early Middle English Literature
T4 Early Middle English Literature
R.M. Wilson · 1939
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Paul Graham

The Complete Greek TragediesThe Complete Greek Tragedies
T4 The Complete Greek Tragedies
David Grene, Richmond Lattimore · 1942
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

Death of a SalesmanDeath of a Salesman
T4 Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller · 1949
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Tim 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 LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
T4 The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas · 1953
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Steve Jobs

Waiting for Godot
T4 Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett · 1956
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Elon Musk

ArielAriel
T4 Ariel
Sylvia Plath · 1965
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

Sixteen SatiresSixteen Satires
T4 Sixteen Satires
Juvenal · 1967
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

GrendelGrendel
T4 Grendel
John Gardner · 1971
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

Rilke on Love and Other DifficultiesRilke on Love and Other Difficulties
T4 Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties
Rainer Maria Rilke · 1975
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophia Amoruso

The Kabir BookThe Kabir Book
T4 The Kabir Book
Kabir · 1977
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

Part of Nature, Part of UsPart of Nature, Part of Us
T4 Part of Nature, Part of Us
Helen Vendler · 1980
Open LibraryGoodreads

Reviews and essays on more than forty modern American poets.

Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

The Complete PoemsThe Complete Poems
T4 The Complete Poems
Anne Sexton · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Susan J. Fowler

All You Who Sleep TonightAll You Who Sleep Tonight
T4 All You Who Sleep Tonight
Vikram Seth · 1990
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Three Chinese PoetsThree Chinese Poets
T4 Three Chinese Poets
Vikram Seth · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

ArcadiaArcadia
T4 Arcadia
Tom Stoppard · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Kathryn Minshew

The Collected Poems of Emily DickinsonThe Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
T4 The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Caterina 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
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

100 Best-Loved Poems100 Best-Loved Poems
T4 100 Best-Loved Poems
Philip Smith · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

The Essential RumiThe Essential Rumi
T4 The Essential Rumi
Jalal Al Din Rumi · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Adam Robinson, Kevin Kelly, Tim O’Reilly

Rabindranath Tagore: An AnthologyRabindranath Tagore: An Anthology
T4 Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology
Krishna Dutta, Andrew Robinson · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Plays, memoirs, letters, essays, stories, poems and songs, many from the Bengali.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Complete PerfectionistThe Complete Perfectionist
T4 The Complete Perfectionist
Juan Ramón Jiménez · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

BeowulfBeowulf
T4 Beowulf
Seamus Heaney · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

Great Short PoemsGreat Short Poems
T4 Great Short Poems
Paul Negri · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

A Year with Rumi: Daily ReadingsA Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
T4 A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
Coleman Barks · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Book of LongingBook of Longing
T4 Book of Longing
Leonard Cohen · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Craig Newmark

The Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh
T4 The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday, Stewart Brand, Eric Weinstein

The Song of AchillesThe Song of Achilles
T4 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie 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 LibraryGoodreads

A Chinese dissident's essays and poems on tyranny, land disputes, Tibet and freedom.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Night Sky with Exit WoundsNight Sky with Exit Wounds
T4 Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Poems on Vietnamese heritage, family, war, the body, sexuality and violence.

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

Norse MythologyNorse Mythology
T4 Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

The Norse myths retold, with Odin and the other major gods of the northern pantheon.

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

DevotionsDevotions
T4 Devotions
Mary Oliver · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

MythosMythos
T4 Mythos
Stephen Fry · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Greek myths retold, from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire.

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

CirceCirce
T4 Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

The IliadThe Iliad
T4 The Iliad
Homer · 2023
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Stewart Brand, Elon Musk and 1 other

Brahma
T4 Brahma
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Goodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Cato: A TragedyCato: A Tragedy
T4 Cato: A Tragedy
Joseph Addison
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

EpigramsEpigrams
T4 Epigrams
Martial
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ryan 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
Goodreads

Recommended by: Matt Mullenweg

Julius CaesarJulius Caesar
T4 Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

Little GiddingLittle Gidding
T4 Little Gidding
T.S. Eliot
Goodreads

Recommended by: Satya Nadella

Live Your DashLive Your Dash
T4 Live Your Dash
Linda Ellis
Goodreads

Recommended by: John Maeda

Maria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the MillMaria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the Millennium)
T4 Maria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the Millennium)
Maria Sabina
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad
T4 Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Paradise LostParadise Lost
T4 Paradise Lost
Goodreads

An epic poem retelling Genesis: Satan's revolt and the fall of Adam and Eve.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

SatiresSatires
T4 Satires
Juvenal
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

Selected EpigramsSelected Epigrams
T4 Selected Epigrams
Martial
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ryan 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
Goodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Aeneid
T4 The Aeneid
Virgil
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Ryan Holiday and 2 others

The Collected Poems
T4 The Collected Poems
Wallace Stevens
Goodreads

Recommended by: Caterina Fake, Tim O’Reilly

The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib:
T4 The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib: Selected Poems of Ghalib
G.D. Thapar
Goodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contempor
T4 The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry
Several authors
Goodreads

Recommended by: Caterina Fake

The OdysseyThe Odyssey
T4 The Odyssey
Homer
Goodreads

The Greek epic of Odysseus's ten-year journey home from Troy to Ithaca.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Patrick Collison, Ryan Holiday and 3 others

The Oxford Shakespeare
T4 The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Goodreads

The complete works, gathered in one book.

Recommended by: Ricardo Semler, Stewart 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
Goodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Works and DaysWorks and Days
T4 Works and Days
Hesiod
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Recommended by: Nat Eliason

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