Books like Beowulf

11 books to read next

• Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien 8.2 h
• Grendel John Gardner 3.2 h
• The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays J. R. R. Tolkien 4.6 h
• Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 7.0 h
• Poems Oscar Wilde 4.3 h
• The Paradiso Dante Alighieri 7.7 h
• The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper 8.8 h
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde 53 min
• The Purgatorio Dante Alighieri 7.3 h
• Paradise Regained John Milton 2.5 h
• Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney 10.6 h

How long each takes

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien 8.2 h Grendel John Gardner 3.2 h The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays J. R. R. Tolkien 4.6 h Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 7.0 h Poems Oscar Wilde 4.3 h The Paradiso Dante Alighieri 7.7 h The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper 8.8 h The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde 53 min The Purgatorio Dante Alighieri 7.3 h Paradise Regained John Milton 2.5 h Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney 10.6 h

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