Books like Oedipus the King

12 books to read next

• Agamemnon Aeschylus 3.1 h
• The Persians Aeschylus 2.2 h
• Prometheus Bound Aeschylus 1.8 h
• Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus 2.3 h
• An Oresteia Anne Carson 4.7 h
• The Bacchae, and Other Plays Euripides 4.6 h
• Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett 2.1 h
• Heracles Euripides 3.3 h
• Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5.6 h
• Oresteia Aeschylus 3.4 h
• A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen 2.1 h
• Grief Lessons Euripides 5.7 h

How long each takes

Agamemnon Aeschylus 3.1 h The Persians Aeschylus 2.2 h Prometheus Bound Aeschylus 1.8 h Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus 2.3 h An Oresteia Anne Carson 4.7 h The Bacchae, and Other Plays Euripides 4.6 h Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett 2.1 h Heracles Euripides 3.3 h Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5.6 h Oresteia Aeschylus 3.4 h A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen 2.1 h Grief Lessons Euripides 5.7 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.