Books like Omeros

12 books to read next

• The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur 4.7 h
• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Ntozake Shange 1.2 h
• The Princess Saves Herself in This One Amanda Lovelace 3.3 h
• Ariel Sylvia Plath 1.8 h
• Love Is a Dog from Hell Charles Bukowski 5.6 h
• Night Sky with Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2.6 h
• The Rose That Grew From Concrete Tupac Shakur 2.7 h
• Howl, and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 48 min
• Crush Richard Siken 1.5 h
• Citizen Claudia Rankine, Allyson Johnson, Carme Manuel Cuenca 3.2 h
• Collected Poems Sylvia Plath 6.4 h
• The Last Night of the Earth Poems Charles Bukowski 7.4 h

How long each takes

The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur 4.7 h For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Ntozake Shange 1.2 h The Princess Saves Herself in This One Amanda Lovelace 3.3 h Ariel Sylvia Plath 1.8 h Love Is a Dog from Hell Charles Bukowski 5.6 h Night Sky with Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2.6 h The Rose That Grew From Concrete Tupac Shakur 2.7 h Howl, and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 48 min Crush Richard Siken 1.5 h Citizen Claudia Rankine, Allyson Johnson, Carme Manuel Cuenca 3.2 h Collected Poems Sylvia Plath 6.4 h The Last Night of the Earth Poems Charles Bukowski 7.4 h

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