Books like Poems

10 books to read next

• The Butterfly's Burden Mahmud Darwish, Mahmoud Darwish, Fady Joudah 6.0 h
• 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 2.6 h
• Canti Giacomo Leopardi 4.7 h
• Wild Embers Nikita Gill 2.9 h
• Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1.1 h
• Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 3.8 h
• Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 1.5 h
• When My Brother Was an Aztec Natalie Diaz 1.9 h
• Blue Horses Mary Oliver 1.6 h
• Alcestis Euripides 2.2 h

How long each takes

The Butterfly's Burden Mahmud Darwish, Mahmoud Darwish, Fady Joudah 6.0 h 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 2.6 h Canti Giacomo Leopardi 4.7 h Wild Embers Nikita Gill 2.9 h Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1.1 h Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 3.8 h Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 1.5 h When My Brother Was an Aztec Natalie Diaz 1.9 h Blue Horses Mary Oliver 1.6 h Alcestis Euripides 2.2 h

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