Books like The Penelopiad

12 books to read next

• Itaca Per Sempre Luigi Malerba 3.5 h
• The Odyssey Simon Armitage 5.0 h
• The City & The City China Miéville 7.0 h
• The Moon-Spinners Mary Stewart 5.6 h
• This Rough Magic Mary Stewart 6.2 h
• The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 4.5 h
• The Innocent's Shameful Secret Sara Craven 4.1 h
• 4:50 from Paddington Agatha Christie 4.7 h
• An Iliad Alessandro Baricco 3.1 h
• Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel 5.0 h
• The Witching Hour Anne Rice 17.7 h
• Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo 8.5 h

How long each takes

Itaca Per Sempre Luigi Malerba 3.5 h The Odyssey Simon Armitage 5.0 h The City & The City China Miéville 7.0 h The Moon-Spinners Mary Stewart 5.6 h This Rough Magic Mary Stewart 6.2 h The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 4.5 h The Innocent's Shameful Secret Sara Craven 4.1 h 4:50 from Paddington Agatha Christie 4.7 h An Iliad Alessandro Baricco 3.1 h Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel 5.0 h The Witching Hour Anne Rice 17.7 h Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo 8.5 h

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