Books like The Persians

12 books to read next

• Oedipus the King Sophocles 2.0 h
• Ajax Sophocles 3.4 h
• Antigone Sophocles 1.7 h
• The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles Sophocles 4.9 h
• Electra Euripides 2.1 h
• Alcestis Euripides 2.2 h
• The Bacchae, and Other Plays Euripides 4.6 h
• An Oresteia Anne Carson 4.7 h
• Heracles Euripides 3.3 h
• Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5.6 h
• Grief Lessons Euripides 5.7 h
• A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen 2.1 h

How long each takes

Oedipus the King Sophocles 2.0 h Ajax Sophocles 3.4 h Antigone Sophocles 1.7 h The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles Sophocles 4.9 h Electra Euripides 2.1 h Alcestis Euripides 2.2 h The Bacchae, and Other Plays Euripides 4.6 h An Oresteia Anne Carson 4.7 h Heracles Euripides 3.3 h Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5.6 h Grief Lessons Euripides 5.7 h A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen 2.1 h

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