Recs if you like Omeros...
diverse global classics
a list of classics with a focus on global and marginalised authors.
Lesser-Known Classical Myth Retellings
Lesser-known retellings of Greek and Roman mythology.
Reading the Caribbean
Caribbean and diasporic novels, plays, poetry, and non-fiction books.
Nobel prize winners in literature (authors)
Awarded annually to an author from any country, since 1901.
This list contains popular books from all the award winning authors.
Awards from 1901 -2025
reading around the world: north and central america
the us will be excluded from this list as I will make one for the 50 states!
Madeline Miller's Further Reading (Circe)
In the back of my copy of Circe, I found a recommendation list from Miller on exploring "more about Circe, The Odyssey, or Greek Myth"
Around the World in Fiction
Oxford Reading List for English
Found this online - a reading list of a first year English course at Oxford University. Wanted to create this for my own enjoyment and figured someone else might like it too! I only added the fiction and poetry books and I also did not add any companions.
The last bit (from bottom up to Woolfβs Mrs Dalloway) are required reading - top half is recommended.
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: List
The Primary Works section of the Reading List of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Around the world
Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!
Big Jubilee Read
A list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, 10 from each decade of Elizabeth II's reign, was selected by a panel of experts and announced by the BBC and The Reading Agency on 18 April 2022.
The Telegraphβs β50 greatest books of all timeβ
On August 9, 2026, The Telegraph published a list of βThe 50 greatest books of all timeβ by Jake Kerridge
