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12 books with a reading profile close to The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes by Unknown. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Beowulf

by Unknown

Also deep · academic, dense

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem centered on a Geatish warrior who travels to Denmark to assist King Hrothgar.
2

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Also deep and thought-provoking · academic, dense

Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem presents a fictional storytelling competition among thirty pilgrims traveling from London to the shrine of Thomas Becket.
3

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · academic, dense

William Shakespeare’s tragedy centers on the assassination of the Roman dictator and the subsequent civil war.
4

The Iliad

by Homer

Also deep and thought-provoking · academic, dense

Set during the final year of the Trojan War, this epic poem centers on the devastating pride and anger of the Greek warrior Achilles.
5

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

Also deep · dense, literary

After a shipwrecks near the coast of Illyria, Viola believes her twin brother Sebastian is dead.
6

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by Gawain Poet

Also deep · dense, literary

At Camelot's New Year feast, a huge green knight rides in and offers a challenge: anyone may strike him with an axe, if he can return the blow in a year and a day.
7

Obras completas

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Also deep and thought-provoking · dense, literary

This 1841 collection compiles the literary output of Miguel de Cervantes, centering on the adventures of Alonso Quijano, a country gentleman who adopts the persona of Don Quixote.
8

Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

Also deep and thought-provoking · dense, literary

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the narrative follows Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as they navigate British high society.
9

Memorial do Convento

by José Saramago

Also deep and thought-provoking · dense, literary

In early eighteenth-century Portugal, King João V promises to build a convent in Mafra if his wife, Queen Maria Ana, gives him an heir.
10

Man and Superman

by George Bernard Shaw

Also deep and thought-provoking · dense, literary

In this four-act drama, George Bernard Shaw uses the character of John Tanner, an intellectual revolutionary, to argue that women are the primary pursuers in human courtship.
11

The Raven and Other Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

Also deep · dense, literary

This collection centers on the psychological collapse triggered by permanent loss and the finality of death.
12

Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

by Thomas Malory

Also deep · dense, literary

Thomas Malory compiled and reimagined disparate French and English sources to create this definitive narrative of the Arthurian cycle.

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