6 Top classics books like Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works by Sappho

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Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

By: Sappho

4.32

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs around 600 BCE on the island …

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1. Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

By: Anne Carson , Stesichorus

4.27

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Under the seams runs the pain."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

"There is no person without a world."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

"Don't want to be free want to be with you."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

"Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

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2. Sappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece

By: Diane J. Rayor , W.R. Johnson

4.11

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 yea… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • history
  • lgbt
  • greek mythology
  • nonfiction
  • greece
"Nothing is sweeter than love, all other riches second: even honey I’ve spat from my mouth."

-Diane J. Rayor, Sappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece

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3. Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

By: Anne Carson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The poetry and prose collected in Plainwaterare a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Ann… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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4. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

Similar categories in Euripides's The Bacchae book and Sappho's Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

  • poetry
  • classics
"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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5. Love's Labour's Lost

By: William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen

4.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love's Labour's Lostand the writin… read more

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  • classics

6. Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity

By: Sarah B. Pomeroy

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of mode… read more

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7. Lolly Willowes

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more

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8. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more

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9. An Oresteia

By: Euripides , Sophocles , Aeschylus , Anne Carson

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Hardcover

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10. The Art of Love

By: David Malouf , Ovid , James Michie

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

De los clasicos de la literatura, Ovidio nos deleita con una lirica que habla del mas puro de los s… read more

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11. Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

By: Sappho

4.32

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs around 600 BCE on the island … read more

Similar categories in Sappho's Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works book and Sappho's Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

  • poetry
  • classics
  • history
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • greek mythology
  • nonfiction
  • greece
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12. ゆびさきと恋々 10 [Yubisaki to Renren 10]

By: Suu Morishita

4.52

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

女子大生の雪は、聴覚障がいがあって耳が聴こえない自分にも動じることなく自然に接してくる大学の先輩・逸臣に惹かれ、好きになる。付き合い始めてからも何かと大切にしてくれる逸臣。彼の新たな面を知るたびに、… read more

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13. Walking Practice

By: Dolki Min

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation … read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
"I’ve invested close to ten years of my time figuring out what exactly their criteria are. My conclusion is that there are no such criteria."

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Criteria are like glass. As long as they are respected and held without dropping them, they’ll stay solid and won’t break. I made myself complicit in humanity’s scam and adapted myself to the local e…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Do I exist in the same physical space as other people? Can I really seek joy and pleasure together with them? Why does the path become narrower the further I walk down it? Why is every place I go to …"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"He’s a real fucking dog. Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth. I can almost hear their complaints no…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

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14. My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files, Vol. 2

By: Natsumi Ito

4.12

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! When a handsome college student sh… read more

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15. My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files

By: Natsumi Ito

3.87

Format: 178 pages, ebook

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! When a handsome college student sh… read more

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16. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
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17. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

By: Eleanor Janega

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. The Hellion's Waltz (Feminine Pursuits, #3)

By: Olivia Waite

3.71

Format: 384 pages, ebook

It’s not a crime to steal a heart... Sophie Roseingrave hates nothing more than a swindler. Aft… read more

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  • queer
  • lgbt
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19. Veil(6)ほぐれたルージュ (リュエルコミックス) (Veil, 6)

By: Kotteri

4.80

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

「時々、思うのよ。素敵なものを『あっ』て見つけたいって」 「たくさん見つけよう。おれたちだけで」 そっと眺めているうちに、すっかり目が離せなくなる“彼女”と“彼”の時間を美しい線と色彩で… read more

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20. My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files, Vol. 3 (My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files)

By: Natsumi Ito

4.11

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! With the handsome college student … read more

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21. My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files, Vol. 4

By: Natsumi Ito

4.11

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! With the handsome college student … read more

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