Read-alikes and related books

Books like Crow

24 books recommended for fans of Crow by Ted Hughes, tied together by themes of Folklore & Mythology, Birds, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and European.

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Top related books to Crow

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The God of the Left Hemisphere Blake, Bolte Taylor and the Myth of Creation

Roderick Tweedy

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

A Celebration of Birds

Robert Dougall

Themes: Birds • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Simon Armitage

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Beowulf A New Feminist Translation of the Epic Poem

Maria Dahvana Headley

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Chaucer’s Legendary Good Women

Florence Percival

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

The Wanderer Elegies, Epics, Riddles

Anonymous

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

The Little Hummingbird

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Birds • Nature

The Complete Language of Birds A Definitive and Illustrated History

Randi Minetor

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Birds • Nature

#10

The Folklore of Birds The Forgotten Tales Behind Nature’s Most Enigmatic Creatures

Alison Davies

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Birds • Nature

#11

Ornithography An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore and Symbolism

Jessica Roux

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Birds • Nature

#12

Scottish and Irish Terriers (1912)

Williams Samuel Haynes

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Nature

#13

Jeoffry The Poet’s Cat

Oliver Soden

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Nature

#14

Antigone A New Adaptation of the Classic Greek Tragedy

Hollie McNish

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#15

Rising in Love

Vijaya Nayak

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Nature

#16

Nature, Sex, and Goodness in a Medieval Literary Tradition

Hugh White

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Nature

#17

Irish Gothic Fairy Stories From the 32 Counties of Ireland

Steve Lally

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#18

Battles and Enchantments Retold From Early Gaelic Literature — Norreys Jephson O’Conor

Norreys Jephson O'Conor

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#19

Pygmalion

Bernard Shaw

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#20

The Mabinogion — []

Freida McFadden

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#21

Irish Fairy Tales — J.K. Jackson

J. K. Jackson

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#22

Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain An Exploration of the Mabinogion — Caitlín Matthews

Caitlin Matthews

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#23

A Celtic Miscellany Translations from the Celtic Literature

Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

#24

Dragon Slayer

Rosemary Sutcliff

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Crow by Ted Hughes. Connected by Folklore & Mythology, Birds, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Authors featured include Roderick Tweedy, Robert Dougall, Simon Armitage, Maria Dahvana Headley, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.