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Explore 24 books like Heroides by Ovid — a handpicked selection united by Love & Erotica, Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes, and Family.

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The Art of Love — Ovid

The Art of Love

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The Poems — Catullus

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The Satyricon — Petronius

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A Lifetime Kind of Love — Gwyneth Lesley

A Lifetime Kind of Love

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Love Visions — Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Nature, Sex, and Goodness in a Medieval Literary Tradition — Hugh White

Nature, Sex, and Goodness in a Medieval Literary Tradition

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Shelley on Love Selected Writings — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shelley on Love Selected Writings — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe. Shelley

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A Mirror for Lovers — Zak, William F.

A Mirror for Lovers

Zak, William F.

Themes: Love & Erotica • Ancient & Classical • Subjects & Themes

The Poetry of Sappho An Expanded Edition Featuring Newly Discovered Poems — Sappho

The Poetry of Sappho An Expanded Edition Featuring Newly Discovered Poems

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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne — John Donne

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne

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Chaucer’s Sexual Poetics — Carolyn Dinshaw

Chaucer’s Sexual Poetics

Carolyn Dinshaw

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La Vita Nuova (poems of Youth) — Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova (poems of Youth)

Dante Alighieri

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The Troubadours An Introduction — Simon Gaunt

The Troubadours An Introduction

Themes: Love & Erotica • Ancient & Classical • Subjects & Themes

The Complete Poems of C. P. Cavafy — Constantine Cavafy

The Complete Poems of C. P. Cavafy

Constantine Cavafy

Themes: Love & Erotica • Ancient & Classical • Subjects & Themes

The Essential T.S. Eliot — Thomas Stearns Eliot

The Essential T.S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot

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Late Summer Ode — Olena Kalytiak Davis

Late Summer Ode

Olena Kalytiak Davis

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Promesas de Oro — José Olivarez

Promesas de Oro

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The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground Love Poems — Allen R. Grossman

The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground Love Poems

Allen R. Grossman

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I’ll Fly Away — Rudy Francisco

I’ll Fly Away

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Village Prodigies — Rodney Jones

Village Prodigies

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Signs, Music Poems — Raymond Antrobus

Signs, Music Poems

Raymond Antrobus

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Triptychs — Sandra Simonds

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I Hope She Finds This — R. H. Sin

I Hope She Finds This

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What Kind of Woman Poems — Kate Baer

What Kind of Woman Poems

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This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Heroides by Ovid. Connected by Love & Erotica, Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes. Authors featured include Ovid, Catullus, Petronius, Gwyneth Lesley, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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