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Books like The Mahabharata

If you loved The Mahabharata by Anonymous, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Hinduism, Sacred Writings, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, and Ancient & Classical.

Top related books to The Mahabharata

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Mahabharata.

The Ramayana A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

R. K. Narayan

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Tales Of India Magical Adventures Of Three Princes

Mabharata

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

The Mah?bh?rata An English Version Based on Selected Verses

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Ancient & Classical

Shiva Purana

Bibek Debroy

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Little Princess Ramayana Tie-In

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Mystical Stories from the Mahabharata Twenty Timeless Lessons in Wisdom and Virtue

Amal Bhakta

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Indian Myths & Legends Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters — J.K. Jackson

J. K. Jackson

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Hindu Myths A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit

Wendy Doniger

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

The Difficulty of Being Good On the Subtle Art of Dharma

Gurcharan Das

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Ancient & Classical

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Shalya

Vyasa

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Ancient & Classical

#11

Mahabharata Now Narration, Aesthetics, Ethics

Arindam Chakrabarti

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Ancient & Classical

#12

The Rig Veda

Anonymous

Themes: Hinduism • Ancient & Classical • Poetry

#13

Valmiki’s Ramayana

Vālmīki

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#14

Rāmacaritamānasa the Hindu Bible : Ramcharitmanas with English translation & transliteration

Goswami Tulsidas

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#15

The Song of Myself A New Verse Translation of the Bhagavad Gita

David Lindley

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#16

The Bhagavad Gita

Eknath Easwaran

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#17

Speaking of Siva

none

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#18

The Rig Veda An Anthology : One Hundred and Eight Hymns, Selected, Translated and Annotated

Wendy Doniger

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#19

The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki The Complete English Translation

Vālmīki

Themes: Hinduism • Sacred Writings • Poetry

#20

Speaking of Śiva

A. K. Ramanujan

Themes: Hinduism • Ancient & Classical • Poetry

#21

Troy

Stephen Fry

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Poetry

#22

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Poetry

#23

The Homeric Hymns A Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Diane J. Rayor

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Poetry

#24

Mythos The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Poetry

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Mahabharata by Anonymous — spanning Hinduism, Sacred Writings, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology and featuring authors such as R. K. Narayan, Mabharata, Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, Bibek Debroy, and others.