Books like Poema de mio Cid

Poema de mio Cid by Anonymous reads as epic, heroic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Beowulf

Seamus Heaney · 2000

Both explore heroism & loyalty

83% genome match

The Iliad

Όμηρος · 1946

Both explore honor & heroism

74% genome match

Odyssey of Homer

Richmond Lattimore · 1991

Both explore heroism & loyalty

73% genome match

Aeneis

Publius Vergilius Maro · 1592

Both explore heroism

67% genome match

The Epic of Gilgamesh

N. K. Sandars · 1960

Both explore heroism

68% genome match

The Nibelungenlied

Anonymous · 1962

Both explore heroism & honor

71% genome match

Os Lusíadas

Luís de Camões · 1572

Both explore heroism

67% genome match

The Odyssey

Homer · -800

Same classic feel

83% genome match

The song of Roland

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1967

Both explore loyalty & honor

83% genome match

Aeneid

Vergil · 2009

Both explore heroism

67% genome match

The song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855

Both explore heroism

62% genome match

Beowulf

Unknown · 1000

Both explore heroism

66% genome match