Books like The Norton Anthology of World Literature

The Norton Anthology of World Literature by Martin Puchner reads as academic, comprehensive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

M. H. Abrams · 1962

Same classic feel

54% genome match

The Norton Anthology of Poetry--shorter fifth edition

Margaret Ferguson · 1997

Both explore human experience

56% genome match

Norton Shakespeare

Stephen Greenblatt · 2008

Same classic feel

52% genome match

The Best Poems of the English Language

Harold Bloom · 2004

Both explore human experience

51% genome match

The Classic Hundred

William Harmon · 1990

Both explore human experience

49% genome match

Three philosophical poets

George Santayana · 1910

Same literary feel

46% genome match

The Norton anthology of drama

J. Ellen Gainor · 2009

Both explore human experience

57% genome match

Backpack literature--Fourth edition

X. J. Kennedy · 2011

Both explore human experience

57% genome match

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1400

Both explore storytelling

50% genome match

The new Oxford book of English verse, 1250-1950, chosen and edited by Helen Gardner

Helen Louise Gardner · 1971

Both explore human experience

56% genome match

Inferno

Dante Alighieri · 1767

Same classic feel

49% genome match

Literature, a portable anthology

Janet E. Gardner · 2004

Both explore human experience & storytelling

63% genome match