There are numerous books written about Greece and an even greater number of books written b Greeks! Below you can find a list we recommend in order to learn more about Greece and Greeks through reading but also you can find a list of Greek writers and poets!

Travelling Guides

    -The Rough Guide to Greece
    -Lonely Planet Greece
    -Strolling Through Athens, Municipality of Athens
    -Heritage Walks in Athens, Municipality of Athens
    -Culture Shock Greece, A Guide to Customs and Etiquette – Clive L. Rawlins,         -Kuperard

Xenophobe’s Guide to the Greeks, Nick Yapp and Michel Syrett, Oval Books

Modern/Contemporary Greek Writers

• Nikos Kazantzakis
  • Zorba The Greek
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Captain Michalis
  • Christ Recrucified
• Vassilis Vassilikos
  • Z
• Stratis Myrivilis
  • Life in the Tomb
• Alexandros Papadiamantis
  • Tales from a Greek Island
• Nikos Papandreou
  • Father Dancing
• Dido Sotiriou
  • Farewell Anatolia
  • Land soaked in Blood
• Elias Venezis
  • 31328
• Andreas Karkavitsas
  • The beggar

Modern/Contemporary Greek Poets

• Konstantinos Cavafis
  • Collected Poems
• Odysseas Elytis
  • Collected Poems
  • The Axion Esti
• Yannis Ritsos
  • Repetitions
  • Testimonies
  • Parentheses
• George Seferis
  • Collected Poems
• Nikos Kavadias
  • Marabou
  • Fog
  • Traverso
• Kostis Palamas
  • The twelve words of the Gypsy
• Andreas Kalvos
  • Odes
• Andreas Karkavitsas
  • The beggar

Poets writing for Greece
Byron,               The isles of Greece
Hugo Foscolo,    Ymne to Zakinthos
Oscar Wilde,      Helas

Ancient Literature – Poetry