List of recent original books in Latin
Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin. We do not call these books "new" because the term Neo-Latin or New Latin refers to books written as early as the 1500s, which is "newer" than Classical Antiquity or the Middle Ages.
Translations of pre-existing modern literature are not included here.
Fiction[]
Literary fiction[]
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | Date | First published |
ISBN | Online Archive | Online transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capti: Fabula Menippeo-Hoffmanniana Americana | Stephen A Berard | Modern Latin, fluent reader | Cataracta Publications | 2020 | - | ISBN 978-0991004928 | - | - |
| Praecursus: Fabula Neophysiologica | Stephen A Berard | Modern Latin, fluent reader | Cataracta Publications | 2020 | - | ISBN 978-0991004911 | - | - |
Fiction for educational use[]
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | Date | First published |
ISBN | Online Archive | Online transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Alpes: A Tale of Roman Life | Herbert Chester Nutting | Intermediate | Latinitium | 2017 | 1923 | ISBN 978-1981365739 | archive.org | Wikisource (being proofread) |
| Cornelia | Mima Maxey | Beginner / Late beginner | University of Chicago press | 1933 | - | - | - | Archive.org |
| Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students | Richard D. Case | - | Addison Wesley | 1989 | 1971[1] | ISBN 978-0883340950 | - | - |
| Dialogues of Roman Life | S. E. Winbolt | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | - | 1913 | Wikimedia Commons | Wikisource (incomplete) | |
| Easy Latin Stories | George L. Bennett | Intermediate | Rivingtons. | - | 1892 | - | Wikimedia Commons | Wikisource |
| Fabulae, virginibus puerisque aut narrandae aut recitandae | R. B. Appleton | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 2018 | 1914 | - | - | Gutenburg |
| Fabulae Syrae | Luigi Miraglia (Editor) | Lower Intermediate | Focus | 2011 | - | ISBN 978-1585104284 | - | - |
| A Latin Reader For The Lower Forms In School | H.J. Hardy | - | Macmillan & Co. | - | 1889 | - | archive.org | - |
| Ora maritima, a Latin story for beginners | E. A. Sonnenschein | Beginner | Swan Sonnenschein & Co. | 1909 | - | Archive.org | ||
| Pro patria: a Latin story for beginners | E. A. Sonnenschein | Beginner (Late) | Swan Sonnenschein & Co. | 1910 | - | Archive.org | ||
| Puer Romanus | R. B. Appleton and W. H. S. Jones | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 2018 | 1913 | - | Project Gutenburg |
Novellas for Latin learners[]
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | Date | First published |
ISBN | Online Archive | Online transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrippīna auriga: A Latin Novella | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2021 | - | ISBN 979-8579712950 | - | - |
| Bellum Troianum: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Beginner | Simplicianus Press | 2021 | 2021 | ISBN 978-1736785904 | - | ebooks.com |
| Caedes in Via Appia: Fabula Milonis et Clodii | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8551246107 | - | - |
| Cerberus Canis Monstruosus | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8559562780 | - | - |
| Cloelia, Puella Romana | Ellie Arnold | Beginner / Late beginner | (independent) | 2016 | - | ISBN 978-1533624727 | - | Author's website, cc-by-nc-sa PDF |
| Cornelia | Mima Maxey | Beginner / Late beginner | University of Chicago press | 1933 | - | - | - | Archive.org |
| Cupido et Psyche | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) / Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2019 | - | ISBN 978-1729079393 | - | - |
| Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students | Richard D. Case | - | Addison Wesley | 1989 | 1971[1] | ISBN 978-0883340950 | - | - |
| Daedalus et Icarus: A Tiered Latin Reader | Andrew Olimpi | Beginnner-Intermediate | Comprehensible Classics Press | 2018 | - | ISBN 978-1733005203 | - | - |
| Domini Secretum | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8629036289 | - | - |
| Duo Fratres: Familia Mala Vol. 2: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | Comprehensible Classics Press | 2019 | - | ISBN 978-1733005210 | - | - |
| Ego, Polyphemus | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2018 | - | ISBN 978-1719066433 | - | - |
| Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars I: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Beginner | Simplicianus Press | 2021 | 2021 | ISBN 978-1736785928 | - | - |
| Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars II: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Beginner | Simplicianus Press | 2022 | 2022 | ISBN 978-1736785942 | ||
| Erucula: Fabula Metamorphosis: A Latin Novella | Rachel Beth Cunning | - | (independent) | 2021 | - | ISBN 979-8713690748 | - | - |
| Eumachia: Patrona Pompeiana | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 2020 | ISBN 979-8650047926 | - | - |
| Familia Mala: Saturnus et Iuppiter | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2021 | - | ISBN 978-1986448611 | - | - |
| Filia Regis et Monstrum Horribile | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | - | ISBN 978-1546936268 | - | - |
| Idus Martiae: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | - | ISBN 979-8716488458 | - | - |
| Incitatus: Fabula Equi Senatorii | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8638668181 | - | - |
| Io Puella Fortis: A Latin Novella (Io et Tabellae Magicae and Io et Monstrum) | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8690044947 | - | - |
| Ira Veneris | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) / Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2019 | - | ISBN 978-1646332519 | - | - |
| Kandake Amanirenas: Regina Nubiae | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8602567236 | - | - |
| Labyrinthus: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2018 | - | ISBN 978-1985727137 | - | - |
| Lars Romam Odit: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8627942636 | - | - |
| Marcus magulus: A Latin Novella | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2021 | - | ISBN 979-8581504567 | - | - |
| Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 978-1708842246 | - | - |
| Melissurgus | Mr. Jessie Craft | - | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 978-1679400025 | - | - |
| Pandora: Familia Mala Volumen III: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | Comprehensible Classics Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 978-1733005227 | - | - |
| Pegasus et Bellerophon | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8655695818 | - | - |
| Perseus et Rex Malus: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | - | ISBN 978-1547155873 | - | - |
| Perseus et Medusa: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | - | ISBN 978-1548787479 | - | - |
| Poenica purpuraria: A Latin Novella | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8686005020 | - | - |
| Pugio Bruti: A Crime Story in Easy Latin | Daniel Petterson and Amelie Rosengren | Intermediate (lower) | Latinitium | 2018 | ISBN 9789198509403 | |||
| Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8647910981 | - | - |
| Rūfus lutulentus et Lūcia: The Latin Novella Plus 18 additional stories | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2021 | - | ISBN 979-8734016381 | - | - |
| Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War and Chickens | Emma Vanderpool | (independent) | 2020 | ISBN 978-1686669415 | ||||
| signa zodiaca Vol. I: An Astrological Latin Reader | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8664444636 | - | - |
| signa zodiaca Vol. II: An Astrological Latin Reader | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8679295766 | - | - |
| signa zodiaca Vol. III: An Astrological Latin Reader | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8563363656 | - | - |
| tres amici et monstrum saevum: A Latin Novella | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8644746606 | - | - |
| Surus: Fabula Belli et Elephanti | Emma Vanderpool | (independent) | 2019 | ISBN 979-8648057418 | ||||
| Via Periculosa: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2018 | - | ISBN 978-1973955542 | - | - |
| Virgo Ardens | Rachel Beth Cunning | Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8701800920 | - | - |
Plays for educational use[]
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | Date | First published |
ISBN | Online Archive | Online transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cothvrnvlvs: Three short Latin historical plays for the use of beginners | Edward Vernon Arnold | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 2020 | 1912 | Wikimedia Commons | Wikisource | |
| Easy Latin Plays | M.L. Newman | Beginner-Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | - | 1913 | - | archive.org | - |
| Ólim: Ludí Scaenicí | E. Ryle | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 2020 | 1914 | Wikimedia Commons | Wikisource | |
| Mostellaria (adaptation of Plautus) | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) / Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2020 | - | ISBN 979-8673649909 | - | - |
| The Mysterious Traveler: A Medieval Play about Saint Nicholas: A Tiered Latin Reader | Andrew Olimpi | Beginnner-Intermediate | (independent) | 2019 | - | ISBN 978-1711355900 | - | - |
Poetry[]
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | Date | First published |
ISBN | Online Archive | Online transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyacinthus | Ancient Latin and Greek | 2019 | ISBN 978-2-37425-153-0 | |||||
| Harmonica vitrea | Anna Elissa Radke | Modern Latin | - | - | 1992 | |||
| Periegesis Amatoria | Geneviève Immè | Modern Latin | - | - | 1991 | |||
| Carmina | Traian Lăzărescu.[2] | Modern Latin | - | - | 1972 | |||
| Incantationes[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1970 | |||
| De cicadis et undis Parentinis[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1969 | |||
| Flatus cupressorum[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1968 | |||
| Palmae solis almae[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1967 | |||
| Cantus Firmus | Johannes Alexander Gaertner.[4] | Modern Latin | - | - | 1966 | |||
| Suaviloquia | Jan Novák. | Modern Latin | - | - | 1966 | |||
| Cantilenae[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1965 | |||
| Pontes lucentes[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1962 | |||
| Pegasus Tolutarius | Henry C. Snurr aka [la]. | Modern Latin | - | - | 1962 | |||
| Urna Parcarum[3] | Antonius Smerdel | Modern Latin | - | - | 1961 | |||
| Vox Humana | Johannes Alexander Gaertner.[4] | Modern Latin | - | - | 1954 | |||
| Carmina Latina | A. Pinto de Carvalho.[5] | Modern Latin | - | - | 1946 | |||
| Carminum libri quattuor | Tomás Viñas.[6] | Modern Latin | - | - | 1924 |
Non-Fiction[]
| Title | Author | Publisher | Date | Original publication date |
ISBN | Online Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Life of George Washington in Latin Prose or Vita Washingtonii |
Francis Glass | Wentworth Press | 2019 | 1835[7] | ISBN 978-0526126194 | Archive.org |
| Epitome Historiae Sacrae: Brevi Christi Vitae Narratione Addita | Carolus Franciscus Lhomond | Focus | 2011, edited by Roberto Carfagni | 1784 | ISBN 978-1585104253 | Archive.org, 1829 US edition |
| De viris illustribus urbis Romæ a Romulo ad Augustum | Carolus Franciscus Lhomond | 1779 | Archive.org, 1880 edition | |||
| Georgii Washingtonis Vita | William Lance | - | - | 1835[7][8] | - | - |
| Periegesis orae Rhacusanae | Georgius Ferrich | Modern Latin | - | - | 1803 | Google Books |
| Graecarum Litterarum Historia | Antonio d'Elia.[9] | Modern Latin | - | 1948 | ||
| Latinarum Litterarum Historia | Antonio d'Elia.[10] | 1956 | ||||
| De sacerdotibus sacerdotiisque Alexandri Magni et Lagidarum eponymis | Jozef IJsewijn.[11] | 1961 | ||||
| Mystagogus Lycius, sive de historia linguaque Lyciorum | Wolfgang Jenniges.[12] | Modern Latin | - | 1966 | ||
| Sententiæ | Alaenus Divutius | Modern Latin | - | 1965 | ||
| Orbis pictus latinus | Hermann Koller | Artemis & Winkler | - | 2014 | ISBN 978-3538072688 | - |
See also[]
- Libri Latine redditi in Vicipaedia Latina (Wikipedia in Latin)
- List of Latin translations of modern literature
- List of modern literature translated into dead languages
References[]
- ^ a b Latin Novels. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 226.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Smerdel, Ton". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ a b IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 293.
- ^ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 123.
- ^ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 113.
- ^ a b The Vita Washingtonii of Francis Glass. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ Latin at the Library: Colonial and Early American Writings. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "Graecarum Litterarum Historia. By Antonius D'elia S. J.Rome: Angelo signorelli, 1948. Pp.328, with eleven plates and index of writers mentioned. Price: Lire 600. | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core". Greece and Rome. 18 (54): 141. 1 January 2009. doi:10.1017/S0017383500010688. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- ^ Antonii D'Elia (March 1956). "Review: Latinarum litterarum historia". The Classical Journal. The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc. (CAMWS). 51 (6): 289–290. JSTOR 3292896.
- ^ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 156.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
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External links[]
- "Beginner Latin Novels: A General Overview" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- "Books in Latin [Goodreads listopia]". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- "Latin Novels". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- "Reading Material In Latin". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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