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. These books are not called "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 | First published |
ISBN | Archive, transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capti: Fabula Menippeo-Hoffmanniana Americana | Stephen A Berard | Modern Latin, fluent reader | Cataracta Publications | 2011 | 978-0991004928 | |
| Praecursus: Fabula Neophysiologica | Stephen A Berard | Modern Latin, fluent reader | Cataracta Publications | 2019 | 978-0991004911 | |
| Saeculorum transvectio: narratio conficta | Genovefa Métais | Domus editoria Rainardi Brune Leichlingae | 1976 |
Fiction for educational use
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | First published |
ISBN | Archive, transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Alpes: A Tale of Roman Life | Herbert Chester Nutting | Intermediate | Scott, Foresman and Company (1923); Latinitium (2017) | 1923 | 978-1981365739 | archive.org; Wikisource |
| Carolus et Maria | Marjorie Fay | - | D. C. Heath and Company | 1933 | - | Archive.org |
| Cornelia | Mima Maxey | Beginner / Late beginner | University of Chicago Press | 1933 | - | Archive.org; Wikisource (incomplete) |
| Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students | Richard D. Case | - | Addison Wesley | 1971[1] | 978-0883340950 | - |
| Dialogues of Roman Life | S. E. Winbolt | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 1913 | - | Wikimedia Commons; Wikisource |
| 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. | 1914 | - | Gutenburg |
| Fabulae Syrae | Luigi Miraglia (Editor) | Lower Intermediate | Focus | 2011 | 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; Wikisource | |
| Pro patria: a Latin story for beginners | E. A. Sonnenschein | Beginner (Late) | Swan Sonnenschein & Co. | 1910 | Archive.org; Wikisource | |
| Puer Romanus | R. B. Appleton and W. H. S. Jones | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 1913 | Project Gutenburg |
Novellas for Latin learners
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | First published |
ISBN | Archive, transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrippīna auriga: A Latin Novella | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2021 | 979-8579712950 | - |
| Bellum Troianum: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Level E | Storybase Books | 2021 | 978-1736785904 | |
| Aulus Anser: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level D | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471007 | |
| Caedes in Via Appia: Fabula Milonis et Clodii | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8551246107 | - |
| Camilla: A Latin Novella (2nd ed.) | Rachel Ash | Level F | Storybase Books | 2023 | 978-1736785980 | |
| Cerberus Canis Monstruosus | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | 979-8559562780 | - |
| Cloelia, Puella Romana | Ellie Arnold | Beginner / Late beginner | (independent) | 2016 | 978-1533624727 | Author's website, cc-by-nc-sa PDF |
| Cornelia | Mima Maxey | Beginner / Late beginner | University of Chicago press | 1933 | - | Archive.org Wikisource |
| Cupido et Psyche | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) / Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2019 | 978-1729079393 | - |
| Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students | Richard D. Case | - | Addison Wesley | 1971[1] | 978-0883340950 | - |
| Daedalus et Icarus: A Tiered Latin Reader | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner-Intermediate | Comprehensible Classics Press | 2018 | 978-1733005203 | - |
| Domini Secretum | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | 979-8629036289 | - |
| Duo Fratres: Familia Mala Vol. 2: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | Comprehensible Classics Press | 2019 | 978-1733005210 | - |
| Echo et Narcissus | Rachel Ash | Level E | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471625 | |
| Ego, Polyphemus: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level C | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471069 | |
| Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars I: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Level D | Storybase Books | 2021 | 978-1736785928 | |
| Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars II: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Level D | Storybase Books | 2022 | 978-1736785942 | |
| Erucula: Fabula Metamorphosis: A Latin Novella | Rachel Beth Cunning | - | (independent) | 2021 | 979-8713690748 | - |
| Eumachia: Patrona Pompeiana | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8650047926 | - |
| Familia Mala, vol. I: Saturnus et Iuppiter (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level C | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471106 | |
| Filia Regis et Monstrum Horribile | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | 978-1546936268 | - |
| Idus Martiae: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level E | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471182 | |
| Incitatus: Fabula Equi Senatorii | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8638668181 | - |
| Io Puella Fortis: A Latin Novella (Io et Tabellae Magicae and Io et Monstrum) | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8690044947 | - |
| Ira Veneris | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) / Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2019 | 978-1646332519 | - |
| Kandake Amanirenas: Regina Nubiae | Emma Vanderpool | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8602567236 | - |
| Labyrinthus: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2018 | 978-1985727137 | - |
| Lars Romam Odit: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level D | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471021 | |
| Marcus Magulus: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Lance Piantaggini | Level A | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471410 | |
| Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) | Bombax Press | 2020 | 978-1708842246 | - |
| Melissurgus | Mr. Jessie Craft | - | (independent) | 2020 | 978-1679400025 | - |
| Mira Sidonis: A Latin Novella | Talia Chicherio | Level E | Storybase Books | 2026 | 978-1963471861 | |
| Olianna et Obiectum Magicum: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Lance Piantaggini | Level A | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471380 | |
| Pandora: Familia Mala Volumen III: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | Comprehensible Classics Press | 2020 | 978-1733005227 | - |
| Pegasus et Bellerophon | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | 979-8655695818 | - |
| Perpetua et Felicitas: A Latin Novella | Brian Gronewoller | Level F | Storybase Books | 2023 | 978-1736785966 | |
| Perseus et Rex Malus: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | 978-1547155873 | - |
| Perseus et Medusa: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2017 | 978-1548787479 | - |
| Poenica Purpuraria: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Lance Piantaggini | Level B | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471342 | |
| Pugio Bruti: A Crime Story in Easy Latin | Daniel Petterson and Amelie Rosengren | Intermediate (lower) | Latinitium | 2018 | 978-9198509403 | |
| Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner | Bombax Press | 2020 | 979-8647910981 | - |
| Rufus et Arma Atra: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Lance Piantaggini | Level B | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471328 | |
| Rūfus lutulentus et Lūcia: The Latin Novella Plus 18 additional stories | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2021 | 979-8734016381 | - |
| Syra Sola: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Lance Piantaggini | Level B | Storybase Books | 2024 | 978-1963471366 | |
| Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War and Chickens | Emma Vanderpool | (independent) | 2020 | 978-1686669415 | ||
| signa zodiaca Vol. I: An Astrological Latin Reader | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8664444636 | - |
| signa zodiaca Vol. II: An Astrological Latin Reader | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8679295766 | - |
| signa zodiaca Vol. III: An Astrological Latin Reader | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8563363656 | - |
| tres amici et monstrum saevum: A Latin Novella | Lance Piantaggini | Beginner | (independent) | 2020 | 979-8644746606 | - |
| Surus: Fabula Belli et Elephanti | Emma Vanderpool | (independent) | 2019 | 979-8648057418 | ||
| Tiberius et Gallisena Ultima: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Lance Piantaggini | Level E | Storybase Books | 2025 | 978-1963471694 | |
| Ubi Mors Habitat: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level C | Storybase Books | 2025 | 978-1963471045 | |
| Ursus Nomine Vinnius: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) | Andrew Olimpi | Level C | Storybase Books | 2025 | 978-1963471823 | |
| Via Periculosa: A Latin Novella | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner | (independent) | 2018 | 978-1973955542 | - |
| Virgo Ardens | Rachel Beth Cunning | Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2020 | 979-8701800920 | - |
Plays for educational use
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | First published |
ISBN | Archive, transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cothvrnvlvs: Three short Latin historical plays for the use of beginners | Edward Vernon Arnold | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 1912 | Wikimedia Commons; Wikisource | |
| Easy Latin Plays | M.L. Newman | Beginner-Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 1913 | - | archive.org; Wikisource |
| Ólim: Ludí Scaenicí | E. Ryle | Intermediate | G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. | 1914 | Wikimedia Commons; Wikisource | |
| Mostellaria (adaptation of Plautus) | Rachel Beth Cunning | Beginner (Late) / Intermediate | Bombax Press | 2020 | 979-8673649909 | - |
| The Mysterious Traveler: A Medieval Play about Saint Nicholas: A Tiered Latin Reader | Andrew Olimpi | Beginner-Intermediate | (independent) | 2019 | 978-1711355900 | - |
Poetry
| Title | Author | Reader level | Publisher | Date | First published |
ISBN | Archive, transcription or eBook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Cosmogoniales : un chant de Silène | Hyacinthus | Ancient Latin and Greek | Rue de l'échiquier | 2019 | 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 C. Arrius Nurus. | 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 |
Nonfiction
| 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] | 978-0526126194 | Archive.org |
| 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 | ||
| De rationibus quibus homines docti artem Latine colloquendi et ex tempore dicendi saeculis XVI et XVII coluerunt | Terence Tunberg | Leuven University Press | - | 2012[13] | 9789058679161 | - |
| Orbis pictus latinus | Hermann Koller | Artemis & Winkler | - | 2014 | 978-3538072688 | - |
| De Civitate Angelorum | Donatien Grau | Yvon Lambert Editions | - | 2023[14] | 978-2-913893-78-8 | - |
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 (includes Ancient Greek)
- List of recent original works in Ancient Greek
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. 51 (6). The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc. (CAMWS): 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.
- ^ "PLVTEVS NEOLATINVS". Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ^ "De rationibus quibus homines docti artem Latine colloquendi et ex tempore dicendi saeculis XVI et XVII coluerunt". Leuven University Press. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ Spier, Jeffrey. "Donatien Grau's De Civitate Angelorum". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
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.