Welsh

Literary works that are written in the Welsh language - Cymraeg -, or the English language. Works that are written in the nation of Wales, or address themes associated with the Welsh people and Wales' culture. ...more

The Mabinogion
How Green Was My Valley
Trainspotting
Under Milk Wood
Filth
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Porno (Mark Renton, #3)
King Henry IV, Part 1
Othello
Ecstasy
Glue
Collected Poems
Henry IV, Part Two
Robinson Crusoe
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersAmong Others by Jo WaltonThe Elected Member by Bernice Rubens
Books by Welsh Women
108 books — 28 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,036 books — 502 voters

The River Wild by Denis O'NeillMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesA Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan ThomasCarrie's War by Nina Bawden
Wales in Juvenile Fiction
216 books — 33 voters
Legends of the Grail by Ayn Cates SullivanSacrifice by Helyn DunnAll the Murmuring Bones by A.G. SlatterDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierA River Enchanted by Rebecca   Ross
Celtic Mythology and Folktale Fiction
24 books — 12 voters

Under Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasThe Mabinogion by UnknownHow Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynThe Great God Pan by Arthur MachenA Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
Wales: The Best Books
173 books — 42 voters
The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Super... by Wendy JonesSunrise in the West by Edith PargeterHow Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynGhostbird by Carol LovekinLanded by Tim Pears
Novels with Welsh characters
68 books — 9 voters

This [Welsh] language seems to be more particularly adapted for poetry; which, however extraordinary it may seem to some, on account of the multiplicity of gutturals and consonants with which it abounds, has the softness and harmony of the Italian, with the majesty and expression of the Greek.
David Lloyd Owen, A Wilder Wales: Traveller's Tales 1610-1831

Emma Donoghue
In the yard of the inn, Daffy Cadwaladyr introduced himself. "Short for Davyd," he said pleasantly. The Londoner looked as if she'd never heard a sillier name in her life. ...more
Emma Donoghue, Slammerkin

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