List of recent original books in Latin

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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.

Contents

Translations of pre-existing modern literature are not included here.

Fiction

Literary fiction

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
ISBNArchive,
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

Fiction for educational use

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Ad Alpes: A Tale of Roman LifeHerbert Chester NuttingIntermediate Scott, Foresman and Company (1923); Latinitium (2017)1923 978-1981365739 archive.org;
Wikisource
Carolus et Maria Marjorie Fay -D. C. Heath and Company1933- Archive.org
Cornelia Mima Maxey Beginner / Late beginnerUniversity of Chicago Press1933- Archive.org;
Wikisource (incomplete)
Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students Richard D. Case-Addison Wesley1971 [1] 978-0883340950 -
Dialogues of Roman LifeS. E. WinboltIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1913- Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Easy Latin StoriesGeorge L. BennettIntermediateRivingtons.1892- Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Fabulae, virginibus puerisque aut narrandae aut recitandaeR. B. AppletonIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1914- Gutenburg
Fabulae SyraeLuigi Miraglia (Editor)Lower IntermediateFocus2011 978-1585104284 -
A Latin Reader For The Lower Forms In SchoolH.J. Hardy-Macmillan & Co.1889 archive.org
Ora maritima, a Latin story for beginnersE. A. SonnenscheinBeginnerSwan Sonnenschein & Co.1909 Archive.org;
Wikisource
Pro patria: a Latin story for beginnersE. A. SonnenscheinBeginner (Late)Swan Sonnenschein & Co.1910 Archive.org;
Wikisource
Puer RomanusR. B. Appleton and W. H. S. Jones IntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1913 Project Gutenburg

Novellas for Latin learners

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Agrippīna auriga: A Latin NovellaLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2021 979-8579712950 -
Bellum Troianum: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginnerStorybase Books2021 978-1736785904
Aulus Anser: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerStorybase Books2021978-1963471007
Caedes in Via Appia: Fabula Milonis et ClodiiEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8551246107 -
Cerberus Canis MonstruosusRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8559562780 -
Cloelia, Puella RomanaEllie ArnoldBeginner / Late beginner(independent)2016 978-1533624727 Author's website, cc-by-nc-sa PDF
CorneliaMima MaxeyBeginner / Late beginnerUniversity of Chicago press1933- Archive.org
Wikisource
Cupido et PsycheRachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late) / IntermediateBombax Press2019 978-1729079393 -
Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students Richard D. Case-Addison Wesley1971 [1] 978-0883340950 -
Daedalus et Icarus: A Tiered Latin ReaderAndrew OlimpiBeginner-IntermediateComprehensible Classics Press2018 978-1733005203 -
Domini SecretumRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8629036289 -
Duo Fratres: Familia Mala Vol. 2: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerComprehensible Classics Press2019 978-1733005210 -
Ego, Polyphemus Andrew OlimpiBeginnerStorybase Books2018 978-1963471069
Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars I: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginnerStorybase Books2021 978-1736785928
Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars II: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginnerStorybase Books2022 978-1736785942
Erucula: Fabula Metamorphosis: A Latin NovellaRachel Beth Cunning-(independent)2021 979-8713690748 -
Eumachia: Patrona PompeianaEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8650047926 -
Familia Mala: Saturnus et Iuppiter Andrew OlimpiBeginnerStorybase Books2021 978-1963471106
Filia Regis et Monstrum Horribile Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2017 978-1546936268 -
Idus Martiae: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerStorybase Books2021 978-1963471182
Incitatus: Fabula Equi SenatoriiEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8638668181 -
Io Puella Fortis: A Latin Novella (Io et Tabellae Magicae and Io et Monstrum) Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8690044947 -
Ira VenerisRachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late) / IntermediateBombax Press2019 978-1646332519 -
Kandake Amanirenas: Regina NubiaeEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8602567236 -
Labyrinthus: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2018 978-1985727137 -
Lars Romam Odit: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerStorybase Books2020 978-1963471021
Marcus magulus: A Latin NovellaLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2021 979-8581504567 -
Medea et Peregrinus PulcherrimusRachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late)Bombax Press2020 978-1708842246 -
MelissurgusMr. Jessie Craft-(independent)2020 978-1679400025 -
Pandora: Familia Mala Volumen III: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerComprehensible Classics Press2020 978-1733005227 -
Pegasus et BellerophonRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8655695818 -
Perpetua et Felicitas: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginnerStorybase Books2023978-1736785966
Perseus et Rex Malus: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2017 978-1547155873 -
Perseus et Medusa: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2017 978-1548787479 -
Poenica purpuraria: A Latin NovellaLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8686005020 -
Pugio Bruti: A Crime Story in Easy LatinDaniel Petterson and Amelie RosengrenIntermediate (lower)Latinitium2018 978-9198509403
Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et DeaeRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8647910981 -
Rūfus lutulentus et Lūcia: The Latin Novella Plus 18 additional storiesLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2021 979-8734016381 -
Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War and ChickensEmma Vanderpool(independent)2020 978-1686669415
signa zodiaca Vol. I: An Astrological Latin ReaderLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8664444636 -
signa zodiaca Vol. II: An Astrological Latin ReaderLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8679295766 -
signa zodiaca Vol. III: An Astrological Latin ReaderLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8563363656 -
tres amici et monstrum saevum: A Latin NovellaLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8644746606 -
Surus: Fabula Belli et ElephantiEmma Vanderpool(independent)2019 979-8648057418
Via Periculosa: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2018 978-1973955542 -
Virgo ArdensRachel Beth CunningIntermediateBombax Press2020 979-8701800920 -

Plays for educational use

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Cothvrnvlvs: Three short Latin historical plays for the use of beginnersEdward Vernon ArnoldIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1912 Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Easy Latin PlaysM.L. NewmanBeginner-IntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1913- archive.org;
Wikisource
Ólim: Ludí ScaenicíE. RyleIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1914 Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Mostellaria (adaptation of Plautus)Rachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late) / IntermediateBombax Press2020 979-8673649909 -
The Mysterious Traveler: A Medieval Play about Saint Nicholas: A Tiered Latin ReaderAndrew OlimpiBeginner-Intermediate(independent)2019 978-1711355900 -

Poetry

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherDateFirst
published
ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Les Cosmogoniales : un chant de Silène  [ fr ]HyacinthusAncient Latin and Greek Rue de l'échiquier  [ fr ]2019 978-2-37425-153-0
Harmonica vitrea Anna Elissa Radke Modern Latin--1992
Periegesis Amatoria Geneviève Immè Modern Latin--1991
CarminaTraian Lăzărescu. [2] Modern Latin--1972
Incantationes [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1970
De cicadis et undis Parentinis [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1969
Flatus cupressorum [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1968
Palmae solis almae [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1967
Cantus FirmusJohannes Alexander Gaertner. [4] Modern Latin--1966
Suaviloquia Jan Novák.Modern Latin--1966=
Cantilenae [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1965
Pontes lucentes [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1962
Pegasus TolutariusHenry C. Snurr aka C. Arrius Nurus  [ la ].Modern Latin--1962
Urna Parcarum [3] Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin--1961
Vox HumanaJohannes Alexander Gaertner. [4] Modern Latin--1954
Carmina LatinaA. Pinto de Carvalho. [5] Modern Latin--1946
Carminum libri quattuorTomás Viñas. [6] Modern Latin--1924

Nonfiction

TitleAuthorPublisherDateOriginal
publication date
ISBNOnline Archive
A Life of George Washington in Latin Prose
or Vita Washingtonii
Francis GlassWentworth Press20191835 [7] 978-0526126194 Archive.org
Georgii Washingtonis VitaWilliam Lance--1835 [7] [8] --
Periegesis orae Rhacusanae Georgius Ferrich Modern Latin--1803 Google Books
Graecarum Litterarum HistoriaAntonio d'Elia [9] Modern Latin-1948
Latinarum Litterarum HistoriaAntonio d'Elia [10] 1956
De sacerdotibus sacerdotiisque Alexandri Magni et Lagidarum eponymis Jozef IJsewijn [11] 1961
Mystagogus Lycius, sive de historia linguaque LyciorumWolfgang Jenniges [12] Modern Latin-1966
Sententiæ Alaenus Divutius Modern Latin-1965
Orbis pictus latinusHermann KollerArtemis & Winkler-2014 978-3538072688 -

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