Leviathan in popular culture also make their appearance in the 5th book, the "Princeps' Fury", when Aleran and Canim armies cross the sea on ships. Mike Carey's ongoing comic "The Unwritten" features Leviathan as a central character/force of nature that lies at the heart of the plot. In the book - Prisoner, Jailor, Prime Minister, the author - Tabrik C has used Leviathan as a chapter name, essentially comparing the antagonist to the biblical sea monster. "Escape from Leviathan" is a book on libertarian philosophy by J C Lester. "Leviathan" is the title of a piece in David Sedaris's 2018 collection of essays, "Calypso."
Biblical allusions in Shakespeare "did not prevent him from making full use of the Bible in dramatizing his secular sources and thus infusing into them a Biblical meaning." Milward continues that, in writing his plays (in particular, the tragedies), Shakespeare "shows the universal relevance of the Bible both to the reality of human life 'in this harsh world' and to its ideal in the heart of God." Steven Marx suggests "a thorough familiarity with the Scriptures" is a prerequisite to understanding the Biblical references in the plays, and that the plays' references to the Bible "illuminate fresh and surprising meanings in the biblical text."