Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Milo (16 Lists)



The Liars of Leptis Magna by Q.V. Hunter
Best Historical Fiction Series
14 books — 8 voters
The Purple Shroud by Q.V. HunterThe Prefect's Rope, A Novel of the Late Roman Empire by Q.V. HunterThe Treason of Friends by Q.V. Hunter
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
509 books — 391 voters

The Treason of Friends by Q.V. Hunter
Roman Britain
123 books — 60 voters
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2004
20 books — 6 voters

The Purple Shroud by Q.V. HunterThe Treason of Friends by Q.V. HunterThe Prefect's Rope by Q.V. Hunter
Ancient History Historical Fiction Published in 2020
108 books — 31 voters
Love and the Art of War by Dinah Lee Küng
Books About Librarians
453 books — 574 voters

The Back Gate to Hell by Q.V. HunterThe Veiled Assassin by Q.V. HunterThe Deadly Caesar by Q.V. HunterThe Burning Stakes by Q.V. HunterThe Prefect's Rope, A Novel of the Late Roman Empire by Q.V. Hunter
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
361 books — 597 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesImperium by Robert HarrisThe Robe by Lloyd C. DouglasThe Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline LawrenceThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Stylish Ancient Rome & Greece Historical Fiction
96 books — 30 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2 by Dante AlighieriTess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Difficult Reading
102 books — 102 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Thin Man by Dashiell HammettDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyDial M for Murder by Frederick KnottWitness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

The History of the Franks by Gregory of ToursThe Later Roman Empire by Ammianus MarcellinusThe Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter HeatherHow Rome Fell by Adrian GoldsworthyEmpires and Barbarians by Peter Heather
Books on the Later Roman Empire
166 books — 45 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienSnow Falling on Cedars / East of the Mountains by David Guterson
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,636 books — 9,564 voters

Lion of the Sun by Harry SidebottomThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisThe Back Gate to Hell by Q.V. HunterPoseidon's Gold by Lindsey DavisEmpire by Steven Saylor
Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome
268 books — 264 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters

Roman Blood by Steven SaylorMutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard NordhoffThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughFatherland by Robert Harris
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters
Negotiating with the Dead by Margaret AtwoodThe Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
Writing Can Be Taught Books
53 books — 43 voters