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
512 books — 426 voters

The Treason of Friends by Q.V. Hunter
Roman Britain
123 books — 60 voters

Love and the Art of War by Dinah Lee Küng
Books About Librarians
456 books — 578 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
106 books — 100 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
739 books — 997 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
14,081 books — 9,971 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
270 books — 269 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather
Best Books About Ancient Rome
741 books — 1,091 voters

Roman Blood by Steven SaylorMutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard NordhoffThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughFatherland by Robert   Harris
Best Historical Fiction
7,690 books — 25,957 voters
Negotiating with the Dead by Margaret AtwoodThe Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
Writing Can Be Taught Books
53 books — 43 voters