27 books
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18 voters
Historical Epic Books
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 837,137 ratings — published 1989
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
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avg rating 4.33 — 278,051 ratings — published 2007
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 349,536 ratings — published 2005
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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avg rating 4.58 — 249,437 ratings — published 1985
War and Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 368,613 ratings — published 1869
The Women (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 1,633,831 ratings — published 2024
The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)
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avg rating 4.22 — 60,790 ratings — published 2023
The Man Without Qualities (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 7,455 ratings — published 1930
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
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avg rating 4.39 — 178,983 ratings — published 2012
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 848,103 ratings — published 1862
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
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avg rating 4.39 — 135,696 ratings — published 2020
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 44,137 ratings — published 1993
Lavinia (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 17,748 ratings — published 2008
Circe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,374,941 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,034,538 ratings — published 2011
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 10,389 ratings — published 1969
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
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avg rating 4.18 — 11,298 ratings — published 1972
Roma (Roma, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 8,805 ratings — published 2007
The Covenant (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 22,011 ratings — published 1980
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,035,774 ratings — published 1844
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 269,786 ratings — published 2004
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
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avg rating 4.14 — 24,526 ratings — published 1990
The Odyssey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,205,424 ratings — published -800
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
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avg rating 3.83 — 124,206 ratings — published 2011
Daughters of the Grail (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,301 ratings — published 1993
The Penguin Book of Dragons (Penguin Classics)
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avg rating 3.53 — 335 ratings — published 2021
The Last Legion (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 7,288 ratings — published 2002
Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 5,556 ratings — published 2003
Empire (Roma, #2)
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avg rating 4.06 — 2,843 ratings — published 2010
Katherine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 36,077 ratings — published 1954
The Mercies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 53,921 ratings — published 2020
The Pretender (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 4,634 ratings — published 2025
The Lost Queen (The Lost Queen, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 16,870 ratings — published 2018
Lady of Sherwood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 943 ratings — published 1999
The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 48,149 ratings — published 2021
HOMER: THE ILIAD & THE ODYSSEY - DELUXE HARDBOUND EDITION (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.17 — 7,316 ratings — published 2015
A History of Britain in Ten Enemies (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.75 — 3,059 ratings — published 2024
Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.86 — 295 ratings — published 2014
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.42 — 61,455 ratings — published 1986
Empress of the Seven Hills (The Empress of Rome, #3)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,004 ratings — published 2012
The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
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avg rating 4.34 — 13,334 ratings — published 1990
Vindolanda (Vindolanda, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3,035 ratings — published 2017
Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 121 ratings — published 2012
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
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avg rating 4.29 — 7,791 ratings — published 1996
The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History, May-October 1940 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,941 ratings — published 2010
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
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avg rating 4.05 — 6,301 ratings — published 2007
Tread Softly on My Dreams (The Liberty Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,133 ratings — published 2012
Cleopatra's Daughter (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 30,964 ratings — published 2009
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.62 — 244 ratings — published 2025






