Start with high-confidence ancient historical fiction books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Hadrian's Wall
William Dietrich
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
The Ides of March
Thornton Wilder
The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough
I Am Cleopatra
Natasha Solomons
Jerusalem's Hope
Brock Thoene, Bodie Thoene
Eagle of the Ninth, the
Rosemary Sutcliff
Silver Branch, the
Cassandra
Christa Wolf
Daughters of Rome
Kate Quinn
Shadows on the Aegean
Suzanne Frank
Greek Myths
Charlotte Higgins, Chris Ofili
I, Medusa
Ayana Gray, Tyla Collier
The Legion (eagles of the Empire 10)
Simon Scarrow, Jonathan Keeble
A Light on the Hill
Connilyn Cossette
The Wolf Den
Elodie Harper
Britannia (eagles of the Empire 14)
Daughter of Rome
Tessa Afshar, Pilar Witherspoon
The Hidden Prince
Tessa Afshar
The Pillars of Hercules
David Constantine
For the Temple
G.A. Henty
Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
Troy
Stephen Fry, Chronicle Books
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
