Start with high-confidence ancient historical fiction books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
The Ides of March
Thornton Wilder
The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough
I Am Cleopatra
Natasha Solomons
Daughters of Isis
Joyce A. Tyldesley
Cassandra
Christa Wolf
Sphinx's Princess
Esther Friesner
Sphinx's Queen
The Reign of Cleopatra
Stanley M. Burstein
The Wolf Den
Elodie Harper
Jewel of the Nile
Tessa Afshar
The Writing of the Gods
Edward Dolnick
The First Female Pharaoh
Andrew Collins
The Pillars of Hercules
David Constantine
The Cat of Bubastes
G. A. Henty
