50 Books like The Persian Boy

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

An exile loves the warrior destined to die at Troy, their bond defying gods and fate.

4.30

2.0M+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 💛 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Love 🩹 Healer And Warrior

The Song of Achilles 92%

An exile loves the warrior destined to die at Troy, their bond defying gods and fate.

by Madeline Miller 2011

4.30

2.0M+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 💛 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Love 🩹 Healer And Warrior

The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault • 2001

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

4.04

7k+

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy 🛡️ Resistance Against Tyranny 🌱 Coming-Of-Age In Wartime

The Last of the Wine 94%

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

by Mary Renault 2001

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy 🛡️ Resistance Against Tyranny 🌱 Coming-Of-Age In Wartime

Circe / The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller • 2020

A banished prince gives his heart to the golden Achilles. The Trojan War will take everything else.

4.54

2k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Lovers 🏺 Ancient Greece ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Circe / The Song of Achilles 93%

A banished prince gives his heart to the golden Achilles. The Trojan War will take everything else.

by Madeline Miller 2020

4.54

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Lovers 🏺 Ancient Greece ✍️ Lyrical Prose

River God

by Wilbur Smith • 1993

A eunuch slave leads Egypt's last hope south when the kingdom falls to foreign invaders.

4.23

44k+

📜 Ancient Egypt Epic 👑 Pharaonic Court 💔 Forbidden Love 🖤 Loyal Servant Narrator 😢 Tragic Romance

River God 91%

A eunuch slave leads Egypt's last hope south when the kingdom falls to foreign invaders.

by Wilbur Smith 1993

4.23

44k+ ratings

📜 Ancient Egypt Epic 👑 Pharaonic Court 💔 Forbidden Love 🖤 Loyal Servant Narrator 😢 Tragic Romance

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne • 2017

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

4.51

217k+

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt 🏠 Found Family 👶 Adoption Story

The Heart's Invisible Furies 91%

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

by John Boyne 2017

4.51

217k+ ratings

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt 🏠 Found Family 👶 Adoption Story

Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma

by Javier Negrete • 2007

Alexander the Great survives Babylon. His army turns west, but the Roman republic does not break.

3.77

339

🏛️ Alexander The Great 🦅 Ancient Rome 🔀 Alternate History ⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🌠 Oracles And Omens

Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma Summary

Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma 90%

Alexander the Great survives Babylon. His army turns west, but the Roman republic does not break.

by Javier Negrete 2007

3.77

339 ratings

🏛️ Alexander The Great 🦅 Ancient Rome 🔀 Alternate History ⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🌠 Oracles And Omens

Florenzer

by Phil Melanson • 2025

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

3.83

1k+

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 📜 Lyrical Historical

Florenzer 90%

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

by Phil Melanson 2025

3.83

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 📜 Lyrical Historical

Cleopatra

by Saara El-Arifi • 2026

Cleopatra must outmaneuver Rome, her family's betrayal, and a curse of endless resurrection.

3.94

13k+

📜 Mythic Retelling 🏛️ Historical Fantasy 🌸 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Double Life 🔄 Resurrection Curse

Cleopatra 90%

Cleopatra must outmaneuver Rome, her family's betrayal, and a curse of endless resurrection.

by Saara El-Arifi 2026

3.94

13k+ ratings

📜 Mythic Retelling 🏛️ Historical Fantasy 🌸 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Double Life 🔄 Resurrection Curse

Maurice

by E.M. Forster • 1971

After his first love marries, an Edwardian gentleman finds a second chance with a bold gamekeeper.

4.08

60k+

🏰 Edwardian England 📚 Queer Classic 🌱 Gay Coming Of Age 💔 Cross Class Romance 🤝 Platonic To Romantic

Maurice 90%

After his first love marries, an Edwardian gentleman finds a second chance with a bold gamekeeper.

by E.M. Forster 1971

4.08

60k+ ratings

🏰 Edwardian England 📚 Queer Classic 🌱 Gay Coming Of Age 💔 Cross Class Romance 🤝 Platonic To Romantic

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

by Nghi Vo • 2020

A servant kept an empress's secrets for decades. A traveling cleric finally gets her to speak.

3.90

46k+

🏯 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Story Within A Story 🏮 Asian-Inspired Fantasy 📜 Hidden Histories 👑 Behind The Throne

The Empress of Salt and Fortune 90%

A servant kept an empress's secrets for decades. A traveling cleric finally gets her to speak.

by Nghi Vo 2020

3.90

46k+ ratings

🏯 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Story Within A Story 🏮 Asian-Inspired Fantasy 📜 Hidden Histories 👑 Behind The Throne

Fellow Travelers

by Thomas Mallon • 2007

In McCarthy's Washington, a diplomat and a young idealist risk everything for a hidden affair.

3.60

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lavender Scare 🚪 Closeted Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👁️ Political Paranoia 📰 Mccarthy Era

Fellow Travelers 90%

In McCarthy's Washington, a diplomat and a young idealist risk everything for a hidden affair.

by Thomas Mallon 2007

3.60

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lavender Scare 🚪 Closeted Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👁️ Political Paranoia 📰 Mccarthy Era

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle

by Neil Blackmore • 2020

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

3.49

2k+

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🎭 Concealed Heritage 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle 93%

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

by Neil Blackmore 2020

3.49

2k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🎭 Concealed Heritage 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

Enemigos de Esparta

by Sebastián Roa • 2018

His lover enslaved, a half-Greek mercenary fights Thebes's war against Sparta to bring her home.

4.27

185

🏛️ Ancient Greek Warfare 🏺 Classical Antiquity 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Mercenary Protagonist 🗡️ Revenge Quest

Enemigos de Esparta 92%

His lover enslaved, a half-Greek mercenary fights Thebes's war against Sparta to bring her home.

by Sebastián Roa 2018

4.27

185 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Warfare 🏺 Classical Antiquity 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Mercenary Protagonist 🗡️ Revenge Quest

In Memoriam

by Alice Winn

In 1914, two schoolboys cannot speak their love, so they go to war instead.

4.50

80k+

🎖️ World War I 💔 Forbidden Love 💭 Mutual Pining 🪖 Trench Warfare 😞 Survivor's Guilt

In Memoriam 92%

In 1914, two schoolboys cannot speak their love, so they go to war instead.

by Alice Winn 2023

4.50

80k+ ratings

🎖️ World War I 💔 Forbidden Love 💭 Mutual Pining 🪖 Trench Warfare 😞 Survivor's Guilt

The River of Silver

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2022

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

4.26

13k+

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance 🤴 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family

The River of Silver 90%

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

by S.A. Chakraborty 2022

4.26

13k+ ratings

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance 🤴 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family

Gates of Fire

by Steven Pressfield • 1998

A dying Greek squire tells Xerxes why three hundred Spartans chose certain death at Thermopylae.

4.40

44k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Spartan Warrior Culture 💪 Brutal Training 🤝 Warrior Brotherhood 🫀 Fear And Courage

Gates of Fire 90%

A dying Greek squire tells Xerxes why three hundred Spartans chose certain death at Thermopylae.

by Steven Pressfield 1998

4.40

44k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Spartan Warrior Culture 💪 Brutal Training 🤝 Warrior Brotherhood 🫀 Fear And Courage

The Parthian

by Peter Darman • 2011

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

4.26

1k+

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion 👸 Warrior Princess 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Parthian 90%

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

by Peter Darman 2011

4.26

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion 👸 Warrior Princess 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Air You Breathe 90%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

El sueño del celta

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 2010

An Irish knight condemned for treason retraces the colonial jungles that turned him against empire.

3.85

10k+

📖 Biographical Novel 🏴 Colonial Critique ⚖️ Divided Loyalties 🏳️‍🌈 Secret Sexuality 📉 Fall From Grace

El sueño del celta 90%

An Irish knight condemned for treason retraces the colonial jungles that turned him against empire.

by Mario Vargas Llosa 2010

3.85

10k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Novel 🏴 Colonial Critique ⚖️ Divided Loyalties 🏳️‍🌈 Secret Sexuality 📉 Fall From Grace

The Campaigns of Alexander

by Arrian

How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.

4.17

5k+

🏛️ Ancient Warfare 📜 Classical Biography ⚔️ Military Genius 👑 Charismatic Leader 🗺️ Conquest And Empire

The Campaigns of Alexander 90%

How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.

by Arrian

4.17

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Warfare 📜 Classical Biography ⚔️ Military Genius 👑 Charismatic Leader 🗺️ Conquest And Empire

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

21k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Lord John and the Hand of Devils Summary

Lord John and the Hand of Devils 90%

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007

3.93

21k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

To Paradise

by Hanya Yanagihara • 2022

Across three centuries, a New York house shelters lovers, rebels, refugees, each seeking paradise.

3.73

56k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🦠 Dystopian Pandemic 🎭 Triptych Narrative ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love

To Paradise 90%

Across three centuries, a New York house shelters lovers, rebels, refugees, each seeking paradise.

by Hanya Yanagihara 2022

3.73

56k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🦠 Dystopian Pandemic 🎭 Triptych Narrative ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love

The Spear Cuts Through Water

by Simon Jimenez

Two outcasts carry a dying moon goddess across an empire, hunted by her monstrous sons.

4.14

25k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🛡️ Escort Quest 🖤 Allies To Lovers 🧠 Telepathic Bond

The Spear Cuts Through Water 90%

Two outcasts carry a dying moon goddess across an empire, hunted by her monstrous sons.

by Simon Jimenez 2022

4.14

25k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🛡️ Escort Quest 🖤 Allies To Lovers 🧠 Telepathic Bond

The Assyrian

by Nicholas Guild • 1987

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

4.26

2k+

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

The Assyrian 92%

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

by Nicholas Guild 1987

4.26

2k+ ratings

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

by Sarah Waters • 2006

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

3.71

33k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 92%

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

by Sarah Waters 2006

3.71

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain

Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin • 1956

An American in Paris falls for a bartender, then chooses his fiancée over himself.

4.34

265k+

🖤 Tragic Queer Love 😔 Internalized Shame 🚪 Closeted Protagonist 🗼 American In Paris ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Giovanni’s Room 90%

An American in Paris falls for a bartender, then chooses his fiancée over himself.

by James Baldwin 1956

4.34

265k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Queer Love 😔 Internalized Shame 🚪 Closeted Protagonist 🗼 American In Paris ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2009

He cooked for Kahlo, typed for Trotsky. In McCarthy's America, his past became his crime.

3.83

75k+

📝 Writers And Writing 🪞 Outsider Protagonist 📜 Archival Fiction 👁️ Witness To History 🎙️ Mccarthy Era

The Lacuna 90%

He cooked for Kahlo, typed for Trotsky. In McCarthy's America, his past became his crime.

by Barbara Kingsolver 2009

3.83

75k+ ratings

📝 Writers And Writing 🪞 Outsider Protagonist 📜 Archival Fiction 👁️ Witness To History 🎙️ Mccarthy Era

Still Life

by Sarah Winman • 2021

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

4.15

97k+

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community 💕 Queer Love Story 🕰️ Intergenerational Bonds

Still Life 90%

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

by Sarah Winman 2021

4.15

97k+ ratings

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community 💕 Queer Love Story 🕰️ Intergenerational Bonds

The Front Runner

by Patricia Nell Warren • 1974

A track coach and his gay runner risk scandal, violence, and Olympic dreams for love.

4.12

6k+

🏃 Sports Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 🏡 Found Family 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Tragic Love Story

The Front Runner 90%

A track coach and his gay runner risk scandal, violence, and Olympic dreams for love.

by Patricia Nell Warren 1974

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏃 Sports Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 🏡 Found Family 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Tragic Love Story

Corelli’s Mandolin

by Louis de Bernières • 1995

Pelagia's love for an Italian captain survives war, massacre, and decades of separation.

4.04

94k+

❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎖️ Wartime Romance 🏝️ Greek Island Setting ⏳ Love Across Decades 🏡 Found Family

Corelli’s Mandolin 89%

Pelagia's love for an Italian captain survives war, massacre, and decades of separation.

by Louis de Bernières 1995

4.04

94k+ ratings

❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎖️ Wartime Romance 🏝️ Greek Island Setting ⏳ Love Across Decades 🏡 Found Family

Call Me By Your Name

by André Aciman • 2007

For one summer in Italy, a teenager's obsession with the visiting scholar undoes and remakes him.

4.10

605k+

📖 Literary Romance 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age ☀️ Summer Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Call Me By Your Name 89%

For one summer in Italy, a teenager's obsession with the visiting scholar undoes and remakes him.

by André Aciman 2007

4.10

605k+ ratings

📖 Literary Romance 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age ☀️ Summer Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Hild

by Nicola Griffith • 2013

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

3.85

13k+

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

Hild 92%

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

by Nicola Griffith 2013

3.85

13k+ ratings

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

The Inverts

by Crystal Jeans • 2021

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

3.22

864

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

The Inverts 91%

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

by Crystal Jeans 2021

3.22

864 ratings

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

Captive Prince

by C.S. Pacat

A fallen prince hides his identity while serving the icy royal whose brother he killed.

3.78

127k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✨ Gilded Cruelty

Captive Prince 90%

A fallen prince hides his identity while serving the icy royal whose brother he killed.

by C.S. Pacat 2013

3.78

127k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✨ Gilded Cruelty

Confessions of a Mask

by Yukio Mishima • 1949

In imperial Japan, a young man's mask of conformity is threatened by his forbidden desires.

3.95

41k+

📖 I-Novel 📝 Confessional Narrative 🍎 Forbidden Desire 💔 Unrequited Love 🌱 Sexual Awakening

Confessions of a Mask 89%

In imperial Japan, a young man's mask of conformity is threatened by his forbidden desires.

by Yukio Mishima 1949

3.95

41k+ ratings

📖 I-Novel 📝 Confessional Narrative 🍎 Forbidden Desire 💔 Unrequited Love 🌱 Sexual Awakening

I Am You

by Victoria Redel • 2025

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

3.85

2k+

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🎨 Mentor And ProtéGé 👩‍🎨 Women Artists

I Am You 89%

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

by Victoria Redel 2025

3.85

2k+ ratings

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🎨 Mentor And ProtéGé 👩‍🎨 Women Artists

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

146k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist 🚫 Forbidden Love

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Summary

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 89%

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017

4.02

146k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist 🚫 Forbidden Love

Stonehenge

by Bernard Cornwell • 1999

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

3.70

14k+

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏗️ Builder Protagonist 🏛️ Ancient Religion

Stonehenge 89%

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

by Bernard Cornwell 1999

3.70

14k+ ratings

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏗️ Builder Protagonist 🏛️ Ancient Religion

Spartacus

by Ben Kane • 2012

Betrayed into slavery, a Thracian gladiator raises an army and challenges Rome for freedom.

4.08

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Rome ⛓️ Slave Uprising 🤝 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 💔 Love In Wartime

Spartacus 89%

Betrayed into slavery, a Thracian gladiator raises an army and challenges Rome for freedom.

by Ben Kane 2012

4.08

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Rome ⛓️ Slave Uprising 🤝 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 💔 Love In Wartime

The Iliad

by Homer

Agamemnon humiliates Achilles, who refuses to fight, leaving the Greeks to face Hector's fury alone.

3.93

516k+

📜 Epic Poetry ⚡ Divine Meddling ⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🔥 Hero's Rage 💧 Warrior's Grief

The Iliad 89%

Agamemnon humiliates Achilles, who refuses to fight, leaving the Greeks to face Hector's fury alone.

by Homer

3.93

516k+ ratings

📜 Epic Poetry ⚡ Divine Meddling ⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🔥 Hero's Rage 💧 Warrior's Grief

Glorious Exploits

by Ferdia Lennon

Two potters trade food for Euripides with the Athenians starving in a Sicilian death quarry.

4.12

27k+

🎭 Staging Greek Tragedy 💀 Gallows Humor ⛓️ Prisoners Of War 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Peloponnesian War

Glorious Exploits 90%

Two potters trade food for Euripides with the Athenians starving in a Sicilian death quarry.

by Ferdia Lennon 2024

4.12

27k+ ratings

🎭 Staging Greek Tragedy 💀 Gallows Humor ⛓️ Prisoners Of War 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Peloponnesian War

Tirant lo Blanc

by Joanot Martorell • 1490

A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.

3.00

4k+

🏰 Chivalric Romance 🎭 Courtly Intrigue 💔 Tragic Romance 💊 Lovesickness 🔥 Erotic Classic

Tirant lo Blanc 91%

A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.

by Joanot Martorell 1490

3.00

4k+ ratings

🏰 Chivalric Romance 🎭 Courtly Intrigue 💔 Tragic Romance 💊 Lovesickness 🔥 Erotic Classic

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

51k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Lord John and the Private Matter Summary

Lord John and the Private Matter 91%

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003

3.76

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Sisi

by Allison Pataki • 2016

A restless empress flees the gilded cage, chasing wild freedom across Europe, but tragedy follows.

4.00

12k+

📖 Biographical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love 💧 Estranged Marriage 🏰 Gilded Prison 🥀 Doomed Romance

Sisi 89%

A restless empress flees the gilded cage, chasing wild freedom across Europe, but tragedy follows.

by Allison Pataki 2016

4.00

12k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love 💧 Estranged Marriage 🏰 Gilded Prison 🥀 Doomed Romance

Clytemnestra

by Costanza Casati • 2023

Her first love and child slain, a Spartan princess is forced to marry the murderer.

4.22

61k+

🗡️ Feminist Retelling 🔥 Female Rage 👑 Court Intrigue 🏛️ Ancient Greece 💍 Forced Marriage

Clytemnestra 89%

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3.75

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3.95

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Julius Caesar's rise from exile to power demands a price paid in love and blood.

4.68

8k+

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Julius Caesar's rise from exile to power demands a price paid in love and blood.

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4.68

8k+ ratings

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4.29

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