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A Theatre for Dreamers Summary
Immersive
A Theatre for Dreamers
by Polly Samson 2021 354 pages
3.40
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Greece
Summer
The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
91k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.02
59k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
The Last Temptation of Christ Summary
The Last Temptation of Christ
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages
4.19
15k+ ratings
Religion
Classics
Historical Fiction
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent
by Tom Holland 2005 447 pages
4.17
11k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Middle East
Outline Summary
Outline
by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages
3.67
71k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
The Names Summary
The Names
by Don DeLillo 1982 339 pages
3.64
5k+ ratings
Novels
American
Mystery
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon 375 pages
4.11
10k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Socrates Summary
Socrates
A Man for Our Times
by Paul Johnson 2011 224 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
Adults in the Room Summary
Adults in the Room
My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment
by Yanis Varoufakis 2017 561 pages
4.31
5k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Ancient Greece Summary
Ancient Greece
From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
by Thomas R. Martin 1992 254 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
Decoding the Heavens Summary
Decoding the Heavens
A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
by Jo Marchant 2009 336 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
History
Science
Technology
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 399 pages
4.05
417 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
Travels with Epicurus Summary
Travels with Epicurus
A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age
by Daniel Klein 2012 115 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Travel
Greece
The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary
The Complete World of Greek Mythology
by Richard Buxton 2004 256 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
History of the Peloponnesian War Summary
History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides 648 pages
3.95
40k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Corelli's Mandolin Summary
Corelli's Mandolin
A Novel
by Louis de Bernières 1994 2 pages
4.04
93k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon 366 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens Summary
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
A History of Ancient Greece
by Robin Waterfield 2018 511 pages
3.92
436 ratings
History
Greece
Ancient History
Herodotus Summary
Herodotus
The Father of History
by Elizabeth Vandiver 2000 12 pages
4.24
420 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Pillars of Hercules Summary
The Pillars of Hercules
by Paul Theroux 1995 509 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Travel
Italy
Greece
The Spartans Summary
The Spartans
The World of the Warrior - Heroes of Ancient Greece, From Utopia to Crisis and Collapse
by Paul Cartledge 2002 320 pages
3.78
3k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March Summary
The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March
by Jennifer R. March 2008
4.10
500+ ratings
Mythology
Classics
History
The Battle of Salamis Summary
The Battle of Salamis
The Naval Encounter that Saved Greece—and Western Civilization
by Barry S. Strauss 2004 294 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Peloponnesian War Summary
The Peloponnesian War
by Donald Kagan 2003 511 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives Summary
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives
by David Stuttard 2014 288 pages
3.82
233 ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Summary
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Why the Greeks Matter
by Thomas Cahill 2004 304 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
History
Greece
Ancient History
Lords of the Sea Summary
Lords of the Sea
The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
by John R. Hale 2009 395 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Military History
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens Summary
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People
by Josiah Ober 1989 408 pages
3.71
48 ratings
History
Politics
Classics
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Summary
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
by Josiah Ober 2015 416 pages
3.94
308 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
Thermopylae Summary
Thermopylae
The Battle That Changed the World
by Paul Cartledge 2006 313 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens
by David Stuttard 2018 380 pages
4.28
162 ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
The Sunrise Summary
The Sunrise
by Victoria Hislop 2014 481 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Plague of War Summary
The Plague of War
Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece
by Jennifer T. Roberts 2017 416 pages
3.94
179 ratings
History
Greece
Ancient History
Democracy Summary
Democracy
A Life
by Paul Cartledge 2016 416 pages
3.80
215 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Return of Ulysses Summary
The Return of Ulysses
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
by Edith Hall 2008 304 pages
3.75
53 ratings
History
Classics
Greece
From Democrats to Kings Summary
From Democrats to Kings
The Brutal Dawn of a New World from the Downfall of Athens to the Rise of Alexander the Great
by Michael Scott 2009 294 pages
3.83
249 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
Alexander the Great Summary
Alexander the Great
by Paul Cartledge 2004 368 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Eureka! Summary
Eureka!
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask
by Peter V. Jones 2014 372 pages
3.53
445 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome Summary
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome
250 BC - 400 AD
by Charles Freeman 2023 400 pages
3.98
82 ratings
History
Philosophy
Greece
Among the Lemon Trees Summary
Among the Lemon Trees
by Nadia Marks 2017 369 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
Romance
Greece
Italy
A Greek Island Gift Summary
A Greek Island Gift
by Mandy Baggot 2025 362 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Romance
Greece
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