Classical Age Booklist
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Book recommendations pertaining to the Classical Age (3000 BCE-400 CE).
Topics include Ancient Greece, Homer, Athens and Sparta, Persia, Mythology and Ancient Rome.
Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
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Bull | Elliott, David | 2019 | YA | Classical Age | 3000 BCE | Europe | Greece | Athens Theseus and the Minotaur | M | N |
Ancient China: An Interactive History Adventure | Collins, Terry Lee | 2013 | MG | Classical Age | 2100 BCE-1420 CE | Asia | China | Ancient China | NF | CB |
Stonehenge | Cornwell, Bernard | 2000 | A | Classical Age | 2000 BCE | Europe | Great Britain | Stonehenge | F | N |
The History of the World in Fifty Dogs | Lee, Mackenzi | 2019 | YA | Classical Age | 1600 BCE-2013 CE | World | Various | Dogs | NF | B |
The Song of Achilles | Miller, Madeline | 2012 | YA A | Classical Age | 1200 BCE | Europe | Greece | Achilles LGBTQ+ Greek Mythology | M | N |
Helen of Troy | George, Margaret | 1997 | A | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War Helen of Troy | F Bio | N |
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War | Little, Emily | 1988 | LE MG | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | NF | CB ER |
Inside the Walls of Troy | McLaren, Clemence | 1996 | YA | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
A Thousand Ships | Haynes, Natalie | 2021 | YA A | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
The Silence of the Girls | Barker, Pat | 2019 | YA A | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
The Trojan War | Colidge, Olivia | 2001 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | CB |
The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 2005 | MG UMG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1 | Pope Osborne, Mary | 2010 | MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | CB |
The Adventures of Odysseus | Lupton, Hugh | 2012 | MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | PB CB |
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 2 | Pope Osborne, Mary | 2010 | MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | CB |
Waiting for Odysseus | McLaren, Clemence | 2000 | YA | Classical Age | 1184–1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 2005 | MG UMG | Classical Age | 1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
The Iliad and the Odyssey | Williams, Marcia | 2006 | LE MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Achilles Trojan War | PB | |
The Secret Chord | Brooks, Geraldine | 2015 | YA A | Classical Age | 1010–970 BCE | Middle East | Israel | Ancient Israel | F | N |
Quiver | Spinner, Stephanie | 2002 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 900-800 BCE | Europe | Greece | Greek Mythology | M F HF | N |
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths | D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar | 1992 | LE MG | Classical Age | 900–850 BCE | Europe | Greece | Greek Mythology | M | PB |
Circe | Miller, Madeline | 2018 | YA A | Classical Age | 800 BCE | Europe | Greece | Greek Mythology | M | N |
Explore Ancient Greece! | Van Vleet, Carmella | 2008 | LE MG | Classical Age | 800–150 BCE | Europe | Greece | Ancient Greece | NF | PB |
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete | Ford, Michael | 2014 | LE MG | Classical Age | 776 BCE | Europe | Greece | Olympics | NF | PB |
Evil Roman Emperors | Barlag, Phillip | 2021 | A | Classical Age | 616 BCE - 455 CE | Europe | Italy | Roman Emperors | NF | B |
What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? | Ellis, Julie | 2004 | LE | Classical Age | 570-495 BCE | Europe | Greece | Mathematics Pythagoras | NF Bio | PB |
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece | Macdonald, Fiona | 2013 | LE MG | Classical Age | 500-401 BCE | Europe | Greece | Ancient Greece | NF | PB |
Daughter of Sparta | Andrews, Claire | 2021 | YA A | Classical Age | 400 BCE | Europe | Greece | Sparta | M | N |
Alexander the Great: Master of the Ancient World | Bendick, Jeanne | 2010 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 356-323 BCE | Europe | Greece | Macedonia Alexander the Great | NF Bio | CB |
City | Macaulay, David | 1983 | LE MG | Classical Age | 300 BCE - 150 CE | Europe | Italy | Building | F | PB |
Sita’s Ramayana | Arni, Samhita | 2011 | MG | Classical Age | 300 BCE | Asia | India | Ramayana | M | GN |
The Sand-Reckoner | Bradshaw, Gillian | 2001 | YA A | Classical Age | 287-212 BCE | Europe | Greece | Mathematics | F | N |
Archimedes and the Door of Science | Bendick, Jeanne | 1995 | UMG | Classical Age | 287-212 BCE | Europe | Greece | Mathematics | NF Bio | CB |
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth | Lasky, Kathryn | 1994 | LE | Classical Age | 276-194 BCE | Europe | Greece | Mathematics Eratosthenes | NF Bio | PB |
Life as a Gladiator: An Interactive History Adventure | Burgan, Michael | 2010 | MG | Classical Age | 264 BCE - 404 CE | Europe | Italy | Roman Gladiators | NF | CB |
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare | Brooks, Phillip | 2015 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 247-183 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Legion | NF Bio | CB |
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Soldier | Stewart, Dave | 2016 | LE MG | Classical Age | 113 BCE - 596 CE | Europe | Italy | Roman Legion | NF | PB |
The First Man in Rome | McCullough, Colleen | 1990 | A | Classical Age | 110–100 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Republic | F | N |
Julius Caesar: Dictator For Life | Rinaldo, Denise | 2010 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 100-44 BCE | Europe | Italy | Julius Caesar Roman Emperors | NF Bio | CB |
The Grass Crown | McCullough, Colleen | 1991 | A | Classical Age | 97–86 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Republic | F | N |
Fortune's Favorites | McCullough, Colleen | 1993 | A | Classical Age | 83–69 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Republic | F | N |
The Ancient Ocean Blues | Mitchell, Jack | 2008 | UMG | Classical Age | 80 BCE | Europe | Italy | Julius Caesar Roman Emperors | F | CB |
Caesar's Women | McCullough, Colleen | 1997 | A | Classical Age | 67–59 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Republic | F | N |
Caesar | McCullough, Colleen | 1998 | A | Classical Age | 54–48 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Republic Roman Emperors | F | N |
The October Horse | McCullough, Colleen | 2002 | A | Classical Age | 48–41 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Republic | F | N |
Antony and Cleopatra | McCullough, Colleen | 2007 | A | Classical Age | 41–27 BCE | Europe | Italy Egypt | Roman Republic | F | N |
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Roman Gladiator | Stewart, Dave | 2016 | LE MG | Classical Age | 1-100 | Europe | Italy | Roman Gladiators | NF | PB |
Tiger, Tiger | Reid Banks, Lynne | 1956 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 3 | Europe | Italy | Julius Caesar | F | CB |
Mary, Called Magdalene | George, Margaret | 2002 | A | Classical Age | 17–75 | Middle East | Israel | Mary Magdalene | F Bio | N |
The Confessions of Young Nero | George, Margaret | 2002 | A | Classical Age | 37–54 | Europe | Italy | Nero Roman Emperors | F Bio | N |
Detectives in Togas | Winterfeld, Henry | 1953 | MG UMG | Classical Age | 40 | Europe | Italy | Ancient Rome | F | CB |
Mark of the Thief | Nielsen, Jennifer A. | 2015 | MG UMG | Classical Age | 50 | Europe | Italy | Praetor War Roman Slaves | F HF | CB |
The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero | George, Margaret | 2018 | A | Classical Age | 54–68 | Europe | Italy | Nero | F Bio | N |
The Thieves of Ostia | Lawrence, Caroline | 2001 | UMG | Classical Age | 79 | Europe | Italy | Ancient Rome | F | CB |
Pompeii... Buried Alive! | Kunhardt, Edith | 1987 | LE | Classical Age | 79 | Europe | Italy | Volcano Natural Disasters | NF | ER |
You Wouldn't Want to Live in Pompeii | Malam, John | 2017 | LE MG | Classical Age | 79 | Europe | Italy | Volcano Natural Disasters | NF | PB |
The Secrets of Vesuvius | Bisel, Sara | 1993 | MG UMG | Classical Age | 79 | Europe | Italy | Volcano Natural Disasters Archaeology | NF | PB CB |
Eagle of the Ninth | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1954 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 100 | Europe | Italy Great Britain | Roman Legion | F | N |
Roman Diary | Platt, Richard | 2009 | MG | Classical Age | 107 | Europe | Italy Greece | Roman Slaves | F | CB |
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine | Bendick, Jeanne | 2008 | UMG | Classical Age | 129-216 | Europe | Italy | Medicine | NF Bio | CB |
24 Hours in Ancient Rome | Matyszak, Philip | 2017 | YA A | Classical Age | 137 | Europe | Italy | Daily Life Ancient Rome | NF | B |
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Reading Age | Genre | Format |
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |