Ancient Greece Booklist
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Book recommendations pertaining to Ancient Greece.
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 |
The Song of Achilles | Miller, Madeline | 2012 | YA A | Classical Age | 1200 BCE | Europe | Greece | Achilles LGBTQ+ Greek Mythology | M | 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 |
Helen of Troy | George, Margaret | 1997 | A | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War Helen of Troy | F Bio | N |
A Thousand Ships | Haynes, Natalie | 2021 | 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 Silence of the Girls | Barker, Pat | 2019 | YA A | Classical Age | 1194–1184 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 |
Waiting for Odysseus | McLaren, Clemence | 2000 | YA | Classical Age | 1184–1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
The Adventures of Odysseus | Lupton, Hugh | 2012 | MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | PB CB |
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 2005 | MG UMG | Classical Age | 1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | N |
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 2 | Pope Osborne, Mary | 2010 | MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Trojan War | M | CB |
The Iliad and the Odyssey | Williams, Marcia | 2006 | LE MG | Classical Age | 1184-1174 BCE | Europe | Greece | Achilles Trojan War | PB | |
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 |
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 |
Explore Ancient Greece! | Van Vleet, Carmella | 2008 | LE MG | Classical Age | 800–150 BCE | Europe | Greece | Ancient Greece | NF | PB |
Circe | Miller, Madeline | 2018 | YA A | Classical Age | 800 BCE | Europe | Greece | Greek Mythology | M | N |
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete | Ford, Michael | 2014 | LE MG | Classical Age | 776 BCE | Europe | Greece | Olympics | NF | PB |
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 |
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 |
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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 |