5 best-selling roman books like Memento Mori (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8) by Ruth Downie

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Memento Mori (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8)

By: Ruth Downie

4.18

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

The eighth gripping novel in the bestselling Medicus series, in which Ruso and Tilla investigate th…

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1. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

By: David McCullough

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring - and until now, untold - story of the adventurou… read more

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2. Rubicon (Roma Sub Rosa, #7)

By: Steven Saylor

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

As Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own … read more

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  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

3. The Legatus Mystery (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #5)

By: Rosemary Rowe

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reunited at last with his long-lost wife, Libertus returns to Glevum. But his new-found happiness i… read more

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  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

4. The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)

By: Ariana Franklin

4.61

Format: 313 pages,

Ariana Franklin combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of historical fiction… read more

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5. A Mist of Prophecies (Roma Sub Rosa, #9)

By: Steven Saylor

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In the year 48 B.C., Rome is in the midst of civil war. As Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar fight… read more

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6. Last Seen in Massilia (Roma Sub Rosa, #8)

By: Steven Saylor

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this mystery set in Marseilles in 49 B.C., master detective Gordianus the Finder is on a persona… read more

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7. Catilina's Riddle (Roma Sub Rosa, #3)

By: Steven Saylor

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Using scholarly, historical insight, and evocative storytelling that brings to life the glories of … read more

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8. Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)

By: Ariana Franklin

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A chilling, mesmerizing novel that combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the detail a… read more

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9. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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10. A Murder on the Appian Way (Roma Sub Rosa, #5)

By: Steven Saylor

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the fifth in Steven Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" series--murder mysteries set in classical Rome… read more

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11. The Venus Throw (Roma Sub Rosa, #4)

By: Steven Saylor

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a chill January evening in 56 B.C., two strange visitors to Rome--an Egyptian ambassador and a e… read more

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12. The Germanicus Mosaic (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #1)

By: Rosemary Rowe

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is the 2nd century A.D., and Libertus, a freedman and pavement-maker, has a reputation for solvi… read more

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13. There was a Crooked Man (Stephen Attebrook Mystery #15)

By: Jason Vail

4.52

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The corpse of one of medieval Ludlow’s tavern keepers, popular Red John Griffin, is found by the be… read more

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14. Invader (Agricola #1)

By: Simon Turney

4.56

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

The first volume in a thrilling new historical adventure series by Simon Turney, critically acclaim… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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15. Post After Post-Mortem

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The King's Justice (Stanton & Barling, #1)

By: E.M. Powell

3.99

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A murder that defies logic—and a killer still on the loose. England, 1176. Aelred Barling, estee… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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17. Desperate Undertaking (Flavia Albia #10)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Lindsey Davis's next book in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad kille… read more

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  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. About Time (The Time Police, #4)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.58

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

Patience is not a virtue known to the Time Police. And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of h… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In first century Rome, Flavia Albia takes on an easy case that soon proves to be anything but as, a… read more

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  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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20. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

By: Sarah Ogilvie

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"

-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

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22. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

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23. The Girl in the Painting (Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #8)

By: Steve Robinson

4.25

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

A portrait painting is stolen from a London home. Shortly afterwards, the owner, Nat, calls on gene… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. Bellatrix (Legion XXII, #2)

By: Simon Turney

4.48

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must fight the armies of the fabled Warrior Queen in thi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Cyclops Case (Judge Marcus Flavius Severus Mystery #2) by Alan Scribner

25. The Cyclops Case (Judge Marcus Flavius Severus Mystery #2)

By: Alan Scribner

4.03

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Judge Severus returns in "The Cyclops Case". The year is now 161 CE, three years after the events i… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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26. Memento Mori (Gaius Petreius Ruso #8)

By: Ruth Downie

4.18

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

The eighth gripping novel in the bestselling Medicus series, in which Ruso and Tilla investigate th… read more

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  • roman
  • historical
  • crime
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • roman britain
  • audiobook
Cover of Vengeance (Valens #1) by S.J.A. Turney

27. Vengeance (Valens #1)

By: S.J.A. Turney

4.36

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

A remote, snow-bound fort high in the mountains of northern Britannia. A criminal, a caretaker garr… read more

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  • historical fiction
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28. The Complete Calidus Roman Mysteries Books 1–2 (Calidus #1-2)

By: M.J. Trow

4.18

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

In this 2-book box set: BOOK 1: THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE The slave Calidus is freed when his belov… read more

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29. Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3)

By: Jackson Ford

4.00

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Teagan Frost might be getting better at moving sh*t with her mind – but her job working as a teleki… read more

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  • fiction
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30. The Hunt (Valens Book 2)

By: S.J.A. Turney

4.32

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

"The battle-weary and world worn Valens and his dangerously unhinged friend Rigonorix return, fresh… read more

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31. Old Habits: Albert Smith's Mystery Thrillers Book 1

By: Steve Higgs

4.62

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the oldest secrets are the hardest ones to keep. When retired a police detective and his … read more

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  • mystery

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