17 best-selling nonfiction books like Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox

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Homer and His Iliad

By: Robin Lane Fox

4.17

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. The Peloponnesian War

By: Donald Kagan

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For three decades in the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was… read more

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2. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

Similar categories in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • classics
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • greece
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

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3. The Kraken Wakes

By: John Wyndham

3.76

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fir… read more

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  • classics
"I don't care. I don't mind working hard when there's hope. It was having no more hope that was too much for me."

-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

"Darling, whose book is this to be?" "Ostensibly yours, my sweet" "I see -- rather like my life since I met you?" "Yes darling"

-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

"I'm a reliable witness, you're a reliable witness, practically all God's children are reliable witnesses in their own estimation--which makes it funny how such different ideas of the same affair get …"

-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

"What is more, nobody has ever actually proved him wrong. His chief trouble was that he usually provided such large, indigestible slabs that they stuck in all gullets—even mine, and I would class myse…"

-John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

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4. Our Enemies Will Vanish

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people… read more

Similar categories in Yaroslav Trofimov's Our Enemies Will Vanish book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

By: Tom Holland

4.15

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
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6. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
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7. The Iliad

By: Homer

3.91

Format: 848 pages, Hardcover

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more

Similar categories in Homer's The Iliad book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
  • mythology
"I say no wealth is worth my life."

-Homer, The Iliad

"These were the colloquies in heaven."

-Homer, The Iliad

"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."

-Homer, The Iliad

"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"

-Homer, The Iliad

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8. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

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9. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
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10. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

Similar categories in Eric H. Cline's After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

By: Bettany Hughes

4.02

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more

Similar categories in Bettany Hughes's The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy

By: Robin Waterfield

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most im… read more

Similar categories in Robin Waterfield's Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • classics
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • greece
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13. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

By: Martyn Rady

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more

Similar categories in Martyn Rady's The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

By: Eleanor Janega

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Janega's The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

Similar categories in Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • mythology
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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16. Homer and His Iliad

By: Robin Lane Fox

4.17

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer… read more

Similar categories in Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • poetry
  • classics
  • history
  • epic poetry
  • literature
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • 21st century
  • mythology
  • greece
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17. Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives)

By: Philip Freeman

4.15

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip F… read more

Similar categories in Philip Freeman's Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives) book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks

By: Adam Nicolson

3.77

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to … read more

Similar categories in Adam Nicolson's How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks book and Robin Lane Fox's Homer and His Iliad

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • greece
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19. Out of One, Many: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture

By: Jennifer T. Roberts

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity Covering the whole of… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • greece

8 Top classics books like Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox

Transform Your Habits

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Kraken Wakes

John Wyndham

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

Tom Holland

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

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15 Best classics books like History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Moses I. Finley, Rex Warner

Transform Your Habits

The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lysistrata

Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Conquest of Gaul

S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

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