14 Best mystery books like SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5) by John Maddox Roberts

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SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

By: John Maddox Roberts

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Every culture has its wild entertainment, but the Roman Saturnalia is looked upon as the granddaddy…

If you liked the mystery plot in SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5) by John Maddox Roberts , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Chariots of Calyx (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #4) by Rosemary   Rowe

1. The Chariots of Calyx (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #4)

By: Rosemary Rowe

4.14

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Libertus is in Londinium, at the invitation of the Roman Governor, when news arrives of the brutal … read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Rowe's The Chariots of Calyx (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #4) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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2. The Seven Wonders (Ancient World, #1)

By: Steven Saylor

3.82

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The year is 92 B.C. and the youthful Gordianus has just turned eighteen, and is about to embark on … read more

Similar categories in Steven Saylor's The Seven Wonders (Ancient World, #1) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of In at the Death (Marcus Corvinus, #11) by David Wishart

3. In at the Death (Marcus Corvinus, #11)

By: David Wishart

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The sudden suicide of a young man prompts his family to ask veteran sleuth Marcus Corvinus to inves… read more

Similar categories in David Wishart's In at the Death (Marcus Corvinus, #11) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"These pastoral-poet guys with their bleating goats and oaten pipes can stuff their phalaecean hendecasyllabics where the sun don't shine."

-David Wishart, In at the Death (Marcus Corvinus, #11)

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4. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • roman
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

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5. The Dark Vineyard (Bruno, Chief of Police, #2)

By: Martin Walker

3.97

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Bruno Courrèges, chef de la police municipale, est réveillé au milieu de la nuit: un incendie s'est… read more

Similar categories in Martin Walker's The Dark Vineyard (Bruno, Chief of Police, #2) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)

By: Colleen McCullough

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

In this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul a… read more

Similar categories in Colleen McCullough's The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • roman
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

By: John Maddox Roberts

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Every culture has its wild entertainment, but the Roman Saturnalia is looked upon as the granddaddy… read more

Similar categories in John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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8. The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)

By: Lindsey Davis

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Falco is a Roman informer who has a nose for trouble. In the Forum, where pretty Sosia flees for he… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Davis's The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Imperium (Cicero, #1) by Robert   Harris

9. Imperium (Cicero, #1)

By: Robert Harris

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Imperium (Cicero, #1) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • roman
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What a terrible audit Death lays upon a man."

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

"Few subjects make more tedious reading than happiness."

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

"Since when has idiocy been a bar to advancement in politics?"

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

"Tak usah cemas, akan banyak waktu untuk tidur setelah kita mati."

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

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10. Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)

By: Colleen McCullough

3.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

It's 54 BCE. Gaius Julius Caesar is sweeping thru Gaul, crushing the fierce, long-haired warrior-ki… read more

Similar categories in Colleen McCullough's Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • roman
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Pattern of Blood (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #2) by Rosemary   Rowe

11. A Pattern of Blood (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #2)

By: Rosemary Rowe

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Libertus witnesses the stabbing of Quintus Ulpius, a wealthy decurion--but he is not fatally wounde… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Rowe's A Pattern of Blood (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #2) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

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

12. 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

Similar categories in Rosemary Rowe's The Legatus Mystery (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #5) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Where the Dead Lie (Sebastian St. Cyr, #12) by C.S. Harris

13. Where the Dead Lie (Sebastian St. Cyr, #12)

By: C.S. Harris

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is no stranger to the dark side of the city, but … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's Where the Dead Lie (Sebastian St. Cyr, #12) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

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

14. Raiders of the Nile (Ancient World, #2)

By: Steven Saylor

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of… read more

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15. The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)

By: Colleen McCullough

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Thorn Birdscomes a masterpiece of historical fiction that is fas… read more

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16. Dictator (Cicero, #3)

By: Robert Harris

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Imperium...Conspirata...and now, the long-awaited final volume of the author's best-selling Cicero … read more

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17. 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

Similar categories in Steven Saylor's A Mist of Prophecies (Roma Sub Rosa, #9) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

18. The Judgment of Caesar (Roma Sub Rosa, #10)

By: Steven Saylor

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In 48 B.C. the Roman generals Caesar and Pompey are engaged in a battle to rule the world. Now, as … read more

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19. The Eagle's Conquest (Eagle, #2)

By: Simon Scarrow

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

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20. Conspirata (Cicero, #2)

By: Robert Harris

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

- Internationally bestselling author: "Imperium" was hailed as "quite possibly Harris's most accomp… read more

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21. Murder in the Forum (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #3)

By: Rosemary Rowe

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Perennis Felix, favorite of the Roman Emperor and would-be enemy of all, heralds his arrival i… read more

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22. Enemies of the Empire (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #7)

By: Rosemary Rowe

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

A three-day journey to the forested outskirts of the Empire is the last thing Libertus wants to mak… read more

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23. Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)

By: Colleen McCullough

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of "The Thorn Birds"In this breathta… read more

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24. Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)

By: Steven Saylor

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Elena asks that you come to the House of Swans at once... Compelled by this message, the wealthy, s… read more

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25. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Bookseller of Inverness book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) by C.S. Harris

26. What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19)

By: C.S. Harris

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16) by C.S. Harris

27. What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16)

By: C.S. Harris

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious serial killer had been brought to justice until a shocking se… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

28. 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 John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
Cover of An Argumentation of Historians (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9) by Jodi Taylor

29. An Argumentation of Historians (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.52

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different k… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's An Argumentation of Historians (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) by C.S. Harris

30. Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18)

By: C.S. Harris

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

June 1815. The people of London wait, breathlessly, for news as Napoleon and the forces united agai… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, #17) by C.S. Harris

31. When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, #17)

By: C.S. Harris

4.31

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his family’s tragic history. But the… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, #17) book and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5)

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

18 must-read fiction books like SPQR V: Saturnalia (SPQR, #5) by John Maddox Roberts

Transform Your Habits

The Chariots of Calyx (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #4)

Rosemary Rowe

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Seven Wonders (Ancient World, #1)

Steven Saylor

3.82

Transform Your Habits

In at the Death (Marcus Corvinus, #11)

David Wishart

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Dark Vineyard (Bruno, Chief of Police, #2)

Martin Walker

3.97

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Transform Your Habits

A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)

Andrea Penrose

4.11

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Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

Andrea Penrose

4.13

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A Swirl of Shadows (Lady Arianna Regency Mystery, #7)

Andrea Penrose

4.36

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