16 Top historical fiction books like Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1) by Kate Quinn

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Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

By: Kate Quinn

4.02

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

The first in an unforgettable historical saga from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling aut…

"What kind of moron wants to be a gladiator?"

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

"Nadie escucha la verdad cuando las mentiras son más interesantes."

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

"Paulinus, everyone knows. Say the word, and I'll run the bitch over with my chariot"

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

"Los dioses nos dan a los enanos unos centímetros de más aquí abajo para compensar los que nos quitan de altura."

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1) by Kate Quinn , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of A Year of Ravens by Ruth Downie, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear Shecter, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, S.J.A. Turney, E. Knight

1. A Year of Ravens

By: Ruth Downie , Russell Whitfield , Vicky Alvear Shecter , Kate Quinn , Stephanie Dray , S.J.A. Turney , E. Knight

4.15

Format: 483 pages, ebook

Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired qu… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Downie's A Year of Ravens book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Song of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #2) by Stephanie Dray

2. Song of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #2)

By: Stephanie Dray

3.99

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Sorceress. Seductress. Schemer. Cleopatra's daughter is the one woman with the power to destroy an … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Song of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #2) book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And I reminded myself that a woman should be able to dress as she liked without a man hurting her..."

-Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #2)

Cover of The Daughters of Palatine Hill by Phyllis T. Smith

3. The Daughters of Palatine Hill

By: Phyllis T. Smith

3.68

Format: 346 pages,

Two years after Emperor Augustus's bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly retu… read more

Similar categories in Phyllis T. Smith's The Daughters of Palatine Hill book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • italy
  • historical
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Daughters of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #3) by Stephanie Dray

4. Daughters of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #3)

By: Stephanie Dray

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of Cleopatra's daughter... After years of abuse as the emperor's captive in… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Daughters of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #3) book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Cleopatra's Daughter

By: Michelle Moran

3.60

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

At the dawn of the Roman Empire, when tyranny ruled, a daughter of Egypt and a son of Rome found ea… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Cleopatra's Daughter book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult

6. The Heretic Queen

By: Michelle Moran

1.80

Format: 76 pages,

In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family's past and remake history. The wind… read more

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7. Nefertiti

By: Michelle Moran

4.00

Format: 212 pages,

Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provid… read more

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8. The Day Commodus Killed a Rhino: Understanding the Roman Games

By: Jerry Toner

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Roman emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it… read more

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9. Lily of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #1)

By: Stephanie Dray

4.00

Format: 300 pages,

With her parents dead, the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony is left at the mercy of her Roman … read more

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10. Call to Juno (Tale of Ancient Rome #3)

By: Elisabeth Storrs

3.64

Format: 211 pages,

"An elegant, impeccably researched exploration of early Rome... Elisabeth Storrs weaves a wonderful… read more

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11. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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12. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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13. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See

14. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

By: Lisa See

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more

Similar categories in Lisa See's Lady Tan’s Circle of Women book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4) by Ken Follett

15. The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)

By: Ken Follett

4.24

Format: 737 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge… read more

Similar categories in Ken Follett's The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4) book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Clay, Running Waters by Leslie K. Simmons

16. Red Clay, Running Waters

By: Leslie K. Simmons

4.48

Format: 684 pages, Paperback

Red Clay, Running Waters is the little-known story of John Ridge, a Cherokee man dedicated to his p… read more

Similar categories in Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"He was her fire, had always been from the start, his burning, radiant spirit, a beacon worthy of following."

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"I sometimes think with Moliere, Mr. Ridge, that ‘there is no folly equal to he who attempts to mend the world.’"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"Are you saying these Christians believe we will never be good enough to marry their daughters because of our race?"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"I led you here, only to bring you into something I would have spared you. Could I have known we would have what we dreamed of, only to watch it taken away?"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

Cover of The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) by Alka Joshi

17. The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

By: Alka Joshi

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two da… read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I've given my best, but I've been used. Delphine said I have to move past it. Lakshmi moved past her betrayals. So did Victorine. Isn't that the look she's giving us in Manet's paining? There will al…"

-Alka Joshi, The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

Cover of The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray

18. The Women of Chateau Lafayette

By: Stephanie Dray

4.26

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

Named one of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Magazine ∙ Cosmo ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheRe… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's The Women of Chateau Lafayette book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1) by Kate Quinn

19. Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

By: Kate Quinn

4.02

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

The first in an unforgettable historical saga from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1) book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • italy
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What kind of moron wants to be a gladiator?"

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

"Nadie escucha la verdad cuando las mentiras son más interesantes."

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

"Paulinus, everyone knows. Say the word, and I'll run the bitch over with my chariot"

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

"Los dioses nos dan a los enanos unos centímetros de más aquí abajo para compensar los que nos quitan de altura."

-Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

Cover of The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang

20. The Porcelain Moon

By: Janie Chang

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs a… read more

Similar categories in Janie Chang's The Porcelain Moon book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

21. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Kate Quinn's Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)

  • italy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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A Year of Ravens

Ruth Downie , Russell Whitfield , Vicky Alvear Shecter , Kate Quinn , Stephanie Dray , S.J.A. Turney , E. Knight

4.15

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Song of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #2)

Stephanie Dray

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Daughters of Palatine Hill

Phyllis T. Smith

3.68

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Daughters of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #3)

Stephanie Dray

3.79

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Stephanie Dray

3.99

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Margaret George

4.19

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Child of the Morning

Pauline Gedge

4.33

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C.W. Gortner

4.03

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