Quest: Ancient Origins

Recorded history began around 5,000 years ago, and our ancestors left us impressive legacies. Anthropologists, archeologists, scientists and other students of our origins have worked hard to bring this ancient past into our hands. With endless mysteries yet to unravel and infinite speculation around that which time has forever eroded, maybe you'll visit Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the vast regions of Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, Ancient Asia or Ancient Somewhere. Whatever you pick, enjoy! There is much our ancestors wish to show us.

Add nonfiction books you've read that talk about ancient history (roughly 4500 BC - AD 600) or historical fiction books you've read that take place in those times.

3 occurrences

Circe

by Madeline Miller

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy

400 PagesApril 2018

Read by 31 people

3 occurrences

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

Historical FictionMythologyFantasy

416 PagesSeptember 2011

Read by 33 people

2 occurrences

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

SciencePhilosophyHistory

464 PagesJanuary 2011

Read by 8 people

2 occurrences

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated

by Eric H. Cline

Turning Points in Ancient History

HistoryAnthropology & Sociology

304 PagesMarch 2014

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Prometheus Bound

by Aeschylus

PoetryMythologyDrama

100 Pages-480

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through th...

by Dan Jones

MythologyHistorical Fiction

224 PagesJanuary 2023

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World

by Seán Hewitt

PoetryHistorical FictionMythology

208 PagesOctober 2023

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Medea

by Euripides, Paul Dräger

Plays

110 Pages432

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Women in Power: Classical Myths and Stories, from the Amazons to Cleopatra

352 PagesSeptember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Heracles' Bow

by Madeline Miller

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy

10 Pages

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity

by Christopher Ryan

PsychologyPhilosophyHistory

400 PagesJanuary 2018

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Hearts Aflame

by Johanna Lindsey

Haardrad Family #2

Historical RomanceHistorical Fiction

372 PagesJanuary 1987

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE

by Jonathan M. Hall

Blackwell History of the Ancient World

History

400 Pages2013

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

PhilosophyHistorySelf-Help

85 Pages180

Read by 6 people

1 occurrence

Die Pharaonen. Große Herrscher Des Alten Ägypten

by Christian Jacq

History

352 Pages1981

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 1: The World Of Memory

by Kazuki Takahashi

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World #1

Fantasy

192 PagesMarch 2003

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization

by Robert Garland

Historical FictionMythologyFantasy

384 PagesOctober 2013

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe

by Peter Heather

HistoryAnthropology & Sociology

752 PagesJuly 2009

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Iphigenia in Aulis

by Euripides, Nicholas Rudall

Plays

69 Pages406

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Heretic Queen

by Michelle Moran

Historical FictionHistorical Romance

383 PagesAugust 2008

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Caesar

by Colleen McCullough

Masters of Rome #5

PoliticsHistorical Fiction

845 PagesJanuary 1997

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom

by James Romm

History

320 PagesJune 2021

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Civil War: With the Anonymous Alexandrian, African and Spanish Wars

by Gaius Julius Caesar, Jane F. Gardner

Historical FictionMilitary Fiction

424 PagesOctober 1985

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age

by Donna Zuckerberg

PhilosophyHistoryPolitics

288 PagesOctober 2018

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Greek Alexander Romance

by Alexandre de Bernay, Pseudo Calístenes, Pseudo-Callisthenes, More...

Historical FictionMythologyFantasy

208 Pages250

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Frogs

by Aristophanes

MythologyDramaComedic Fiction

210 Pages-405

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths

by Jean Menzies

404 Inklings (2021) #21

MythologyHistorical Fiction

88 PagesJanuary 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Philoctetes

by Sophocles

MythologyDramaTragedy

61 Pages-409

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

by Mike Duncan

HistoryPolitics

352 PagesOctober 2017

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Phoenician Women

by Brian Swann, Euripides

Plays

112 Pages411

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Surrender My Love

by Johanna Lindsey

Haardrad Family #3

Historical RomanceHistorical Fiction

420 Pages1994

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Hecuba

by Euripides

MythologyDramaTragedy

92 Pages-424

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman

Mythology

283 PagesFebruary 2016

Read by 23 people

1 occurrence

The First Man in Rome

by Colleen McCullough

Masters of Rome #1

Historical Fiction

893 PagesSeptember 1990

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of Ancient Greece

by Jean Menzies

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy

160 PagesJuly 2020

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

I, Antigone

by Carlo Gébler

Mythology

July 2022

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Grass Crown

by Colleen McCullough

Gospodari Rima

Historical Fiction

1132 PagesJanuary 1990

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Caesar's Women

by Colleen McCullough

Masters of Rome #4

Historical FictionPolitics

928 PagesJanuary 1996

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi

by Sarah Clegg

MythologyHistorical Fiction

304 PagesMarch 2023

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Perdição - exercício sobre Antígona

by Hélia Correia

100 Pages1991

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

ScienceHumorHistory

May 2003

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters

by Donna Jo Napoli

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy

192 PagesOctober 2011

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Antigone

by Sophocles, William-Alan Landes

The Theban Plays #3

MythologyDramaPlays

39 Pages-441

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World

by Michael Scott

Historical FictionMythologyReligion & Spirituality

430 PagesJanuary 2014

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters

by Sacha Coward

Nonfiction

352 PagesNovember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Fires of Winter

by Johanna Lindsey

Haardrad Family #1

Historical RomanceHistorical Fiction

400 PagesJanuary 1980

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Bakkhai

by Euripides, Rupert Goold

PoetryMythologyDrama

72 Pages-405

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Nefertiti

by Michelle Moran

Historical FictionRomance

474 PagesJuly 2007

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

by Natalie Haynes

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy

308 PagesJanuary 2020

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Daphnis and Chloe

by Longus

MythologyRomanceHistorical Fiction

144 Pages150

Read by 1 person