The following novels are listed chronologically, not alphabetically by author.  Some authors have more than one.  Those reviewed are hyperlinked.  "IP" after means "in print," and novels with an R are recommended.  Visitors are still advised to read the review; just because I recommend it doesn't mean you'll like it.  Also, unless I've read the book myself, I don't use R.  Read what the reviewer has to say.

A little essay on my general criteria for judging historical fiction: The Art of Historical Fiction.  And perhaps of interest on the academic front, the forthcoming chapter "Alexander as Icon: Some Socio-Political Contexts of Alexander the Great in Twentieth-Century Fiction," Alexander's Empire: From Formulation to Decay, Waldemar Heckel and P. V. Wheatley, eds (Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 2006)

Last updated: January 2008

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For reasons of time constraints, I'm unable to review books about Greece or Rome generally, though I've read a number of them.  If you'd like my opinion on one, feel free to send me email, and if I've read it, I'll tell you what I thought.

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