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  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
    Categorized as:
    war  suspense  historical  fantasy  mystery  length-long
  • Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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  • Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan is a masterpiece that has enthralled generations of Tamil readers. Many authors have written phenomenal books in Tamil literature after Kalki Krishnamurthy, but Ponniyin Selvan remains the most popular, widely-read novel...
  • The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

    The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    #1 New York Times Bestseller. An Amazon Best Book of 2020. The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages. Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series. --The Washington Post. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages...
  • Troy by Stephen Fry

    Troy by Stephen Fry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies...
    Categorized as:
    war  ancient times  historical  fantasy  humor  audiobook
  • Starfire by AJ Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Starfire by AJ Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luca O’ Broín’s original wife checklist:. a loving marriagemother for his childrencapable of running a fortresssexually compatiblesomeone intelligentLuca’s REVISED non-negotiable husband checklist:. dependable friendcapable of running a fortresswilling to move to Bhodhsasomeone with brainsNoe Keller’s husband checklist:. LucaLuca’s UPDATED husband checklist:...
  • The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper

    The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The final, dramatic installment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy. Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's wolf den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii...
  • Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Dreamers by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tuya came as a teenaged slave to Potiphar's household, a personal gift from the Pharaoh. Tall and slender, the young girl had eyes that shone like a stream of gold. She knew nothing about her past, except that she had always been a slave.
  • When Sisters Collide by S.E. Bouvier

    When Sisters Collide by S.E. Bouvier

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Two sisters, torn apart by fate, now stand on opposing sides of a brutal war. High in the snowy mountains, Alena trains harder than ever under the watchful eye of an Amazon warrior...
  • Queen of Ash and Iron by Melanie Karsak

    Queen of Ash and Iron by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fated to lead a rebellion against Rome. Destined to become a legend. Britain, A. D. 47. All at once, everything changes. The rebellion of the Northern Iceni under King Caturix results in dire consequences for Boudica. Without Aulus Plautius’s protection, Boudica must face the new, more severe Roman Governor Scapula...
  • A Kingdom of Sand and Ice by J.F. Johns

    A Kingdom of Sand and Ice by J.F. Johns

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    The curse is broken. The veil has thinned. And now, the gods return. Some wearing familiar faces, others cloaked in shadow and ruin. Not all have come to save. Some have come only to watch the world fall. The witches have begun their revenge by taking the city of Spark. But they will not stop there. They intend to storm the capital, then the world...
  • Queen of the Hollow Hills by Melanie Karsak

    Queen of the Hollow Hills by Melanie Karsak

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From ancient henges to windswept mountains, dive into a world where pagan gods rule, powerful priestesses weave magic, and fierce Celtic tribes battle for dominance. Britain, AD 38. Having defeated her enemies, Queen Cartimandua works swiftly to stabilize the north. But not all foes yield quietly...
  • Winter Warriors by David Gemmell

    Winter Warriors by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Winged demons gather, silent and unseen, above the city of Usa, their talons long and sharp. Their purpose is clear, as is the Upon the deaths of the three kings, the demon riders of the Krayakin will become flesh, free to slake their thirst with human blood - and the stench of evil will cover the land. Two of the kings are already dead...
  • Heretic by Bernard Cornwell

    Heretic by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    With Calais in English hands, hostilities are suspended, but Thomas' quest to find the Holy Grail continues. His cousin Guy of Vexille still pursues him with deadly purpose, convinced that there is a link between Thomas and what he covets...
  • The City of Tears by Kate Mosse

    The City of Tears by Kate Mosse

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Following on from the Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers, Kate Mosse's The City of Tears is the second thrilling historical epic in The Burning Chambers series, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown...
  • The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell

    The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail...
  • Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey

    Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Suddenly, it became hard to breathe and the sound of the engine throbbed in Eva’s head. The plane crashed and skidded. She heard the wail of sirens. The last thing she remembered was pulling her body across the tarmac an inch at a time—before her world went black. Sweetwater, Texas, 1943. Eva has always wanted to fly away...
  • Sage of Hope and Ruin by Riley Knight

    Sage of Hope and Ruin by Riley Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The walls close in. Hope lies beyond the world’s end. Aethra has no name, no parents, no home. Taken in by a secretive mentor, she’s taught to survive by robbing others of their coin - until the day he betrays her. Saddled with debt even a noble couldn’t repay, Aethra is offered a chance to shake off the underworld elite who hunt her...
  • Undead Oaths by Caitlyn Battelle

    Undead Oaths by Caitlyn Battelle

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    When a mortal woman makes a deal with a god and the fates come out to play. .. Can she change what has been woven, or will the mistake of a god be the ruin of them all? Elysia Parker is furious. After making a deal with the god of the dead to find his talisman, she's horrified to learn her mortality is on the line...
  • Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

    Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In his first novel since Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières creates a world, populates it with characters as real as our best friends, and launches it into the maelstrom of twentieth-century history. The setting is a small village in southwestern Anatolia in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Everyone there speaks Turkish, though they write it in Greek letters...
  • The Daughter of Rome by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Daughter of Rome by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    In Nero's Rome, Calandra helps her father, a renowned sculptor, complete the most significant commission of his illustrious career. But then a catastrophic fire nearly destroys the imperial city, leaving Calandra reliant on a group of Christians--unusual individuals unlike any she has encountered before...
  • He Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

    He Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Powerful imagery creates a 'you are there' immersion in the story of the post-Flood world. Kacy Barnett-Gramckow fans raved about her extraordinary job of moving the Flood off the Sunday School flannelgraph board and into life in the Heavens Before...
  • Golden Stage by 苍梧宾白 [Cang Wu Bin Bai], 苍梧宾白

    Golden Stage by 苍梧宾白 [Cang Wu Bin Bai], 苍梧宾白

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The notorious imperial court lackey and the meritorious military general were well-known for their mutual dislike, a pair of arch-enemies set in stone. Who could have foreseen the unexpected change in the winds of heaven: the general injured on the battlefield, both legs disabled, and even forced by the emperor to marry his nemesis...
  • The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

    The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    THE BESTSELLING EPIC OF THE GLORY AND THE GRANDEUR INTRIGUES AND PASSIONS OF ANCIENT GREECE. .. AND THE WARRIOR KING WHOSE CONQUESTS BUILT AN ETERNAL LEGEND. ALEXANDER Volume THE SANDS OF AMMON. A thousand years after Agamemnon fought the Trojan War. Alexander, the king of Macedonia and descendant of Achilles, follows in the footsteps of Greek legend...
  • Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell

    Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail...
  • The Forgotten Palace by Alexandra Walsh

    The Forgotten Palace by Alexandra Walsh

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In an underground labyrinth a lost soul wanders, waiting for revenge, waiting for love…. London 1900. Alice Webster has made the worst decision of her life. When her Aunt Agatha offers her the chance to go on a Grand Tour she jumps at the opportunity to get away from the glare of scandal...
  • The Thorn Healer by Pepper D. Basham

    The Thorn Healer by Pepper D. Basham

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jessica Ross' scars run much deeper than the wounds of a world at war...
    Categorized as:
    war  historical  christian  fantasy  length-medium
  • For the Gods' Sake by Rory L. Scott

    For the Gods' Sake by Rory L. Scott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    For the Gods' Sake is a fake dating, reluctant allies fantasy romance novel. It is the third book in the Tempt the Gods series and can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended to read the recap at the beginning of the book. A god and a princess. Working together. The Greek and Roman gods have co-existed for over two thousand years until the unthinkable happens...
  • On Mother Brown's Doorstep by Mary Jane Staples

    On Mother Brown's Doorstep by Mary Jane Staples

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The big event of the Walworth year was to be the wedding of Sammy Adams, King of Camberwell, to Miss Susie Brown. Everyone was looking forward to it, and Susie was particularly overjoyed when her soldier brother suddenly turned up on leave from service in India in time for the approaching 'knees-up'...
  • Blood Eagle by Tim Hodkinson

    Blood Eagle by Tim Hodkinson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Einar and the Wolf Coats undertake a dangerous mission to war-torn Northern France in this thrilling Viking adventure from Tim Hodkinson. 936 AD. Brittany is torn apart by war. Many nobles have sought refuge in King Aethelstan's England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at Aethelstan's court...
  • Heir to the Crown by Ron C. Nieto

    Heir to the Crown by Ron C. Nieto

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The raiding season might be over, but the court is a new threat on its own …. A victorious Oren, newly minted Lord Commander of the Mountain Guard, returns to the capital to receive the King’s accolades and to ask for the one thing he wants as his prize—the right to marry the woman he loves. But the court is a dangerous place, and nothing is as Oren expects when he arrives at his childhood home...
  • Fiona by Ann Boelter

    Fiona by Ann Boelter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Treasure Huntress sails again! 10th century Ireland, a country divided by internal conflict, continues to be ravaged by Viking raids. After four years, GUNNAR is poised to finally return to the East but must wait for the rivers in Rusland to thaw. Frustrated by the delay and eager to be at sea, he sails the Treasure Huntress to Dublin...
  • The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, Donna Gillespie

    The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, Donna Gillespie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Spanning three generations, this historical novel tells the tale of Boudicca, the most famous warrior of ancient Britain, and Caradoc, the son of a Celtic king, who sets out to unite the people of the Raven and lead them against Rome.  Caradoc's objective is not easily accomplished as the Roman army advances into Britain, raping Celtic women and burning villages to the ground...
  • The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen

    The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Netherlands,1940: Stasia Niemec might call the port city of Rotterdam home, but it is the summers she spends in the idyllic French countryside that she looks forward to every year. Here, in a land of medieval folklore and courtly romance, she finds the inspiration for the fairy tales she writes and illustrates...
  • The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker

    The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander...
  • The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy

    The Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Britannia, AD 117: Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure, overseeing his wife's estate and doing his best to resist the urge to murder an annoying neighbour – until someone else does it for him...
  • Titans of War by Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

    Titans of War by Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brand-new Ancient Egyptian epic from the master of adventure, Wilbur Smith. Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series. AN UNSTOPPABLE ENEMY. A CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR SALVATION...
  • Poison Genius Consort by 芥沫 (Jie Mo)

    Poison Genius Consort by 芥沫 (Jie Mo)

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Easily cowed and bullied, she was the useless, ugly woman with no talent in medical skills. Supported by millions, he was Tianning’s most respected duke with the power to move all under Heaven. On their wedding day the bridal sedan was carried to the front doors, but the Duke of Qin’s gates were shut tight. They told her, ‘Come back tomorrow. ’...
  • Heart of the Villain by Dany Crooks

    Heart of the Villain by Dany Crooks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Every villain has a story. This is Marlena Caelum’s. Born to rule, Marlena is thrust into a world of politics and power before most children have even manifested their gods-given ability. With traditions passed down through the generations, Marlena becomes subject to her mother and father’s grueling lessons and nearly unattainable expectations...
  • Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw

    Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ariantes is a Sarmatian, a barbarian warrior-prince, uprooted from his home and customs and thrust into the honorless lands of the Romans. The victims of a wartime pact struck with the emperor Marcus Aurelius to ensure the future of Sarmatia, Ariantes and his troop of accomplished horsemen are sent to Hadrian's Wall...
  • The Princess and The Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh

    The Princess and The Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh brings a cherished Mexican legend to life. A Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book! Izta was the most beautiful princess in the land, and suitors traveled from far and wide to woo her. Even though she was the daughter of the emperor, Izta had no desire to marry a man of wealth and power...
  • 黄金台 [Huángjīn Tái] by Cang Wu Bin Bai, 苍梧宾白

    黄金台 [Huángjīn Tái] by Cang Wu Bin Bai, 苍梧宾白

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The notorious imperial court lackey and the meritorious military general were well-known for their mutual dislike, a pair of arch-enemies set in stone. Who could have foreseen the unexpected change in the winds of heaven: the general injured on the battlefield, both legs disabled, and even forced by the emperor to marry his nemesis...
  • A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom...
  • The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

    The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems--especially for the people who put on the show. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo...
  • The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters

    The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dorset, 1642. England is on the cusp of civil war. Jayne Swift, a daughter of the Dorset gentry, has resisted all offers of marriage and instead trained as a physician, using her skills to tend to her Royalist father's tenants and the local population. When civil war sweeps England she vows to remain neutral and aid the injured whether they be Royalist or Parliamentarian...
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

    J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty...
  • A Year of Ravens by Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray

    A Year of Ravens by Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Celt . . . and these are their stories. A calculating queen sees the sparks of revolt in a king’s death...
  • Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King

    Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King’s seminal debut features the man who inspired the world’s oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction. On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar’s reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii...
  • Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman

    Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace...
  • The Emperor's Games by Damion Hunter, Amanda Cockrell

    The Emperor's Games by Damion Hunter, Amanda Cockrell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The strong will triumph. The weak will die. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor...
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