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7. Colleen Mccullough's Masters Of Rome series.

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Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:40 PM

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Serious historical fiction. Exhaustively researched, densely detailed, riveting.

The First Man In Rome
The Grass Crown
Fortune’s Favorites
Caesar’s Women
Caesar
The October Horse
Antony And Cleopatra

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Did anyone else get seriously involved with a book series?? [View all] justaprogressive Yesterday OP

Way too many to name SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Ursula K. LeGuin, Earthsea series.... lastlib Yesterday #2

Earth sea trilogy is seriously good. Also Orson Scott Card/alternate American history Alvin maker series cbabe Yesterday #4

I, too, read those books LogDog75 13 hrs ago #38

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Colleen Mccullough's Masters Of Rome series. Aristus Yesterday #7

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In high school I read the Dune books and The Sunset Warrior trilogy. Americanme Yesterday #10

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I'm rereading that right now! Lars39 2 hrs ago #46

Sue Grafton's alphabet series. MIButterfly Yesterday #12

I liked those too, but at one novel per year... malthaussen Yesterday #14

It's been a while, but I think her novels were all set in the 80s MIButterfly Yesterday #15

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The Brother Cadfael series. Lars39 19 hrs ago #26

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Try Spider Robinson's justaprogressive 4 hrs ago #42

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Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody series, also the Vicky Bliss and the Jackie Kirby mysteries ms liberty 18 hrs ago #31

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A couple of series LogDog75 12 hrs ago #41

One more that broke into my dreams: cbabe 4 hrs ago #43

Oh yes. OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #44

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