Herodotus' most recommended books

We've asked 13,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Herodotus.

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Books like The Histories (Translated by Tom Holland)

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Books like The Histories (Translated by Robin Waterfield)

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Books like Herodotus

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Books like The Histories

Book lists with Herodotus' books

7 authors created a book list with a book by Herodotus as one of their picks.

• The best books to begin to understand ancient Mediterranean thought
• The best books about Ancient Greece by Ancient Greeks
• The best books on floating down the Nile
• The best books on global history before the modern era
• The best books about ancient Greece and their world
• The best books to understand the Scythians

Book lists connected to Herodotus' books

46 authors created a book list connected to Herodotus' books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• The most readable books about historians and how they think and write
• The best books for appreciating Herodotus
• The best works of narrative military history with prose that really sings
• The best books for understanding classical Greece
• The best books for a virtual odyssey in ancient and modern Greece
• The best books set in Greece

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