Mary Beard's most recommended books

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

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Books like SPQR

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Books like Women & Power

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Books like Pompeii

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Books like Religions of Rome

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Books like The Fires of Vesuvius

Book lists with Mary Beard's books

13 authors created a book list with a book by Mary Beard as one of their picks.

• Everyday gendered practices and political power
• For aspiring Roman history buffs
• The joys of life in classical antiquity
• The grit and glamor of Ancient Rome
• The religious lives of Greeks and Romans
• That put a new twist on the Odyssey

Book lists connected to Mary Beard's books

129 authors created a book list connected to Mary Beard's books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• Pompeii and what we know about this Roman city
• Crime plunging you into new places away from the norm
• Ancient city of Rome
• Life in early Imperial Rome
• Novels set in the later Roman Empire
• Ancient Rome at the time of Nero

Genres connected to Mary Beard's books

Topics connected to Mary Beard's books