Calling all #BrockHumanities students, staff, and faculty!
The Department of Classics and Archaeology is launching a Summer Reading Challenge for the @BrockHumanities community to read fiction and non-fiction about the ancient world and share your reviews and thoughts!
Here’s how to participate:
- Check out the list of recommended books provided below (pdf copy here), or, choose your own!
- Share a post or story about each book on Instagram. Be sure to follow @BrockHumanities, tag them in your post or story, and use the hashtag #BrockHumanities whenever you post.
- Chat with the community and learn about what others are reading!
Did we mention there are gift card prizes for most reviews shared, among other fun categories? Stay tuned for details. Prizes will be awarded at the departmental Fall Open House in October.
We can’t wait to see your posts! Now, time to get reading…
Recommended Books
| Author | Title | Notes |
| Atwood, Margaret | Penelopiad | |
| Barker, Pat | Silence of the Girls | |
| Barker, Pat | Trojan Women | |
| Cline, Eric H. and Glynnis Fawkes | 1177 BC: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed | graphic novel |
| Cosati, Costanza | Clytemnestra | |
| Davis, Lindsey | The Silver Pigs | and the rest of the "Falco Detective" series |
| Davis, Lindsey | Voices of Rome. Four Stores of Ancient Rome | |
| Dean, Pamela | Tam Lin | |
| Eco, Umberto | The Name of the Rose | |
| Ford, John | The Dragon Waiting | |
| Graves, Robert | I, Claudius | |
| Harris, Robert | Pompeii | |
| Harris, Robert | The Cicero Trilogy | |
| Haynes, Natalie | A Thousand Ships | |
| Haynes, Natalie | Stone Blind | Medusa |
| Haynes, Natalie | Pandora’s Jar | |
| Haynes, Natalie | Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | |
| Heywood, Claire | The Shadow of Perseus | |
| Matyszak, Philip | 24 Hours in Ancient Rome | |
| McCollough, Colleen | First Man in Roman | and others |
| Miller, Madeline | Circe | |
| Miller, Madeline | Galatea | |
| Miller, Madeline | Song of Achilles | |
| North, Claire | Ithica | |
| Papadatos, Alecos | Democracy | graphic novel |
| Pressfield, Stephen | Gates of Fire | (and others) |
| Renault, Mary | Fire from Heaven | Alexander series |
| Renault, Mary | The King Must Die | Theseus series |
| Renault, Mary | The Bull and the Sea | Theseus series |
| Saylor, Steven | Roman Blood | and the rest of the "Roma Sub Rosa" Detective Series |
| Saylor, Steven | Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome | not part of the series |
| Shanower, Eric | Age of Bronze | graphic novels |
| Smithies, Richard H. R. | Death Gets an A | |
| Tartt, Donna | The Secret History | |
| Unsworth, Barry | The Songs of Kings | |
| Wilson, Susan | Clytemnestra’s Bind | "House of Atreus" series |
