A list of phenomenal books I've either read or that are on my TBR that focus on women or the experiences of women across different ancient societies
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last updated March, 2025
Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Bettany Hughes
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World
Kara Cooney
Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt: From Early Dynastic Times to the Death of Cleopatra (The Chronicles Series)
Joyce A. Tyldesley
Dancing for Hathor: Women in Ancient Egypt
Carolyn Graves-Brown
Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt
Mythica: A New History of Homerâs World, Through the Women Written Out of It
Emily Hauser
Hatshepsut: A Graphic Novel (Women Who Were Kings (a Graphic Novel Series))
Queenie Chan
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
Jane Draycott
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
Amanda H. Podany
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity
Sarah B. Pomeroy
Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
Natalie Haynes
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
Spartan Women
Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
Honor Cargill-Martin
Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
Daisy Dunn
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore
Emma Southon
A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
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