Books like Ab urbe condita

Ab urbe condita by Titus Livius reads as epic, formal. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Alexiad

Anna Comnena · 1610

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

The Histories

Herodotus · -430

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69% genome match

The French Revolution

Thomas Carlyle · 1837

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69% genome match

The histories

Polybius · 1542

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

The history of the Peloponnesian war, translated from the Greek of Thucydides. ... By William Smith, ..

Thucydides · 1753

Same classic feel

49% genome match

Plutarch's Lives

Plutarch · 1841

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69% genome match

Essays

Francis Bacon · 1618

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69% genome match

A history of the English-speaking peoples

Winston S. Churchill · 1950

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69% genome match

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged

Edward Gibbon · 1776

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69% genome match

History of the Wars

Procopius · 1531

Both explore roman history & warfare

61% genome match

Abraham Lincoln

Carl Sandburg · 1926

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69% genome match

A dictionary of the English language

Samuel Johnson · 1747

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69% genome match