09-12-2014, 01:26 AM
East of Eden or Cannery Row come to mind. If you're interested in non-fiction Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C. and Alexander to Actium both by Green are two very no-nonsense portraits of an interesting time period. The History by Herodotus. If you're really feeling adventurous try Ramses II And His Time by Velikovsky.