Book Awards for Cannae

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (5th century BCE)

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Swedish)

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides

5 книг Постнауки

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (5 важных древнегреческих текстов)

500 Must Read Books

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides

Amazon's Best Books of the Month

• The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (May 2009)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year

• The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (#57 – 2009)

Are these the greatest books ever written?

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides

Classics Revisited

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides

GEO Magazine Recommendation

• Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy by John R. Hale

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics) by Xenophon

Independent Publisher Book Awards

• The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor (Gold – Biography – 2010)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox (Winner – Biography – 1973)

National Book Award

• The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor (Finalist – Nonfiction – 2009)

The New Lifetime Reading Plan With Going Further

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (Part 1 – 9)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (34)

Philip Ward's Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics) by Arrian (Year 3)
• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (Year 27)

Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize

• Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox (Winner – 1973)

Prix Langlois

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (Jean Voilquin – 1937)

PROSE Award

• Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome by Victor Davis Hanson (Winner – Classics & Ancient History – 2010)
• The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor (Honorable Mention – Biography & Autobiography – 2010)

Runciman Award

• Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War by George Cawkwell (Winner – 1998)

Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award

• Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy (2007)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (2008)

Yorkshire Post Book Award

• Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox (Best First Work – 1973)