An anthology of classical literature, both non-fiction and fiction, bringing together one hundred stories from the rich diversity of the literary canon of ancient Greece and Rome.
Head of Zeus Book order






- 2022
- 2022
Best Crime Stories of the Year
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Selected by #1 bestselling author Lee Child: the twenty finest short stories of 2021.
- 2022
The Book About Everything
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
To celebrate the centenary of Ulysses's publication, eighteen artists, writers and thinkers each respond to an episode of James Joyce's classic modernist novel.
- 2022
Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more.
- 2021
LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne.
- 2021
A special edition of the best 100 short stories written by women, selected and introduced by novelist Victoria Hislop.
- 2021
The Wild Isles
- 592 pages
- 21 hours of reading
The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.
- 2021
A special edition of literature's 100 sexiest stories, chosen by Mariella Frostrup and the Erotic Review.
- 2021
Best Crime Stories of the Year: 2021
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Selected by #1 bestselling author Lee Child: the twenty finest short stories of 2021.
- 2021
The Best of World SF
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar.