Steven Saylor

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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1990
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Gordianus the Finder

1 - Roman Blood (1990)
2 - Arms of Nemesis (Oct-1992)
3 - Catilina's Riddle (Oct-1993)
4 - The Venus Throw (Apr-1995)
5 - A Murder on the Appian Way (May-1996)
6 - House of the Vestals (Jul-1997)
7 - Rubicon (May-1999)
8 - Last Seen in Massilia (Oct-2000)
9 - A Mist of Prophecies (May-2002)
10 - The Judgment of Caesar (Jun-2004)
11 - A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Jun-2005)
12 - The Triumph of Caesar (May-2008)
13 - Styx and Stones (Oct-2011)
14 - The Seven Wonders (Jun-2012)
15 - Raiders of the Nile (Feb-2014)
16 - Wrath of the Furies (Oct-2015)

A Novel of Ancient Rome

1 - Roma (Mar-2007)
2 - Empire (Sep-2010)
3 - The Throne of Caesar (Feb-2018)

Book List in Order: 25 titles

  • Roman Blood

    • / Historical Mystery
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    Gordianus the Finder - 1

    On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80 B.C., Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator who is preparing for his first important case. His client is an Umbrian landowner, one Sextus Roscius, accused of ...

  • Arms of Nemesis

    Gordianus the Finder - 2

    South of Rome on the Gulf of Puteoli stands the splendid villa of Marcus Crassus, Rome's wealthiest citizen. When the estate overseer is murdered, Crassus concludes that the deed was done by two missing slaves, who have probably run off to join the S...

  • Catilina's Riddle

    Gordianus the Finder - 3

    When Gordianus the Finder deserts the fierce intrigues of Rome for domesticity on an Etruscan farm, his brilliant patron, the orator Cicero, draws him back with a curious proposal: keep Catilina, Cicero's radical rival, under a watchful eye. Reluc...

  • The Venus Throw

    Gordianus the Finder - 4

    On a chill January evening in 56 B.C., two strange visitors to Rome--an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest--seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for someth...

  • A Murder on the Appian Way

    Gordianus the Finder - 5

    Torchlight flickers on elegant marble walls. The soured of a mob echoes in the street. The year is 52 B.C. and the naked body of Publius Clodius is about to be carried through the teeming streets of Rome. Clodius, a rich man turned rabble-rouser, was...

  • House of the Vestals

    Gordianus the Finder - 6

    ANCIENT HISTORY HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A MYSTERY... It is Ancient Rome, and Gordianus the Finder has a knack for finding trouble. Stalking about the city's twisting trails looking for clues and fording bodies, Gordianus has had his share of misadvent...

  • Rubicon

    Gordianus the Finder - 7

    As Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own home, the body of Pompey's favorite cousin. Before fleeing the city, Pompey exacts a terrible bargain from the finder of secrets--to unearth the killer...

  • Twist at the End

    Austin, Texas, in 1885 is a place of dust and dreams, quick riches, and wild desires. But "the Servant girl Annihilators" are also making it a city of fear. The first victim, a mulatto housekeeper, is torn from her bed and murdered. Six more women wi...

  • The Consul's Wife

    in Crime Through Time III

    ANDREW GREELEY introduces a monk of the Middle Ages who investigates corruption in the Vatican to crack "The Case of the Murdered Pope"... Sir John Fielding, a blind eighteenth-century magistrate, confronts crime at a stuffy dinner party in BRUCE ALE...



  • Last Seen in Massilia

    Gordianus the Finder - 8

    In the city of Massilia (modern-day Marseille), on the coast of Southern Gaul, Gordianus the Finder's beloved son Meto has disappeared--branded as a traitor to Caesar and apparently dead. Consumed with grief, Gordianus arrives in the city in the mids...

  • A Mist of Prophecies

    Gordianus the Finder - 9

    In the year 48 B.C., Rome is in the midst of civil war. As Pompey and Julius Caesar fight for control of the Republic, Rome itself becomes a hotbed of intrigue, riven by espionage, greedy profiteering, and bitter betrayals... A beautiful young see...

  • Have You Seen Dawn?

    Menace stalks the sleepy streets of Amethyst, Texas, in acclaimed mystery writer Steven Saylor's chilling novel of a young woman who goes home for a visit and becomes enmeshed in the search for a missing teenage girl. Menace turns to fear when layers...

  • The Judgment of Caesar

    Gordianus the Finder - 10

    In a relentless quest to secure his claim as ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar becomes entangled with Ptolemy and Cleopatra, sibling rivals to the Egyptian throne. Against the compelling but ominous backdrop of ancient Alexandria, storms are brewing and l...

  • A Gladiator Dies Only Once

    Gordianus the Finder - 11

    Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series of novels, set in the late Roman Republic and featuring Gordianus the Finder, has garnered unusual acclaim from readers and reviewers alike, establishing him as one of the pre-eminent historical crime writers. In ...

  • Roma

    A Novel of Ancient Rome - 1

    From its mythic beginnings as a campsite along a trade route to its emergence as the center of an extensive, powerful empire, Steven Saylor's breathtaking novel brings to vivid life the most famous city in the ancient world. Told through the tragedie...

  • The Triumph of Caesar

    Gordianus the Finder - 12

    THE ROMAN CIVIL WAR IS OVER. After years of fighting, Julius Caesar has returned to Rome itself. The opposition has been crushed, but Caesar stilt has enemies, and his plan to make himself a king has stirred fresh discontent. Gordianus the Finder is...

  • Empire

    A Novel of Ancient Rome - 2

    Continuing the saga begun in his New York Times bestselling novel Roma, Steven Saylor charts the destinies of the aristocratic Pinarius family, from the reign of Augustus to height of Romes empire. The Pinarii, generation after generation, are witnes...

  • Styx and Stones

    in Down These Strange Streets
    Gordianus the Finder - 13

    All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy.

    In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the en...

  • The Seven Wonders

    Gordianus the Finder - 14

    The year is 92 B.C. Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called “the Finder” -- but at each of the Seven Wonders,...



  • Future, Present, Past

    The author USA Today calls “a modern master of historical fiction” presents three short stories from three different genres -- science fiction, murder mystery, historical fiction -- set in three different times, from the near future, to the prese...

  • Raiders of the Nile

    Gordianus the Finder - 15

    In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus -- a born-and-raised Roman citizen -- is living in Alexandria, making ends meet by plying his...

  • Wrath of the Furies

    Gordianus the Finder - 16

    In 88 B.C., it seems as if the entire ancient world is at war. In the west, the Italian states are rebelling against Rome; in the east, Mithridates is marching through and conquering the Roman Asian provinces. Even in the relatively calm Alexandria, ...

  • The Throne of Caesar

    A Novel of Ancient Rome - 3

    In THE THRONE OF CAESAR, award-winning mystery author Steven Saylor turns to the most famous murder in history: It’s Rome, 44 AD, and the Ides of March are approaching. Julius Caesar has been appointed dictator for life by the Roman Senate. Havi...

  • Dominus

    Following his international bestsellers Roma and Empire, Steven Saylor's Dominus continues his saga of the greatest, most storied empire in history from the eternal city at the very center of it all.A.D. 165: The empire of Rome has reached its pinnac...

  • The Judgement of Caesar

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Steven Saylor has published 25 books.

Steven Saylor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Judgement of Caesar, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Steven Saylor, Roman Blood, was published in January 1990.

Yes. Steven Saylor has 2 series.
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