GATES OF FIRE by Steven Pressfield
Just like Gladiator, only Greek... and bloodier.

PATRIARCH'S HOPE by David Feintuch
Science Fiction for masochists.

BARE-FACED MESSIAH: THE TRUE STORY OF L. RON HUBBARD by Russell Miller
Even scarier than Battlefield Earth.

THE DEED OF PAKSENARRION TRILOGY by Elizabeth Moon
Heroism has a new name... and it's a damn long one.

STARDUST OF YESTERDAY by Lynn Kurland
'Cause sometimes you just need a Happily Ever After.