From RBL:
James Crossley, Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE), Review of Biblical Literature
From the Guardian:
Peter Parsons, The City of the Sharp-nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt
From the Washington Post:
Peter Green, The Hellenistic Age: A Short History
James Crossley, Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE), Review of Biblical Literature
From the Guardian:
Peter Parsons, The City of the Sharp-nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt
From the Washington Post:
Peter Green, The Hellenistic Age: A Short History