The fourty-ninth book: #1005 Aithiopika - Heliodorus
Another Greek/Roman story, here's an early one that starts in media res, with the kidnap of Chariclea to become a slave, her subsequent adventures and explanations of how they got there. It's a fairly compelling story (marred a bit by the bad quality of the Google PDF I used) and moves along decently well. It's still also taken down by its age and it feels like it doesn't quite get its sound right - it's not been quite appealing enough to me.