Well, Amazon let me down for book number 3: Chaireas and Kallirhoe by Chariton, and book number 4: Aithiopika by Heliodorus. I couldn't find either when I searched on my Kindle.
Book number 5 is The Golden Ass by Lucius Apulieus. I read it a few weeks ago and only now have got round to reviewing it, so my memory's going to be unreliable.
Lucius is a Roman who is turned into an ass by accident and recounts his adventures, which are funny and often pornographic (did this help the story survive down the ages?) The story ends on a moral high note when Lucius is transformed back into a man and dedicates his life to the goddess Isis.
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