1600s


Hamlet
Macbeth
Don Quixote
Othello
King Lear
The Tempest
Paradise Lost
Twelfth Night
Antony and Cleopatra
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
The Scarlet Letter
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Year of Wonders
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareShōgun by James ClavellThe Tacksman's Daughter by Donna  Scott
Historical fiction 1600 - 1700
141 books — 84 voters

Queen of the Sea by Dylan MeconisThe Redheaded Princess by Ann RinaldiThe Smile by Donna Jo NapoliMidnight Magic by AviMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
Middle Grade Renaissance
38 books — 3 voters
After Elizabeth by Leanda de LisleGod's Vindictive Wrath by Charles CordellGod's Secretaries by Adam NicolsonPirates of Barbary by Adrian TinniswoodUnnatural Murder by Anne Somerset
Early Stuart Britain
107 books — 19 voters


Everyone who has an interest in the History of Winchester, the Civil War In Hampshire and the 17th Century needs to read this - Desecration: Winchester 1642 by Charles Cordell ...more
Warwick Louth

An exciting minute-by-minute story of the English Civil War … from the soldier’s point of view … the historical accuracy is fantastic … the storyline and writing style tremendously exciting." - God's Vindictive Wrath by Charles Cordell ...more
Historical Novel Society

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