16th Century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600. It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred.

In England, this roughly coincides with the Tudor Period. In much of Europe the Renaissance was taking place at this time. In the Americas, it marks the era when the first European colonies were established.
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The Cardinal
Malinalli
Daughter of Fire
The Six Loves of James I
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I (Tudor Rose, #3)
The City of Tears (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #2)
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)
The Last White Rose (Tudor Rose #1)
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici
City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo #1)
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens, #6)
The Tower
The Virgins of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Prince
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing
Julius Caesar
Utopia
The Taming of the Shrew
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
Dr. Faustus
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Richard III
As You Like It
Hamnet
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 545 voters
Broadway General Manager by Peter BogyoA Queen's Spy by Samantha BurnellThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Secret Keeper by Sandra Byrd
The Tudors: Best Fiction and Nonfiction
109 books — 133 voters

Maid of Secrets by Jennifer  McGowanWarped by Maurissa GuibordAt the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary HooperThe Stolen One by Suzanne CrowleyVenom by Fiona Paul
Young Adult Renaissance
98 books — 26 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerParadise Lost by John Milton
Best Renaissance Literature
59 books — 6 voters


John Caviglia
We fought for centuries to wrest our land from Moors, only to free ourselves by turning into the slaves of war. Deprived by victory of combat, we sailed far horizons in search of carnage and found the Indies. Now we must save them from our past.
John Caviglia, Arauco

[Don Carlos] will always remain open-ended, asking to be fleshed out by the imagination of others, silently demanding a finale of his authors, no matter how fantastical.
Maria-Cristina Necula Ph.D., The Don Carlos Enigma: Variations Of Historical Fictions

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