Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallLife in a Medieval City by Frances GiesAt Home by Bill BrysonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanA History of Private Life by Philippe Ariès
Social History Books - All About People & Society
21st out of 772 books — 208 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
527th out of 1,231 books — 1,715 voters

Beowulf by UnknownThe World of Late Antiquity by Peter         BrownThe Year 1000 by Robert LaceyIn Search of the Dark Ages by Michael WoodHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Dark age European history
71st out of 202 books — 67 voters
The Trigger by Tim ButcherPontifex Maximus by Christopher LascellesThe Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. CantorTexas by Jack KnoxGates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Books I want to read on history
72nd out of 143 books — 11 voters

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyCollapse by Jared DiamondThe World of the Shining Prince by Ivan Morris1491 by Charles C. MannCourtesans and Fishcakes by James Davidson
Learning About Cultures for SFF Writers
53rd out of 71 books — 6 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanRubicon by Tom HollandThe Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirElizabeth's London by Liza Picard
History Before WW1
214th out of 231 books — 17 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
621st out of 823 books — 330 voters

The Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPostwar by Tony JudtThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
European History
725th out of 787 books — 160 voters
Europe's Inner Demons by Norman CohnMyth and Science in the Twelfth Century by Brian StockThe Real Middle-Earth by Brian BatesIn Defense of Witches by Mona CholletWitch on the Wall by B. Traven
•Medieval Psychotronika
66th out of 167 books — 4 voters

King Arthur by Norma Lorre GoodrichWas This Camelot?  Excavations at Cadbury Castle, 1966 - 1970 by Leslie AlcockThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Knight and Chivalry by Richard BarberKing Arthur's Wars by Jim Storr
Arthurian History, Background, References
5th out of 57 books — 3 voters