Catherine the Great by Robert K. MassieSophie - A Most Unlikely Empress by Jacqueline HinesEmpress of the Night by Eva StachniakMen on White Horses by Annette Motley
Catherine the Great
4 books — 6 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearBelow Stairs by Margaret Powell
Read in place of watching Downton Abbey
258 books — 115 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1491 by Charles C. Mann1776 by David McCulloughA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Understanding History
260 books — 105 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirLove and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser
Royal Biographies
316 books — 51 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
450 books — 196 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Best Biographies/Autobiographies
533 books — 131 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
786 books — 158 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyJaws by Peter Benchley
My Top 50 Books OverAll
185 books — 7 voters