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Listopia > 1600s Book Lists

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydFollow the River by James Alexander ThomThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction: Colonial America
103 books — 88 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow1776 by David McCulloughThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Books on the American Founding (nonfiction)
161 books — 87 voters

City of Masks by Mary HoffmanDa Vinci's Tiger by L.M. ElliottChangeling by Philippa GregoryDuchessina by Carolyn MeyerWaterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Italy in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
104 books — 32 voters
Courting the Sun by Peggy Joque WilliamsThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorGod's Vindictive Wrath by Charles Cordell
Fiction set in 17th century
46 books — 30 voters

Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowanWarped by Maurissa GuibordAt the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary HooperThe Stolen One by Suzanne CrowleyThe Fool's Girl by Celia Rees
Young Adult Renaissance
100 books — 26 voters
Witch Child by Celia ReesA Break with Charity by Ann RinaldiThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareI Walk in Dread by Lisa Rowe FraustinoSorceress by Celia Rees
Salem Witch Trials in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
62 books — 25 voters

After Elizabeth by Leanda de LisleGod's Secretaries by Adam NicolsonGod's Vindictive Wrath by Charles CordellPirates of Barbary by Adrian TinniswoodUnnatural Murder by Anne Somerset
Early Stuart Britain
115 books — 25 voters
The Hostage Bride by Jane FeatherThe Accidental Bride by Jane FeatherLibertine's Kiss by Judith JamesVirgin Earth by Philippa GregoryPuritan Bride by Anne O'Brien
The 17th century romance list.
25 books — 23 voters

A Break with Charity by Ann RinaldiThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareCate of the Lost Colony by Lisa M. KleinWitch Child by Celia ReesBlue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose
YA & MG Fiction set in 16th & 17th century North America
59 books — 18 voters
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireTulip Fever by Deborah MoggachSemper Augustus by Olivier BleysThe Black Tulip by Alexandre DumasThe House of Windjammer by V.A. Richardson
Tulipomania
21 books — 10 voters

Tartuffe by MolièreLe Malade imaginaire by MolièreThe Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays by MolièreLe Bourgeois Gentilhomme by MolièreDon Juan by Molière
17th Century French Drama: Molière, Racine, Corneille
41 books — 9 voters
I, Coriander by Sally GardnerThe Blackthorn Key by Kevin SandsNo Shame, No Fear by Ann TurnbullAt the Sign of the Star by Katherine SturtevantThe Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose by Mary Hooper
Restoration Era in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
42 books — 9 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Chevalier TracyThe Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonIn Lucia's Eyes by Arthur JapinThe Fires of Europe by Phyllis Harrison-ReedGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Netherlands in 17th Century
11 books — 8 voters
Serpent & Dove by Shelby MahurinBlood & Honey by Shelby MahurinNight of the Witch by Sara RaaschThe Foxglove King by Hannah WhittenI, Coriander by Sally Gardner
Baroque Fantasy.
91 books — 8 voters

The Darkest Oath by Lauren Lee MerewetherA Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. WoodiwissTo Love a Dark Lord by Anne StuartThe Renegade and the Rose by Christine DorseySalem's Daughter by Maggie Osborne
Old Historical Romances: 1600s and 1700s.
98 books — 5 voters
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de TreviñoQueen of the Sea by Dylan MeconisThe Redheaded Princess by Ann RinaldiThe Smile by Donna Jo NapoliMidnight Magic by Avi
Middle Grade Renaissance
38 books — 4 voters

Ophelia by Lisa M. KleinShakespeare's Daughter by Peter W. HassingerLoving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn MeyerThe Fool's Girl by Celia ReesStill Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub
YA & Middle Grade Shakespearean Historical Fiction
48 books — 3 voters
Jennie About to Be by Elisabeth OgilvieThe Keys of Hell and Death by Charles Cordell
Best Books About the 17th Century
2 books — 2 voters

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue ParkA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkThe Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamilloThe Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael LealiFinding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
#MGCarousel - Books About History
38 books — 2 voters

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