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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
614 books — 1,635 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
463 books — 420 voters

The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannThe Thief Lord by Cornelia FunkeIn the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
Books Set in Venice
312 books — 274 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWorld Without End by Ken FollettKatherine by Anya Seton
History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe
434 books — 180 voters

The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe House of Medici by Christopher HibbertThe Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth Lev
The Italian Renaissance
282 books — 172 voters
Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Borgia Bride by Jeanne KalogridisThe Family by Mario PuzoPoison by Sara PooleMadonna of the Seven Hills by Jean Plaidy
Best Books about the Borgia Family
69 books — 170 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Books From Before 1950
542 books — 135 voters
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France
From Adam's Rib? -- Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
279 books — 134 voters

Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
Best Books on the Renaissance
187 books — 104 voters
The Medieval Kitchen by Odile RedonCooking with Shakespeare by Mark MortonThe Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. WalkerCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by ApiciusPleyn Delit by Sharon Butler
Historical Cookery
317 books — 79 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Fiction Set in 16th Century
161 books — 71 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMath Jokes by Ralph LaneThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanThe Lessons of History by Will DurantThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Polymath's Library
257 books — 69 voters

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa GregoryThe Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Fiction Set in 15th Century
77 books — 49 voters
My Lady Jane by Cynthia HandWitchfall by Victoria LambMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerBeware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn Lasky
YA & Middle Grade Tudor Fiction
129 books — 48 voters

The White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirKatherine by Anya Seton
Awesome Women of the Medieval/Renaissance World
249 books — 39 voters
City of Masks by Mary HoffmanVenom by Fiona PaulWaterfall by Lisa Tawn BergrenDaughter of Venice by Donna Jo NapoliPrince of Shadows by Rachel Caine
Italy in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
107 books — 34 voters

Dr. Faustus by Christopher MarloweEdward II by Christopher MarloweThe Complete Poems by Ben JonsonThe Complete Plays by Christopher MarloweThe Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
Shakespeare's Contemporaries
106 books — 28 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

Mary, Queen of Scots by Kathryn LaskyThe Wild Queen by Carolyn MeyerSpy for the Queen of Scots by Theresa BreslinMy Contrary Mary by Cynthia HandThe Prophecy by Lily Blake
Mary, Teen of Scots
23 books — 17 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
143 books — 11 voters

Midnight Never Come by Marie BrennanSnow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. WredeThe Bear & the Rose by Erin K. Larson-BurnettVespertine by Margaret RogersonTigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Renaissance and Tudor Fantasy.
206 books — 11 voters
Dr. Faustus by Christopher MarloweThe Duchess of Malfi by John WebsterEdward II by Christopher MarloweThe Jew of Malta by Christopher MarloweThe Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
Best non-Shakespeare Renaissance Drama
15 books — 9 voters

Witch on the Wall by B. TravenCognitive Confusions by Ita MacCarthyThe Light Ages by Seb FalkThe Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism by Samuel FanousHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
The Dark Post Classical To Pre Industrial Ages
205 books — 6 voters
God's Playground by Norman DaviesTeutonic Knight vs Lithuanian Warrior by Mark GaleottiThe Other Prussia by Karin FriedrichKing Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther by Natalia NowakowskaBetween Lipany and White Mountain by James R. Palmitessa
Early Modern Eastern Europe
24 books — 6 voters

The Corrupter of Boys by Dyan ElliottMedieval Writings on Sex between Men by David RolloSame-sex Sexuality in Later Medieval English Culture by Tom LinkinenSodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature by William E. BurgwinkleStraightforward by Marcus Attwater
Queering the Middle Ages
69 books — 5 voters
Rooted by Tammy CranstonThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneOil and Marble by Stephanie StoreyThe Giant by Laura MorelliThe Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen
Michelangelo in Fiction
18 books — 4 voters

Queen B by Juno DawsonGuardian of the Vision by Irene RadfordThe Plague of Quentaris by Gary CrewMagic's Silken Snare by ElizaBeth GilliganGuardian of the Promise by Irene Radford
Renaissance and Tudor Fantasy 2.
88 books — 3 voters
The Transformations of Magic by Frank KlaassenShadows of the Cursed Dragon by Ravan TempestMaking Magic in Elizabethan England by Frank F. KlaassenThe Magic of Rogues by Frank KlaassenConjuring Spirits by Claire Fanger
Medieval and Renaissance Magic
76 books — 2 voters

Early Modern Times by Susan Wise BauerWarfare in the Renaissance World by Paul BrewerAges of Woman, Ages of Man by Monica ChojnackaThe Portable Renaissance Reader by James Bruce RossWorld Atlas of the Past, Volume 3 by John Haywood
Oxford Age of Voyages Further Reading 1350-1600
26 books — 1 voter
A Poisoner's Tale by Cathryn KempDark Waters by Jennifer L. McKeighanThe Poison Keeper by Deborah SwiftThe Silkworm Keeper by Deborah SwiftThe Fortune Keeper by Deborah Swift
Fiction & Non-Fiction: Giulia Tofana
8 books — 1 voter

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