The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
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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
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817 books — 328 voters
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanSong of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann SandellThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierHush by Donna Jo Napoli
YA Medieval historical fiction
273 books — 164 voters

Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanHeat of Paris by Peter BreyerThe Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary SutcliffMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
YA Historical Fiction Novels
288 books — 212 voters
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDissolution by C.J. Sansom
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
79 books — 143 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
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Best Historical Mystery
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