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I know that the Tudor time period has become all the rage these days, but I have always been compelled towards the Italian Renaissance. I fine the Medicis to be fascinating as well as the art of this period.

So share your favorite books on the Italian Renaissance. I will allow both Fiction and Non-Fiction.

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1	The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 403,203 ratings score: 3,908, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 3.82 avg rating — 100,844 ratings score: 2,359, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King 3.91 avg rating — 29,083 ratings score: 2,215, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert 3.86 avg rating — 8,859 ratings score: 1,833, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 3.88 avg rating — 44,846 ratings score: 1,543, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone 4.09 avg rating — 99,996 ratings score: 1,355, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici by Elizabeth Lev 4.08 avg rating — 2,997 ratings score: 1,351, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt 3.88 avg rating — 36,271 ratings score: 1,281, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Divine Comedy I: Hell by Dante Alighieri 4.03 avg rating — 214,170 ratings score: 1,259, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel 3.76 avg rating — 30,829 ratings score: 1,149, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari 3.79 avg rating — 34,892 ratings score: 1,135, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy by Sarah Bradford 3.73 avg rating — 4,743 ratings score: 1,133, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance by Paul Strathern 4.11 avg rating — 5,483 ratings score: 1,056, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King 3.93 avg rating — 3,140 ratings score: 909, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant 3.80 avg rating — 26,630 ratings score: 869, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland 3.91 avg rating — 20,753 ratings score: 856, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt 3.92 avg rating — 3,273 ratings score: 850, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant 3.81 avg rating — 14,091 ratings score: 771, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci 4.30 avg rating — 11,535 ratings score: 711, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Serpent and the Pearl (The Borgias, #1) by Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 6,526 ratings score: 683, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped by Paul Strathern 3.98 avg rating — 1,354 ratings score: 675, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione 3.61 avg rating — 2,909 ratings score: 655, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda 3.97 avg rating — 8,779 ratings score: 655, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici by Miles J. Unger (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,001 ratings score: 643, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 6,335 ratings score: 567, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg 4.02 avg rating — 7,727 ratings score: 551, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's by R.A. Scotti 3.99 avg rating — 2,486 ratings score: 543, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas 3.58 avg rating — 2,338 ratings score: 535, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Venice: Pure City by Peter Ackroyd 3.62 avg rating — 1,467 ratings score: 524, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519 by Christopher Hibbert 3.74 avg rating — 2,974 ratings score: 513, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1) by Sarah Dunant 3.71 avg rating — 11,970 ratings score: 469, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Galileo by Bertolt Brecht 3.66 avg rating — 19,669 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Paradise (The Divine Comedy, #3) by Dante Alighieri 3.96 avg rating — 22,735 ratings score: 450, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Essential Galileo by Galileo Galilei 3.83 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King 3.86 avg rating — 40,811 ratings score: 428, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Sexuality and Its Impact on History: The British Stripped Bare by Hunter S. Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Renaissance (The Story of Civilization, #5) by Will Durant 4.26 avg rating — 1,430 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 224,885 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Florence: Art and Architecture by Rolf C. Wirtz (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 386, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Borgia Confessions by Alyssa Palombo (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 958 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 138,438 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 612,478 ratings score: 377, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P. Murphy 3.95 avg rating — 1,365 ratings score: 377, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope by Eleanor Herman (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 1,793 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics by Francesco Petrarca 4.09 avg rating — 329 ratings score: 362, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie 3.61 avg rating — 19,828 ratings score: 355, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli 4.08 avg rating — 10,086 ratings score: 343, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Cesare Borgia: His Life and Times by Sarah Bradford 4.28 avg rating — 334 ratings score: 341, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Art in Renaissance Italy by John T. Paoletti 4.26 avg rating — 455 ratings score: 330, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Art of the Italian Renaissance: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing by Rolf Toman (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 192 ratings score: 329, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Botticelli by Barbara Deimling 4.29 avg rating — 737 ratings score: 323, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Giotto: The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua by Brock Cole 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 316, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250-1400 by John White 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 314, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes by Christopher Lascelles (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis 3.22 avg rating — 1,761 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Daughter of Siena by Marina Fiorato 3.77 avg rating — 3,316 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty by Alexander Lee 3.40 avg rating — 919 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 11,356 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer 3.80 avg rating — 2,497 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown (Author, Series Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 1,018 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth C. Goldsmith 3.79 avg rating — 545 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Machiavelli: A Biography by Miles J. Unger (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 355 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri 3.89 avg rating — 9,436 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Famous Women by Giovanni Boccaccio 3.39 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Divine Comedy II: Purgatory by Dante Alighieri 4.06 avg rating — 31,503 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Catherine de' Medici by Honoré de Balzac 3.42 avg rating — 641 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater 3.92 avg rating — 1,793 ratings score: 251, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna by Ramie Targoff (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 133 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power (Eminent Lives, 18) by Ross King 3.75 avg rating — 684 ratings score: 239, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Renaissance: A Short History by Paul Johnson 3.67 avg rating — 991 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Catherine de Medici 1-3: Madame Serpent/The Italian Woman/Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy 4.30 avg rating — 129 ratings score: 211, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Titian by Filippo Pedrocco 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 210, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Masterpieces of the Uffizi by Margherita Lenzini Moriondo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 201, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Medici Letters: The Secret Origins of the Renaissance by Taylor Buck (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 369 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 8,700 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Le Turquetto by Metin Arditi 3.75 avg rating — 438 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent by Mary Laven 3.72 avg rating — 274 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Lion and the Rose (The Borgias, #2) by Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 4,361 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	A Tabernacle for the Sun (The Botticelli Trilogy, #1) by Linda Proud (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Shepherdess of Siena by Linda Lafferty (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 2,413 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Florence: The Biography of a City by Christopher Hibbert 3.84 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 196, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 12,414 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence: A Story of Botticelli by Alyssa Palombo (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,550 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini 3.98 avg rating — 3,634 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Magicians of Caprona (Chrestomanci, #4) by Diana Wynne Jones 3.92 avg rating — 13,884 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	De goddelijke komedie by Dante Alighieri 4.09 avg rating — 180,716 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,919 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato 3.90 avg rating — 6,318 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Eros and Magic in the Renaissance by Ioan Petru Culianu 4.38 avg rating — 428 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City by Paul Strathern 3.93 avg rating — 930 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Signora da Vinci by Robin Maxwell (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 3,037 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	In the Name of the Family (The Borgias, #2) by Sarah Dunant 3.80 avg rating — 4,345 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia by C.W. Gortner (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 5,820 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice by Margaret F. Rosenthal 3.84 avg rating — 445 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican by Galileo Galilei 4.07 avg rating — 1,322 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	A Defense of Poesie by Philip Sidney 3.62 avg rating — 2,328 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Lucrèce Borgia by Victor Hugo 3.78 avg rating — 1,568 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Medici, Michelangelo, and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence by Cristina Acidini Luchinat 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici by Catherine Fletcher (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 341 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere by Caroline P. Murphy 3.75 avg rating — 665 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars