Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/7810988-sarah-u">Sarah u</a> (27 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarah u (27 Lists)

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Best Adult Vampire Books

1,784 books — 4,918 voters

Rubicon by Tom Holland

The Histories by Herodotus

The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox

The Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard

Best Books About Ancient History

458 books — 136 voters

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick

Best historical-fiction about Eleanor of Aquitaine

25 books — 56 voters

The First English Revolution by Adrian Jobson

King John by Stephen D. Church

The Minority of Henry III by David Arscott Carpenter

Eleanor of Provence by Margaret Howell

Plantagenet England 1225-1360 by Michael Prestwich

Best Non Fiction About The Angevins AD 1154 1272

81 books — 33 voters

Nigella Kitchen by Nigella Lawson

Nigellissima by Nigella Lawson

Sirocco by Sabrina Ghayour

Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour

Jamie's Italy by Jamie Oliver

1,457 books — 1,107 voters

Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams

Life in the Georgian Court by Catherine Curzon

Nonfiction Books on the Georgian and Regency eras

203 books — 65 voters

Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

Best Book by Elizabeth Chadwick

3 books — 1 voter

Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

Lucrezia Borgia by Sarah Bradford

The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn

The Borgias and Their Enemies by Christopher Hibbert

Best Books about the Borgia Family

69 books — 170 voters

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

Light on Lucrezia by Jean Plaidy

Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn

Books We DNFed in 2016

50 books — 5 voters

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth Lev

Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul Strathern

Lucrezia Borgia by Sarah Bradford

The Italian Renaissance

282 books — 172 voters

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Apple by Michel Faber

The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams

From Whitechapel by Melanie Clegg

Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain

302 books — 650 voters

Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant

Imperium by Robert Harris

Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn

The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

Historical Fiction - Italy

245 books — 103 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Your Single Favourite Read of All Time

147 books — 78 voters

Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan

The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock

WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)

541 books — 390 voters

Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan

Ace, King, Knave by Maria McCann

Sedition by Katharine Grant

The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction

2,282 books — 1,255 voters

How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman

Becoming Queen by Kate Williams

A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain by Michael Paterson

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Five by Hallie Rubenhold

My Favourite Non Fiction Books

1,381 books — 263 voters

The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Had the Queen Lived by Raven A. Nuckols

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Montfort by Katherine Ashe

The Virgin Widow by Anne O'Brien

The Potato Incident

25 books — 12 voters

The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory

The Scarlet Contessa by Jeanne Kalogridis

Habits of the House by Fay Weldon

Books We DNFed In 2015

74 books — 9 voters

Montfort by Katherine Ashe

The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory

Books I wish I had never read

1,285 books — 1,339 voters

Eleanor of Provence by Margaret Howell

Edward II by Kathryn Warner

Augustus by Anthony Everitt

Anne Boleyn by G.W. Bernard

Edward II by Seymour Phillips

380 books — 134 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking

Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku

Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox

Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Hyperspace by Michio Kaku

Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only

1,837 books — 3,600 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling

The Iliad / The Odyssey by Homer

The Oresteia by Aeschylus

I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes

1,028 books — 341 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

What Book Would You Like To Live In?

8,742 books — 8,888 voters

The Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth Lev

Eleanor of Provence by Margaret Howell

Lucrezia Borgia by Sarah Bradford

The Pope's Daughter by Caroline P. Murphy

The Deadly Sisterhood by Leonie Frieda

From Adam's Rib? -- Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

279 books — 134 voters

Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction

463 books — 420 voters

Anne Boleyn by G.W. Bernard

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives

Le Temps Viendra by Sarah Morris

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

The Concubine by Norah Lofts

Best Books about Anne Boleyn

87 books — 185 voters

Montfort by Katherine Ashe

The Rose of York by Sandra Worth

The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

Historical Howlers

98 books — 37 voters