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Dracula by Bram StokerEmpire of the Vampire by Jay KristoffThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,858 books — 5,036 voters
Rubicon by Tom HollandThe Histories by HerodotusThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusThe Classical World by Robin Lane FoxThe Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard
Best Books About Ancient History
459 books — 128 voters

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Winter Crown by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick
Best historical-fiction about Eleanor of Aquitaine
32 books — 66 voters
The First English Revolution by Adrian JobsonKing John by Stephen D. ChurchThe Minority of Henry III by David Arscott CarpenterEleanor of Provence by Margaret HowellPlantagenet England 1225-1360 by Michael Prestwich
Best Non Fiction About The Angevins AD 1154 1272
81 books — 33 voters

Nigella Kitchen by Nigella LawsonNigellissima by Nigella LawsonSirocco by Sabrina GhayourPersiana by Sabrina GhayourJamie's Italy by Jamie Oliver
Best Cookbooks
1,468 books — 1,143 voters
Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate WilliamsLife in the Georgian Court by Catherine CurzonThe Georgian Bawdyhouse by Emily Brand
Nonfiction Books on the Georgian and Regency eras
205 books — 66 voters

Lady of the English by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
Best Book by Elizabeth Chadwick
3 books — 1 voter
Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliLucrezia Borgia by Sarah BradfordThe Serpent and the Pearl by Kate QuinnThe Borgias and Their Enemies by Christopher Hibbert
Best Books about the Borgia Family
82 books — 181 voters

The Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantLight on Lucrezia by Jean PlaidyLady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn
Books We DNFed in 2016
50 books — 5 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth LevBlood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul StrathernLucrezia Borgia by Sarah Bradford
The Italian Renaissance
296 books — 183 voters

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberThe Apple by Michel FaberThe Pleasures of Men by Kate WilliamsFrom Whitechapel by Melanie Clegg
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
317 books — 668 voters
Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantImperium by Robert HarrisDaughters of Rome by Kate QuinnThe Serpent and the Pearl by Kate QuinnMistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Historical Fiction - Italy
265 books — 108 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Your Single Favourite Read of All Time
149 books — 79 voters
Worthless Men by Andrew CowanThe Passing Bells by Phillip Rock
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
595 books — 411 voters

Worthless Men by Andrew CowanAce, King, Knave by Maria McCannSedition by Katharine Grant
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,365 books — 1,475 voters
How to Be a Victorian by Ruth GoodmanBecoming Queen by Kate WilliamsA Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain by Michael PatersonSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
My Favourite Non Fiction Books
1,416 books — 416 voters

The Red Queen by Philippa GregoryHad the Queen Lived by Raven A. NuckolsThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMontfort by Katherine AsheThe Virgin Widow by Anne O'Brien
The Potato Incident
25 books — 12 voters
The King's Curse by Philippa GregoryThe Scarlet Contessa by Jeanne KalogridisHabits of the House by Fay Weldon
Books We DNFed In 2015
74 books — 9 voters

Montfort by Katherine AsheThe Queen's Fool by Philippa GregoryThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe King's Curse by Philippa Gregory
Books I wish I had never read
1,308 books — 1,378 voters
Eleanor of Provence by Margaret HowellEdward II by Kathryn WarnerAugustus by Anthony EverittAnne Boleyn by G.W. BernardEdward II by Seymour Phillips
Oh, Royalty...
388 books — 139 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingParallel Worlds by Michio KakuWonders of the Universe by Brian CoxCosmos by Carl SaganHyperspace by Michio Kaku
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,952 books — 3,636 voters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Oresteia by Aeschylus
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,026 books — 342 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,773 books — 9,010 voters
The Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth LevEleanor of Provence by Margaret HowellLucrezia Borgia by Sarah BradfordThe Pope's Daughter by Caroline P. MurphyThe Deadly Sisterhood by Leonie Frieda
From Adam's Rib? -- Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
282 books — 138 voters

Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Sister Queens by Sophie PerinotThe Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
471 books — 412 voters
Anne Boleyn by G.W. BernardThe Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesLe Temps Viendra by Sarah MorrisBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Concubine by Norah Lofts
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
97 books — 195 voters

Montfort by Katherine AsheThe Rose of York by Sandra WorthThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Historical Howlers
98 books — 37 voters