16th Century Books

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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,815,214 ratings — published 1590
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.94 — 577,347 ratings — published 1595
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The Prince The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.84 — 381,924 ratings — published 1532
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 154 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.91 — 232,660 ratings — published 2009
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The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.77 — 202,420 ratings — published 1596
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Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.06 — 258,132 ratings — published 1598
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.71 — 218,919 ratings — published 1599
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Utopia Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.55 — 82,804 ratings — published 1516
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The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.74 — 180,313 ratings — published 1593
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
by (shelved 98 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.09 — 512,654 ratings — published 2001
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Dr. Faustus Dr. Faustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.80 — 72,234 ratings — published 1588
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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
by (shelved 94 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.30 — 104,689 ratings — published 2012
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Richard III Richard III (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.91 — 58,373 ratings — published 1593
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As You Like It As You Like It (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.81 — 88,804 ratings — published 1599
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Hamnet Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.19 — 356,556 ratings — published 2020
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Richard II Richard II (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,830 ratings — published 1595
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,046,962 ratings — published 1601
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Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.67 — 34,287 ratings — published 1594
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King Henry IV, Part 1 King Henry IV, Part 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.80 — 33,233 ratings — published 1597
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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
by (shelved 63 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.91 — 95,207 ratings — published 2006
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Gargantua and Pantagruel Gargantua and Pantagruel (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.65 — 16,223 ratings — published 1532
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Innocent Traitor Innocent Traitor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.98 — 34,962 ratings — published 2006
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Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.06 — 61,409 ratings — published 2003
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The Complete Essays The Complete Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,027 ratings — published 1580
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The Faerie Queene The Faerie Queene (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.59 — 17,301 ratings — published 1590
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The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.72 — 34,380 ratings — published 1594
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Henry V Henry V (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.85 — 53,074 ratings — published 1599
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Praise of Folly Praise of Folly (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,316 ratings — published 1508
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In the Company of the Courtesan In the Company of the Courtesan (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.80 — 25,967 ratings — published 2006
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The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6) The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
by (shelved 52 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.93 — 166,984 ratings — published 2005
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The Marriage Portrait The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.00 — 198,767 ratings — published 2022
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The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
by (shelved 50 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.41 — 46,804 ratings — published 2020
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Love's Labour's Lost Love's Labour's Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.52 — 15,935 ratings — published 1598
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The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14) The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14)
by (shelved 48 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.74 — 57,389 ratings — published 2004
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The Last Queen The Last Queen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,859 ratings — published 2006
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The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13) The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
by (shelved 45 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.89 — 100,577 ratings — published 2003
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.12 — 72,848 ratings — published 1992
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La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.51 — 35,425 ratings — published 1554
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The Lady Elizabeth The Lady Elizabeth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.99 — 28,581 ratings — published 2008
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.39 — 17,204 ratings — published 1594
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The Other Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #16) The Other Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #16)
by (shelved 41 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.70 — 49,545 ratings — published 2008
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Henry IV, Part Two Henry IV, Part Two (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.77 — 21,220 ratings — published 1598
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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici The Confessions of Catherine de Medici (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.99 — 10,874 ratings — published 2010
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The Life of Elizabeth I The Life of Elizabeth I (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 32,784 ratings — published 1998
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,016,813 ratings — published 1623
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The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,095 ratings — published 1961
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The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 4.26 — 28,844 ratings — published 1986
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.89 — 435,706 ratings — published 1603
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The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.98 — 14,343 ratings — published 2009
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King Henry VI, Part 2 King Henry VI, Part 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as 16th-century)
avg rating 3.61 — 8,284 ratings — published 1591
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Historical Cookery
317 books — 79 voters
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Christopher Marlowe
TAMBURLAINE. [to BAJAZETH] Soft sir, you must be dieted, too much eating will make you surfeit.

THERIDAMAS. So it would my lord, specially having so smal a walke, and so litle exercise.”
Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine

Jonathan     Kennedy
“Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later.”
Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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