Early Medieval Booklist
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Book recommendations pertaining to the Early Medieval period (400–699).
Topics include Early America, Vikings, Tang Dynasty China, Anglo-Saxons and Rise of Islam.
See Also: High Middle Ages (700-1399)
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Tail of Camelot | Leung, Julie | 2016 | MG UMG | Early Medieval | 400 | Europe | Great Britain | Arthurian Legends | M F | CB |
| The Once and Future King | White, T.H. | 1987 | YA A | Early Medieval | 400 | Europe | Great Britain | Arthurian Legends | M F | N |
| The Kitchen Knight | Hodges, Margaret | 2007 | LE | Early Medieval | 400 | Europe | Great Britain | Arthurian Legends | M F | PB |
| Black Horses for the King | McCaffrey, Anne | 1996 | UMG YA | Early Medieval | 400 | Europe | Great Britain | Arthurian Legends | F M | CB |
| The Sword and the Circle | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1981 | UMG YA | Early Medieval | 400 | Europe | Great Britain | Arthurian Legends | M F | N |
| Sword at Sunset | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1963 | YA A | Early Medieval | 400 | Europe | Great Britain | Arthurian Legends | M F | N |
| Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes | Price, Sean Stewart | 2015 | UMG YA | Early Medieval | 406–453 | Europe | Hungary | Atilla the Hun | NF Bio | CB |
| The White Stag | Seredy, Kate | 1937 | UMG | Early Medieval | 406–453 | Europe | Hungary | Atilla the Hun Hungary | F M | CB |
| The Middle Ages: A Graphic History | Janega, Eleanor | 2021 | YA A | Early Medieval High Middle Ages | 476-1500 | Europe | Various | Medieval Life | NF | GN |
| Brendan the Navigator | Fritz, Jean | 1979 | MG | Early Medieval | 484-577 | Europe | Ireland | Explorers | NF Bio | PB |
| The Middle Ages: An Interactive History Adventure | Lassieur, Allison | 2010 | MG | Early Medieval | 500-1500 | Europe | Various | Medieval Life | NF | CB |
| Beowulf, Dragon Slayer | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 2016 | UMG YA | Early Medieval | 500 | Scandinavia | Scandinavia | Anglo-Saxon Mythology Beowulf | M | N |
| The Lost Queen, Book I | Pike, Signe | 2018 | A | Early Medieval | 550-556 | Europe | Scotland | Arthurian Legends | M F | N |
| The Forgotten Kingdom, Book II | Pike, Signe | 2021 | A | Early Medieval | 573 | Europe | Scotland | Arthurian Legends | M F | N |
| Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam | Pasha, Kamran | 2009 | YA A | Early Medieval | 613-678 | Middle East | Iraq | Islamic History | F | N |
| The Genius of Islam: How Muslims Made the Modern World | Barnard, Bryn | 2011 | MG UMG | Early Medieval | 622-750 | Middle East | Various | Islamic History | NF | CB |
| Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan | Kang, Hildi | 2011 | MG | Early Medieval | 630 | Asia | China | Tang Dynasty | F | CB |
| Brush of the Gods | Look, Lenore | 2013 | LE | Early Medieval | 689-758 | Asia | China | Tang Dynasty Wu Daozi | NF B | PB |
| The Witch's Heart | Gornichec, Genevieve | 2021 | YA A | Early Medieval | 700 | Europe | Scandinavia | Norse Mythology | M F | N |
| The Crystal Ribbon | Lim, Celeste | 2017 | UMG YA | Early Medieval | 1100 | Asia | China | Chinese Mytholoogy Song Dynasty | F | CB |
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| Reading Age | Genre | Format |
| LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |