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Emily's Top 10 History / Historical Fiction Books
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Song of Achilles | Miller, Madeline | 2012 | YA A | Classical Age | 1200 BCE | Europe | Greece | Achilles LGBTQ+ Greek Mythology | M | N |
| The Queen's Fool | Gregory, Philippa | 2003 | A | Renaissance | 1548-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors | F | N |
| Homegoing | Gyasi, Yaa | 2016 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1775-2016 | Africa North America | United States | Racism African American History Atlantic Slave Trade Great Migration Civil Rights | F OV | N |
| Little Women | Alcott, Louisa May | 1868 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1861-1865 | North America | United States | American Civil War | F | N |
| Fingersmith | Waters, Sarah | 2002 | A | Industrial Age | 1862 | Europe | Great Britain | LGBTQ+ Victorian Era | F | N |
| The Golem and the Jinni | Wecker, Helene | 2013 | YA A | Industrial Age | 1899 | North America | United States | Immigrants Gilded Age Jewish History | HF | N |
| Lovely War | Berry, Julie | 2019 | YA | Modern Age | 1914-1945 | Europe | France | WWI | F HF | N |
| The Book Thief | Zusak, Markus | 2007 | YA UMG | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | Germany | WWII | F | N |
| The Librarian of Auschwitz | Iturbe, Antonio | 2012 | YA A | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust Auschwitz Jewish Resistance | F Bio | N |
| We Are Not Free | Chee, Traci | 2020 | YA A | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | North America | United States | WWII Japanese Internment | F OV | N |
Emily's Top 3 History / Historical Fiction Authors
Philippa Gregory
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lady of the Rivers | Gregory, Philippa | 2011 | A | Renaissance | 1430-1461 | Europe | Great Britain | Wars of the Roses | F | N |
| The Red Queen | Gregory, Philippa | 2010 | A | Renaissance | 1453-1485 | Europe | Great Britain | Wars of the Roses Tudors | F | N |
| The White Queen | Gregory, Philippa | 2009 | A | Renaissance | 1464-1485 | Europe | Great Britain | Wars of the Roses | F | N |
| The Kingmaker's Daughter | Gregory, Philippa | 2012 | A | Renaissance | 1465-1485 | Europe | Great Britain | Wars of the Roses | F | N |
| The White Princess | Gregory, Philippa | 2012 | A | Renaissance | 1485-1499 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Elizabeth of York | F | N |
| The Constant Princess | Gregory, Philippa | 2005 | A | Renaissance | 1491-1529 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Katherine of Aragon | F | N |
| The King's Curse | Gregory, Philippa | 2014 | A | Renaissance | 1499-1540 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Margaret Pole | F | N |
| Three Sisters, Three Queens | Gregory, Philippa | 2016 | A | Renaissance | 1501-1533 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Margaret Tudor | F | N |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Gregory, Philippa | 2001 | A | Renaissance | 1521-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Mary Boleyn | F | N |
| The Boleyn Inheritance | Gregory, Philippa | 2006 | A | Renaissance | 1539-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors | F | N |
| The Taming of the Queen | Gregory, Philippa | 2015 | A | Renaissance | 1543-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Katharine Parr | F | N |
| The Queen's Fool | Gregory, Philippa | 2003 | A | Renaissance | 1548-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors | F | N |
| The Last Tudor | Gregory, Philippa | 2017 | A | Renaissance | 1550-1573 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Lady Jane Grey | F | N |
| The Virgin's Lover | Gregory, Philippa | 2004 | A | Renaissance | 1558-1560 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Elizabeth I | F | N |
| The Other Queen | Gregory, Philippa | 2008 | A | Renaissance | 1568-1587 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Mary Stuart | F | N |
| Tidelands | Gregory, Philippa | 2019 | A | Enlightenment | 1648 | Europe | Great Britain | English Civil War | F | N |
| Dark Tides | Gregory, Philippa | 2020 | A | Enlightenment | 1670 | Europe | Great Britain | English Civil War Restoration London | F | N |
Alison Weir
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens | Weir, Alison | 2017 | A | High Middle Ages | 1066-1154 | Europe | Great Britain | Kings and Queens | F Bio | N |
| Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine | Weir, Alison | 2011 | A | High Middle Ages | 1151-1204 | Europe | France | Plantagenet Dynasty | F Bio | N |
| Queens of the Crusades: England's Medieval Queens | Weir, Alison | 2021 | A | High Middle Ages | 1154-1291 | Europe | Great Britain | Kings and Queens | F Bio | N |
| Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England | Weir, Alison | 2005 | A | High Middle Ages | 1303-1358 | Europe | Great Britain France | Queen Isabella | F Bio | N |
| Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster | Weir, Alison | 2007 | A | High Middle Ages | 1378-1403 | Europe | Great Britain France | Katherine Swynford | F Bio | N |
| The Wars of the Roses | Weir, Alison | 1995 | A | Renaissance | 1455-1587 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Wars of the Roses | F Bio | N |
| The Princes in the Tower | Weir, Alison | 1995 | A | Renaissance | 1483-1485 | Europe | Great Britain | Wars of the Roses Tudors | NF Bio | N |
| Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings | Weir, Alison | 2011 | A | Renaissance | 1500-1543 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Mary Boleyn | F Bio | N |
| Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen | Weir, Alison | 2016 | A | Renaissance | 1501-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Katherine of Aragon | F Bio | N |
| Henry VIII: The King and His Court | Weir, Alison | 2001 | A | Renaissance | 1509-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Henry VIII | F Bio | N |
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Weir, Alison | 1991 | A | Renaissance | 1509-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Henry VIII | F Bio | N |
| Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession | Weir, Alison | 2017 | A | Renaissance | 1512-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Anne Boleyn | F Bio | N |
| The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas | Weir, Alison | 2015 | A | Renaissance | 1515-1578 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Lady Margaret Douglas | F Bio | N |
| Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen | Weir, Alison | 2018 | A | Renaissance | 1518-1537 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Jane Seymour | F Bio | N |
| Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait | Weir, Alison | 2019 | A | Renaissance | 1530-1557 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Anna of Kleve | F Bio | N |
| Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen | Weir, Alison | 2020 | A | Renaissance | 1528-1542 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Katheryn Howard | F Bio | N |
| The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn | Weir, Alison | 2009 | A | Renaissance | 1533-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Anne Boleyn | F Bio | N |
| The Lady Elizabeth | Weir, Alison | 2008 | A | Renaissance | 1536-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Elizabeth I | F Bio | N |
| The Children of Henry VIII | Weir, Alison | 1996 | A | Renaissance | 1537-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Henry VIII | F Bio | N |
| Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey | Weir, Alison | 2006 | A | Renaissance | 1537-1554 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Lady Jane Grey | F Bio | N |
| Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley | Weir, Alison | 2003 | A | Renaissance | 1542-1587 | Europe | Great Britain Scotland | Tudors Mary Stuart | F Bio | N |
| Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife | Weir, Alison | 2021 | A | Renaissance | 1543-1548 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Katharine Parr | F Bio | N |
| A Dangerous Inheritance: A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower | Weir, Alison | 2012 | A | Renaissance | 1553-1567 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Lady Katherine Grey | F Bio | N |
| The Marriage Game | Weir, Alison | 2014 | A | Renaissance | 1558-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Elizabeth I | F Bio | N |
Steve Sheinkin
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notorious Benedict Arnold | Sheinkin, Steve | 2013 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1801 | North America | United States | American Revolution Benedict Arnold | NF | B |
| King George: What Was His Problem? | Sheinkin, Steve | 2005 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution King George III | NF | CB |
| Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion | Sheinkin, Steve | 2015 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1803-1890 | North America | United States | Westward Expansion | NF | B |
| Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War | Sheinkin, Steve | 2015 | YA UMG | Industrial Age | 1856-1865 | North America | United States | Abraham Lincoln American Civil War | NF | B |
| Lincoln's Grave Robbers | Sheinkin, Steve | 2018 | YA | Industrial Age | 1875-1876 | North America | United States | Abraham Lincoln | NF | N |
| Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team | Sheinkin, Steve | 2019 | YA | Modern Age | 1907 | North America | United States | Football | NF | B |
| Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America | Sheinkin, Steve | 2019 | YA | Modern Age | 1929 | North America | United States | Aviation Women's Aviation | NF | B |
| Bomb: The Race to Build --and Steal-- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon | Sheinkin, Steve | 2018 | YA | Modern Age | 1938 | North America | United States | WWII Atomic Bomb | NF | B |
| The Port Chicago 50 | Sheinkin, Steve | 2017 | YA | Modern Age | 1944 | North America | United States | WWII Civil Rights | NF | N |
| Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown | Sheinkin, Steve | 2021 | YA | Modern Age | 1945-1985 | North America | United States | Cold War | NF | B |
| Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War | Sheinkin, Steve | 2019 | YA | Modern Age | 1964 | North America | United States | Vietnam War | NF | B |
Books Reviewed By Emily
- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (by: Hannah-Jones, Nikole, Watson, Renee, 2021, LE, MG)
- A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (by: Jones Voiklis, Charlotte, 2022, LE, MG)
- A Fire Among Clouds: Codex Black (by: Lozano, Camilo Moncada, 2023, YA)
- A Million to One (by: Jaigirdar, Adiba, 2022, A, YA)
- Ahimsa (by: Kelkar, Supriya, 2017, MG)
- All-of-a-Kind Family (by: Taylor, Syndey, 1951, MG)
- Anatomy: A Love Story (by: Schwartz, Dana, 2022, A, YA)
- Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art (by: Salyer, Hannah, 2023, LE)
- Ancient Eats: An Edible Exploration of the World (by: Hanson, Stephanie, 2022, UMG, YA)
- Ancient History: A Secular Exploration of the World (by: Hanson, Stephanie, Hauris, Elizabeth, 2021, MG, UMG)
- And We Rise (by: Martin, Erica, 2022, A, YA)
- Angel of Greenwood (by: Pink, Randi, 2021, A, YA)
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (by: Frank, Anne, 1947, UMG, YA)
- Audacity (by: Crowder, Melanie, 2016, UMG, YA)
- Babel: or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History (by: Kuang, R.F., 2022, A, YA)
- Bad Girls Never Say Die (by: Mathieu, Jennifer, 2021, A, YA)
- Banned Book Club (by: Kim, Hyun Sook, 2020, YA)
- Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (by: Dobbs, Alda P., 2021, UMG)
- Beautiful Little Fools (by: Cantor, Jillian, 2022, A)
- The Blackbird Girls (by: Blankman, Anne, 2020, UMG)
- Blood on the River (by: Carbone, Elisa, 2006, UMG)
- The Blossom and the Firefly (by: Smith, Sherri L., 2020, A, YA)
- The Book Thief (by: Zusak, Markus, 2007, UMG, YA)
- Boy of the Painted Cave (by: Denzel, Justin, 1988, MG)
- The Button War (by: Avi, 2018, UMG)
- By the Light of Fireflies (by: Walsh, Jenni L., 2021, MG)
- Catherine's War (by: Billet, Julia, 2020, UMG)
- Charlotte Mason: The Teacher Who Revealed Worlds of Wonder (by: Gore, Lanaya, 2022, A, UMG)
- Chasing Secrets (by: Choldenko, Gennifer, 2016, UMG)
- Children of the Longhouse (by: Bruchac, Joseph, 1996, MG)
- Circe (by: Miller, Madeline, 2018, A, YA)
- The City Beautiful (by: Polydoros, Aden, 2021, A, YA)
- Commie Pinko (by: Nichols Lynch, Janet, 2017, YA)
- Continental Drift: The Evolution of Our World from the Origins of Life to the Far Future (by: Ince, Martin, 2018, MG, UMG)
- Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 (by: Becker, Helaine, 2018, LE, MG)
- Cub (by: Copeland, Cynthia L., 2020, MG, UMG)
- Daughters of a Dead Empire (by: Tara O'Neil, Carolyn, 2022, A, YA)
- Dear Mr. Dickens (by: Churnin, Nancy, 2021, LE, MG)
- The Degenerates (by: Mann, J. Albert, 2020, A, YA)
- The Devil's Arithmetic (by: Yolen, Jane, 1988, UMG, YA)
- The Dictionary of Lost Words (by: Williams, Pip, 2021, A)
- Displacement (by: Hughes, Kiku, 2020, A, YA)
- Dream Annie, Dream (by: Brown, Waka T., 2022, MG, UMG)
- El Deafo (by: Bell, Cece, 2014, MG, UMG)
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (by: Kelly, Jacqueline, 2011, UMG, YA)
- Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All (by: Anderson, M. T., Donnelly, Jennifer, Fleming, Candace, Hemphill, Stephanie, Hopkinson, Deborah, Park, Linda Sue, Sandell, Lisa Ann, 2018, A, YA)
- Fever 1793 (by: Anderson, Laurie Halse, 2000, UMG)
- Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 (by: Anderson, Laurie Halse, 2019, UMG, YA)
- The Fight for Midnight (by: Solomon, Dan, 2023, YA)
- Fingersmith (by: Waters, Sarah, 2002, A)
- Firekeeper's Daughter (by: Boulley, Angeline, 2021, A, YA)
- For Lamb (by: Cline-Ransome, Lesa, 2023, A, YA)
- Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story (by: Newman, Lesléa, 2019, LE, MG)
- The Golem and the Jinni (by: Wecker, Helene, 2013, A, YA)
- Great or Nothing (by: McCullough, Joy, Sharpe, Tess, Spotswood, Jessica, Tung Richmond, Caroline, 2022, YA)
- Ground Zero (by: Gratz, Alan, 2021, UMG, YA)
- Hattie Big Sky (by: Larson, Kirby, 2006, UMG, YA)
- Hidden Hope (by: Boxer, Elisa, 2023, LE, MG)
- History Comics: The Stonewall Riots (by: Andrews, A., Bongiovanni, Archie, 2022, YA)
- The House is on Fire (by: Beanland, Rachel, 2023, A)
- I Must Betray You (by: Sepetys, Ruta, 2022, A, YA)
- I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz (by: Kor, Eva Mozes, 2022, MG)
- Immortality: A Love Story (by: Schwartz, Dana, 2023, A, YA)
- In the Neighborhood of True (by: Kaplan Carlton, Susan, 2019, A, YA)
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret (by: Selznick,Brian, 2007, MG)
- The Island of Sea Women (by: See, Lisa, 2020, A)
- It Ain't So Awful, Falafel (by: Dumas, Firoozeh, 2017, MG, UMG)
- Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children (by: Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly, 2016, UMG, YA)
- Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II (by: Levi, Lia, 2022, MG)
- The Kitchen Front (by: Ryan, Jennifer, 2022, A)
- Last of the Name (by: Parry, Rosanne, 2019, UMG, YA)
- The Librarian of Auschwitz (by: Iturbe, Antonio, 2012, A, YA)
- The Library of Legends (by: Chang, Janie, 2020, A, YA)
- Looking for Jane (by: Marshall, Heather, 2023, A)
- The Lost Apothecary (by: Penner, Sarah, 2021, A)
- The Lost King of France (by: Cadbury, Deborah, 2002, A, YA)
- The Lost Year (by: Marsh, Katherine, 2023, UMG)
- Love is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement (by: Wallace, Sandra Neil, 2023, LE, MG)
- Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island (by: Thermes, Jennifer, 2019, MG)
- The Middle Ages: A Graphic History (by: Janega, Eleanor, 2021, A, YA)
- Miss Benson's Beetle (by: Joyce, Rachel, 2020, A, YA)
- Morning Girl (by: Dorris, Michael, 1992, MG)
- Mr. Dickens and His Carol (by: Silva, Samantha, 2020, A, YA)
- My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix (by: Bayron, Kalynn, 2023, A, YA)
- My Long List of Impossible Things (by: Barker, Michelle, 2020, A, YA)
- My Name is Not Easy (by: Edwardson, Debby Dahl, 2011, UMG, YA)
- Names in a Jar (by: Gold, Jennifer, 2021, A, YA)
- New From Here (by: Yang, Kelly, 2022, MG, UMG)
- The Night Diary (by: Hiranandani, Veera, 2019, UMG)
- Norse Mythology (by: Gaiman, Neil, 2017, A, YA)
- Not Our Kind (by: Zeldis, Kitty, 2019, A)
- Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken (by: Tyndall, Nita, 2022, A, YA)
- Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero (by: Moss, Marissa, 2016, LE, MG)
- Ophie's Ghosts (by: Ireland, Justina, 2021, MG, UMG)
- Pachinko (by: Lee, Min Jin, 2017, A, YA)
- Pandora (by: Stokes-Chapman, Susan, 2023, A)
- Prairie Lotus (by: Park, Linda Sue, 2020, MG, UMG)
- The Prince of Steel Pier (by: Nockowitz, Stacy, 2022, UMG)
- Red Scare: A Graphic Novel (by: Walsh, Liam Francis, 2022, UMG, YA)
- The Secrets of Vesuvius (by: Bisel, Sara, 1993, MG, UMG)
- Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (by: McLemore, Anna-Marie, 2022, A, YA)
- Sixteen Scandals (by: Jordan, Sophie, 2021, A, YA)
- The Song of Achilles (by: Miller, Madeline, 2012, A, YA)
- Squanto's Journey (by: Bruchac, Joseph, 2000, LE, MG)
- The Star that Always Stays (by: Johnson, Anna Rose, 2022, UMG)
- Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport (by: Stelson, Caren, 2023, LE, MG)
- Stealing Home (by: Torres, J, 2021, MG, UMG)
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (by: Auxier, Jonathan, 2020, MG, UMG)
- A Tail of Camelot (by: Leung, Julie, 2016, MG, UMG)
- The Blood Years (by: Arnold, Elana K., 2023, A, YA)
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (by: Richardson, Kim Michele, 2019, A)
- The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (by: Leali, Michael, 2022, UMG)
- The Davenports (by: Marquis, Krystal, 2023, A, YA)
- The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols (by: Von Petzinger, Genevieve, 2016, A)
- The German Wife (by: Rimmer, Kelly, 2022, A)
- The Legend of Auntie Po (by: Khor, Shing Yin, 2021, MG, UMG)
- The Woman With the Cure (by: Cullen, Lynn, 2023, A, YA)
- They Went Left (by: Hesse, Monica, 2020, A, YA)
- This Rebel Heart (by: Locke, Katherine, 2022, A, YA)
- This Republic of Suffering (by: Faust, Drew Gilpin, 2008, A, YA)
- Troublemaker (by: Cho, John, 2022, UMG)
- Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (by: Hall, Rebecca, 2022, A, YA)
- The War I Finally Won (by: Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly, 2018, MG)
- The War to End All Wars (by: Freedman, Russell, 2013, UMG, YA)
- We Are Not Free (by: Chee, Traci, 2020, A, YA)
- When My Name Was Keoko (by: Park, Linda Sue, 2012, UMG)
- When You Reach Me (by: Stead, Rebecca, 2009, MG, UMG)
- When the World Was Ours (by: Kessler, Liz, 2021, UMG, YA)
- While I Was Away (by: Brown, Waka T., 2021, MG, UMG)
- White Rose (by: Wilson, Kip, 2019, A, YA)
- Wild Bird (by: Zahler, Diane, 2023, UMG, YA)
- Wish Upon a Crawdad (by: Condon, Curtis W., 2022, MG, UMG)
- The Witch's Heart (by: Gornichec, Genevieve, 2021, A, YA)
- Yonder (by: Standish, Ali, 2022, MG, UMG)
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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 |