How Do I Use History Book By Book
Getting Started
History Book By Book contains BOOKS and BOOKLISTS.
The category books is the master list of every title we have suggested on this website, sorted alphabetically by title. This is probably not where you want to go.
The category booklists, contains the master list of all of out topic-based booklists. This has all of the subset lists of books, categorized by time period or topic, to give you a targeted place to start your historical searches. Go here first!
Booklists
The main top most level booklists are American History and World History, but feel free to jump to any applicable booklist you find listed.
All of the booklists are sorted chronologically under the Time Frame heading, by default. You can re-sort any booklist chart by clicking the up or down arrows in the heading row.
Below is a sample booklist:
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiver | Spinner, Stephanie | 2002 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 900-800 BCE | Europe | Greece | Greek Mythology | M F HF | N |
| Copper Sun | Draper, Sharon M. | 2006 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 1738 | North America | United States | Colonial America Atlantic Slave Trade | F | N |
| Stella by Starlight | Draper, Sharon M. | 2015 | UMG | Modern Age | 1932 | North America | United States | Great Depression Segregation | F | CB |
Booklist Abbreviations
The Reading Age, Genre and Format contain the following:
| 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 |
Book Pages
Advanced Specific Searches
You can do various searches by the particular value assigned to the books contained on the HBBB database. Clicking on the below links will take you to the page that will search for particular authors, countries or other characteristics of the books.
For example:
Search By Author
By default, a blank value will start to display all authors contained in the database. If you enter the author's name into the value box (Last, First), and hit "Find Results", it will make your selection bold in the list. You can then click on that title to go to the page with the details of the book.
The following "properties" are valid search criteria:
Author | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Reading Age | Format | Published | History
You can either click each of the above links, or switch between them by typing it in the "Property" box on any "Search by Property" page. If you click a link above, and the particular thing you wanted is displayed, you can simple click the magnifying glass icon to take you to the search results. If not, you can type it in the "Value" box.