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Complete timeline dump of all Biographical Books on HistoryBookByBook.com (default sorted chronologically by Time Frame):
Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
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Nefertiti | Moran, Michelle | 2007 | A YA | Early Civilization | 1351-1335 BCE | Africa | Egypt | Nefertiti | Bio F | N |
The Heretic Queen | Moran, Michelle | 2008 | A YA | Early Civilization | 1283-1278 BCE | Africa | Egypt | Nefertari | Bio F | N |
Helen of Troy | George, Margaret | 1997 | A | Classical Age | 1194–1184 BCE | Europe | Greece | Helen of Troy Trojan War | Bio F | N |
What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? | Ellis, Julie | 2004 | LE | Classical Age | 570-495 BCE | Europe | Greece | Mathematics Pythagoras | Bio NF | PB |
Alexander the Great: Master of the Ancient World | Bendick, Jeanne | 2010 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 356-323 BCE | Europe | Greece | Alexander the Great Macedonia | Bio NF | CB |
Archimedes and the Door of Science | Bendick, Jeanne | 1995 | UMG | Classical Age | 287-212 BCE | Europe | Greece | Mathematics | Bio NF | CB |
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth | Lasky, Kathryn | 1994 | LE | Classical Age | 276-194 BCE | Europe | Greece | Eratosthenes Mathematics | Bio NF | PB |
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare | Brooks, Phillip | 2015 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 247-183 BCE | Europe | Italy | Roman Legion | Bio NF | CB |
Julius Caesar: Dictator For Life | Rinaldo, Denise | 2010 | UMG YA | Classical Age | 100-44 BCE | Europe | Italy | Julius Caesar Roman Emperors | Bio NF | CB |
The Memoirs of Cleopatra | George, Margaret | 1997 | A | Early Civilization | 69-30 BCE | Egypt | Egypt | Cleopatra | Bio F OV | N |
Cleopatra | Stanley, Diane | 1997 | LE MG | Early Civilization | 51–30 BCE | Africa | Egypt | Cleopatra | Bio NF | PB |
Cleopatra's Daughter | Moran, Michelle | 2009 | A YA | Early Civilization | 30-5 BCE | Africa | Egypt | Cleopatra Selene II | Bio F | N |
Mary, Called Magdalene | George, Margaret | 2002 | A | Classical Age | 17–75 | Middle East | Israel | Mary Magdalene | Bio F | N |
The Confessions of Young Nero | George, Margaret | 2002 | A | Classical Age | 37–54 | Europe | Italy | Nero Roman Emperors | Bio F | N |
The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero | George, Margaret | 2018 | A | Classical Age | 54–68 | Europe | Italy | Nero | Bio F | N |
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine | Bendick, Jeanne | 2008 | UMG | Classical Age | 129-216 | Europe | Italy | Medicine | Bio NF | CB |
Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes | Price, Sean Stewart | 2015 | UMG YA | Early Medieval | 406–453 | Europe | Hungary | Atilla the Hun | Bio NF | CB |
Brendan the Navigator | Fritz, Jean | 1979 | MG | Early Medieval | 484-577 | Europe | Ireland | Explorers | Bio NF | PB |
Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens | Weir, Alison | 2017 | A | High Middle Ages | 1066-1154 | Europe | Great Britain | Kings and Queens | Bio F | N |
Anna of Byzantium | Barrett, Tracy | 1999 | UMG YA | High Middle Ages | 1081-1118 | Europe | Turkey | Byzantine Empire | Bio F | CB |
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver | Konigsburg, E.L. | 1973 | UMG YA | High Middle Ages | 1122-1204 | Europe | Great Britain | Kings and Queens | Bio F | CB |
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine | Weir, Alison | 2011 | A | High Middle Ages | 1151-1204 | Europe | France | Plantagenet Dynasty | Bio F | N |
Queens of the Crusades: England's Medieval Queens | Weir, Alison | 2021 | A | High Middle Ages | 1154-1291 | Europe | Great Britain | Kings and Queens | Bio F | N |
Genghis Khan The Bravest Warrior Who Bridged East and West | Jian, Li | 2016 | LE | High Middle Ages | 1158-1227 | Asia | China | Genghis Khan Mongols | Bio NF | PB |
Genghis Khan: 13th-Century Mongolian Tyrant | Goldberg, Enid A. | 2008 | UMG YA | High Middle Ages | 1158-1227 | Asia | China | Genghis Khan Mongols | Bio NF | CB |
The Adventures of Marco Polo | Freedman, Russell | 2006 | LE MG | High Middle Ages | 1254-1324 | Europe | China Italy | Explorers | Bio NF | PB |
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker | Robertson, Robbie | 2015 | LE MG | High Middle Ages | 1300 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Iroquois Nation | Bio F | PB |
Peacemaker | Bruchac, Joseph | 2021 | MG UMG | High Middle Ages | 1300 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Iroquois Nation | Bio F | CB |
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England | Weir, Alison | 2005 | A | High Middle Ages | 1303-1358 | Europe | France Great Britain | Queen Isabella | Bio F | N |
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster | Weir, Alison | 2007 | A | High Middle Ages | 1378-1403 | Europe | France Great Britain | Katherine Swynford | Bio F | N |
Joan of Arc | Stanley, Diane | 2000 | LE UMG | Renaissance | 1412-1431 | Europe | France | Hundred Years' War Joan of Arc | Bio NF | N |
Tomas de Torquemada: Architect of Torture During the Spanish Inquisition | Goldberg, Enid A. Itzkowitz, Norman | 2009 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1420-1498 | Europe | Spain | Spanish Inquisition | Bio NF | CB |
Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan | Fritz, Jean | 1994 | UMG | Renaissance | 1421-1522 | Europe | various | Explorers | Bio NF | CB |
Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula | Goldberg, Enid A. | 2009 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1428-1477 | Europe | Romania | Vlad III Dracula Wallachia | Bio NF | CB |
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc | Elliott, David | 2019 | YA | Renaissance | 1431 | Europe | France | Joan of Arc | Bio F | N |
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | UMG | Renaissance | 1451-1506 | Europe | Spain | Explorers | Bio NF | CB |
Leonardo da Vinci | Stanley, Diane | 2000 | LE MG | Renaissance | 1452-1519 | Europe | Italy | Leonardo da Vinci | Bio NF | PB |
The Wars of the Roses | Weir, Alison | 1995 | A | Renaissance | 1455-1587 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Wars of the Roses | Bio F | N |
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World | Weir, Allison | 2013 | A | Renaissance | 1466-1503 | Europe | Great Britain | Elizabeth of York Tudors | Bio F | N |
Francisco Pizarro: Destroyer of the Inca Empire | DiConsiglio, John | 2008 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1471-1541 | Europe | Spain | Inca Empire Spanish Conquistadors | Bio NF | CB |
Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be | Sutcliffe, Jane | 2014 | LE | Renaissance | 1475-1564 | Europe | Italy | Michelangelo | Bio NF | PB |
Michelangelo | Stanley, Diane | 2003 | LE MG | Renaissance | 1475-1564 | Europe | Italy | Michelangelo | Bio NF | PB |
The Princes in the Tower | Weir, Alison | 1995 | A | Renaissance | 1483-1485 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Wars of the Roses | Bio NF | N |
The Tudor Tutor | Alexander, Barb | 2015 | A YA | Renaissance | 1485-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors | Bio NF | B |
Autobiography of Henry VIII | George, Margaret | 1987 | A | Renaissance | 1491-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Henry VIII Tudors | Bio F OV | N |
Leonardo's Shadow | Grey, Christopher | 2008 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1497 | Europe | Italy | Leonardo da Vinci | Bio F | N |
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings | Weir, Alison | 2011 | A | Renaissance | 1500-1543 | Europe | Great Britain | Mary Boleyn Tudors | Bio F | N |
Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen | Weir, Alison | 2016 | A | Renaissance | 1501-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Katherine of Aragon Tudors | Bio F | N |
Doomed Queen Anne | Meyer, Carolyn | 2002 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1501-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Anne Boleyn Tudors | Bio F | CB |
Henry VIII: Royal Beheader | Price, Sean Stewart | 2009 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1509-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Henry VIII Tudors | Bio NF | CB |
Henry VIII: The King and His Court | Weir, Alison | 2001 | A | Renaissance | 1509-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Henry VIII Tudors | Bio F | N |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Weir, Alison | 1991 | A | Renaissance | 1509-1547 | Europe | Great Britain | Henry VIII Tudors | Bio F | N |
Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession | Weir, Alison | 2017 | A | Renaissance | 1512-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Anne Boleyn Tudors | Bio F | N |
The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas | Weir, Alison | 2015 | A | Renaissance | 1515-1578 | Europe | Great Britain | Lady Margaret Douglas Tudors | Bio F | N |
Mary, Bloody Mary | Meyer, Carolyn | 1999 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1516-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Mary Tudor Tudors | Bio F | CB |
Mary Tudor: Courageous Queen or Bloody Mary? | Buchanan, Jane | 2008 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1516-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Mary Tudor Tudors | Bio NF | CB |
Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen | Weir, Alison | 2018 | A | Renaissance | 1518-1537 | Europe | Great Britain | Jane Seymour Tudors | Bio F | N |
Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait | Weir, Alison | 2019 | A | Renaissance | 1530-1557 | Europe | Great Britain | Anna of Kleve Tudors | Bio F | N |
Ivan the Terrible: Tsar of Death | Price, Sean | 2008 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1530-1584 | Asia | Russia | Russian History | Bio NF | CB |
Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen | Weir, Alison | 2020 | A | Renaissance | 1528-1542 | Europe | Great Britain | Katheryn Howard Tudors | Bio F | N |
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn | Weir, Alison | 2009 | A | Renaissance | 1533-1536 | Europe | Great Britain | Anne Boleyn Tudors | Bio F | N |
Elizabeth I: The Novel | George, Margaret | 2012 | A | Renaissance | 1536-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Elizabeth I Tudors | Bio F | N |
The Lady Elizabeth | Weir, Alison | 2008 | A | Renaissance | 1536-1558 | Europe | Great Britain | Elizabeth I Tudors | Bio F | N |
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey | Weir, Alison | 2006 | A | Renaissance | 1537-1554 | Europe | Great Britain | Lady Jane Grey Tudors | Bio F | N |
Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey | Rinaldi, Ann | 2005 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1537-1554 | Europe | Great Britain | Lady Jane Grey Tudors | Bio F | CB |
The Children of Henry VIII | Weir, Alison | 1996 | A | Renaissance | 1537-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Henry VIII Tudors | Bio F | N |
Sir Francis Drake: Slave Trader and Pirate | Nick, Charles | 2009 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1540-1596 | Europe | Great Britain | Pirates | Bio NF | CB |
Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley | Weir, Alison | 2003 | A | Renaissance | 1542-1587 | Europe | Great Britain Scotland | Mary Stuart Tudors | Bio F | N |
Queen's Own Fool | Harris, Robert J. Yolen, Jane | 2001 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1542-1587 | Europe | Great Britain Scotland | Mary Stuart Tudors | Bio F | N |
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles | George, Margaret | 1997 | A | Renaissance | 1542-1587 | Europe | Great Britain Scotland | Mary Stuart Tudors | Bio F | N |
Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife | Weir, Alison | 2021 | A | Renaissance | 1543-1548 | Europe | Great Britain | Katharine Parr Tudors | Bio F | 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 | Lady Katherine Grey Tudors | Bio F | N |
My Lady Jane | Ashton, Brodi Hand, Cynthia Meadows, Jodi | 2016 | A YA | Renaissance | 1553-1573 | Europe | Great Britain | Lady Jane Grey Tudors | Bio HF | N |
William Shakespeare & the Globe | Aliki | 2000 | MG | Renaissance | 1558-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Shakespeare | Bio NF | PB |
Bard of Avon | Stanley, Diane Vennema, Peter | 2015 | UMG | Renaissance | 1558-1616 | Europe | Great Britain | Shakespeare | Bio NF | PB |
Shakespeare: His Work & His World | Ingpen, Robert Rosen, Michael | 2001 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1558-1616 | Europe | Great Britain | Shakespeare | Bio NF | PB |
Shakespeare: The World as Stage | Bryson, Bill | 2016 | A YA | Renaissance | 1558-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Shakespeare | Bio NF | CB |
The Marriage Game | Weir, Alison | 2014 | A | Renaissance | 1558-1603 | Europe | Great Britain | Elizabeth I Tudors | Bio F | N |
Along Came Galileo | Jeanne Bendick, Jeanne | 1999 | MG UMG | Renaissance | 1564-1642 | Europe | Italy | Galileo | Bio NF | CB |
My Contrary Mary | Ashton, Brodi Hand, Cynthia Meadows, Jodi | 2021 | A YA | Renaissance | 1568-1587 | Europe | Great Britain | Mary Stuart Tudors | Bio HF | N |
Blood Countess | Popovic, Lana | 2020 | YA | Renaissance | 1575-1614 | Europe | Hungary | Elizabeth Báthory Hungary LGBTQ+ | Bio F | N |
Women of Colonial America: 13 Stories of Courage and Survival in the New World | Miller, Brandon Marie | 2016 | A YA | Enlightenment | 1600-1750 | North America | United States | Colonial America | Bio NF | B |
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love | Sobel, Dava | 2011 | A YA | Enlightenment | 1600-1634 | Europe | Italy | Galileo Scientists | Bio NF | N |
Squanto's Journey | Bruchac, Joseph | 2000 | LE MG | Enlightenment | 1620 | North America | United States | Colonial America Indigenous Americans Thanksgiving | Bio NF | PB |
Poison Priestess | Popovic, Lana | 2021 | YA | Enlightenment | 1640-1680 | Europe | France | Catherine Monvoisin | Bio F | N |
Newton's Rainbow: The Revolutionary Discoveries of a Young Scientist | Lasky, Kathryn | 2017 | LE | Enlightenment | 1642–1727 | Europe | Great Britain | Isaac Newton Science | Bio NF | PB |
Caleb's Crossing | Brooks, Geraldine | 2012 | A YA | Enlightenment | 1665 | North America | United States | Harvard College Wampanoag Tribe | Bio F | N |
In the Shadow of Liberty | Davis, Kenneth C. | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1705-1850 | North America | United States | Slavery | Bio NF | CB |
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1706-1790 | North America | United States | American Revolution Benjamin Franklin | Bio NF | PB |
Longitude | Sobel, Dava | 2007 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1715-1776 | Europe | Great Britain | Sea Travel | Bio NF | N |
Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia | Vincent, Zu | 2009 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1729-1796 | Asia | Russia | Russian History | Bio NF | CB |
George Washington: Life Stories of Extraordinary Americans | Time | 2018 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1732-1799 | North America | United States | George Washington | Bio NF | CB |
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? | Fritz, Jean | 1996 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1735-1810 | North America | United States | American Revolution Paul Revere | Bio NF | PB |
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1736-1799 | North America | United States | American Revolution Patrick Henry | Bio NF | PB |
King George III: America's Enemy | Brooks, Philip | 2009 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1738-1820 | Europe | Great Britain | American Revolution King George III | Bio NF | CB |
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides | Schanzer, Rosalyn | 2007 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1738-1783 | Europe North America | Great Britain United States | American Revolution George Washington King George III | Bio NF | PB |
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America | Wong, David H.Y. | 2012 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1750-2000 | North America | United States | Chinese Immigration | Bio NF | GN |
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? | Fritz, Jean | 1977 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1751-1820 | Europe | Great Britain United States | American Revolution King George III | Bio NF | PB |
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet | Lasky, Kathryn | 2017 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1753-1784 | North America | United States | Phillis Wheatley Slavery | Bio NF | ER |
My Name is Phillis Wheatley | Cooper, Afua | 2021 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1753-1784 | North America | United States | Phillis Wheatley Poets and Writers Slavery | Bio NF | CB |
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father | Kulling, Monica | 2017 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1804 | North America | United States | Alexander Hamilton | Bio NF | ER |
One Dead Spy | Hale, Nathan | 2020 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1776 | North America | United States | American Revolution Nathan Hale | Bio NF | GN |
Alexander Hamilton: Life Stories of Extraordinary Americans | Time | 2018 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1804 | North America | United States | Alexander Hamilton | Bio NF | CB |
Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine | DiConsiglio, John | 2008 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1758-1794 | Europe | France | French Revolution | Bio NF | CB |
The Lost King of France | Cadbury, Deborah | 2002 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1758-1794 | Europe | France | French Revolution | Bio NF | B |
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? | Fritz, Jean | 1996 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1760-1803 | North America | United States | American Revolution Sam Adams | Bio NF | PB |
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1761-1793 | North America | United States | American Revolution John Hancock | Bio NF | PB |
Little: A Novel | Carey, Edward | 2019 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1761-1850 | Europe | France | French Revolution Marie Tussaud | Bio F | N |
Independent Dames | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2008 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1765-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | Bio NF | PB |
Napoleon: Emperor and Conqueror | Heuston, Kimberley | 2009 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1769-1821 | Europe | France | French Empire | Bio NF | CB |
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | Latham, Jean Lee | 1955 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1773-1838 | North America | United States | Nathaniel Bowditch Sea Travel | Bio F | CB |
Never Caught, The Story of Ona Judge | Armstrong Dunbar, Erica | 2019 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1773-1802 | North America | United States | Colonial America Founding Fathers Slavery | Bio NF | CB |
Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue | Casey, Susan | 2017 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | Bio NF | B |
Paul Revere's Ride | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | 1996 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1775 | Europe North America | United States | American Revolution Paul Revere | Bio F | PB |
Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics | Thimmesh, Catherine | 2008 | LE MG | Modern Age | 1776-2007 | Great Britain United States Various | Activism Politics | Bio NF | PB | |
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France | Rockliff, Mara | 2017 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1778 | Europe | France | Benjamin Franklin Scientific Discovery | Bio NF | PB |
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves | Hochschild, Adam | 2017 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1787 | Europe | Great Britain | Abolition Slavery | Bio NF | N |
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1787 | North America | United States | Constitutional Convention | Bio NF | PB |
Speak Out in Thunder Tones | Sterling, Dorothy | 1998 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1787-1865 | North America | United States | Abolition Slavery | Bio NF | B |
Lafayette! | Hale, Nathan | 2018 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1791-1792 | North America | United States | American Revolution | Bio NF | GN |
My Imaginary Mary | Ashton, Brodi Hand, Cynthia Meadows, Jodi | 2022 | A YA | Age of Revolutions | 1800-1851 | Europe | Great Britain | Mary Shelley | Bio HF | N |
The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr | St. George, Judith | 2016 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1804 | North America | United States | Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton | Bio NF | CB |
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin | Meyer, Carolyn | 2011 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1882 | Europe | Great Britain | Charles Darwin Evolution | Bio F | N |
Lincoln: A Photobiography | Freedman, Russell | 1987 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1865 | North America | United States | Abraham Lincoln | Bio NF | B |
Darwin and Evolution for Kids | Lawson, Kristan | 2003 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1882 | Europe | Great Britain | Charles Darwin Evolution | Bio NF | B |
One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin | Lasky, Kathryn | 2009 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1882 | Europe | Great Britain | Charles Darwin Evolution | Bio NF | CB |
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? | Fritz, Jean | 1995 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1815-1902 | North America | United States | Elizabeth Cady Stanton Voting | Bio NF | PB |
This Noble Woman: Myrtilla Miner and Her Fight to Establish a School for African American Girls in the Slaveholding South | Greenburg, Michael M. | 2016 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1815-1864 | North America | United States | Education Myrtilla Miner | Bio NF | B |
Otto Von Bismarck: Iron Chancellor of Germany | Heuston, Kimberly | 2009 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1815-1898 | Europe | Germany | German Unification | Bio NF | CB |
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship | Freedman, Russell | 2016 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1817-1879 | North America | United States | Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass | Bio NF | B |
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom | Walker, David F. | 2019 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1817-1895 | North America | United States | Frederick Douglass Slavery | Bio NF | GN |
Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry | Dommermuth-Costa, Carol | 2022 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1830-1890 | North America | United States | Emily Dickinson Poets and Writers | Bio NF | B |
Leopold II: Butcher of the Congo | Olson, Tod | 2008 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1835-1909 | Africa | Belgium Congo | Congo Free State Leopold II | Bio NF | CB |
The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams | Brown, David S. | 2020 | A | Industrial Age | 1838-1918 | North America | United States | Gilded Age Henry Adams | Bio NF | N |
A World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers | Ross, Michael Elsohn | 2014 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1840-2010 | North America | United States | Explorers | Bio NF | B |
Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers | Miller, Brandon Marie | 2013 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1841–1868 | North America | United States | Prairie Life Westward Expansion | Bio NF | B |
Juba!: A Novel | Myers, Walter Dean | 2016 | UMG | Industrial Age | 1842-1854 | North America | United States | Dance William Henry Lane | Bio F | CB |
Donner Dinner Party | Hale, Nathan | 2013 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1846–1847 | North America | United States | Donner Party Westward Expansion | Bio NF | GN |
The Underground Abductor | Hale, Nathan | 2014 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1849-1860 | North America | United States | Escaped Slaves Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad | Bio NF | GN |
History Smashers: The Underground Railroad | Messner, Kate | 2022 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1854 | North America | United States | Escaped Slaves Underground Railroad | Bio NF | B |
She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer | Lasky, Kathryn | 2021 | LE | Industrial Age | 1857-1911 | North America | Scotland United States | Science Space Williamina Fleming | Bio NF | PB |
Henry's Freedom Box | Levine, Ellen | 2007 | LE | Industrial Age | 1860-1865 | North America | United States | American Civil War Underground Railroad | Bio NF | PB |
Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero | Moss, Marissa | 2016 | LE MG | Industrial Age | 1860-1865 | North America | United States | American Civil War Sarah Edmond | Bio NF | PB |
Cixi: Evil Empress of China? | Price, Sean | 2009 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1861-1908 | Asia | China | Boxer Rebellion | Bio NF | CB |
Major Impossible | Hale, Nathan | 2018 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1869 | North America | United States | Grand Canyon | Bio NF | GN |
Grigory Rasputin: Holy Man or Mad Monk? | Itzkowitz, Norman | 2008 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1869-1916 | Asia | Russia | Russian History | Bio NF | CB |
Jane Against the World | Blumenthal, Karen | 2020 | A YA | Modern Age | 1873-2018 | North America | France United States | Activism Reproductive Rights | Bio NF | B |
My Calamity Jane | Ashton, Brodi Hand, Cynthia Meadows, Jodi | 2020 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1876 | North America | United States | Calamity Jane | Bio HF | N |
Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History | Getz, Trevor R. | 2016 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1876 | Gold Coast | Ghana | Slavery | Bio NF | GN |
Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers | Lewis, Anna M. | 2014 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1876-1980 | North America | United States | Building | Bio NF | B |
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights | Kops, Deborah | 2017 | UMG YA | Industrial Age | 1885-1920 | North America | United States | Voting Women's Suffrage | Bio NF | B |
History Smashers: Women's Right to Vote | Messner, Kate | 2020 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1885-1920 | North America | United States | Voting Women's Suffrage | Bio NF | B |
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa | Hochschild, Adam | 1999 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1885-1908 | Africa | Belgium Congo | Congo Free State Leopold II | Bio NF | N |
Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery | Fishbane, Melanie J. | 2017 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1889-1892 | North America | Canada | L.M. Montgomery | Bio F | N |
She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World | Ross, Michael Elsohn | 2015 | A YA | Modern Age | 1900-2015 | North America | France United States | Activism | Bio NF | B |
Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes | Hochschild, Adam | 1999 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1903-1933 | North America | United States | Jewish Immigration Rose Pastor Stokes | Bio NF | N |
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy | Caravantes, Peggy | 2015 | A YA | Modern Age | 1906-1975 | North America | France United States | Josephine Baker | Bio NF | B |
The Faithful Spy | Hendrix, John | 2018 | A YA | Modern Age | 1906-1945 | Europe | Germany | German Occupation WWII | Bio NF | GN |
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China | Chang, Jung | 1991 | A | Modern Age | 1909-1978 | Asia | China | Communist China | Bio NF | N |
Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys | Gibson, Karen Bush | 2013 | A YA | Modern Age | 1911-2000 | North America | United States | Aviation Women's Aviation | Bio NF | B |
Seized by the Sun: The Life and Disappearance of World War II Pilot Gertrude Tompkins | Atwood, Kathryn J. | 2016 | A YA | Modern Age | 1912-1944 | Asia | Various | WWII Women's Aviation | Bio NF | B |
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers' Edition | Theoharris, Jeanne | 2021 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1913-1997 | North America | United States | Civil Rights Resistance Segregation | Bio NF | CB |
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion | Hochschild, Adam | 2012 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1914-1918 | Europe | Various | WWI | Bio NF | N |
Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics | Atwood, Karen J. | 2016 | A YA | Modern Age | 1914-1918 | Europe | Various | WWI | Bio NF | B |
The Road From Home | Kherdian, David | 1979 | YA | Modern Age | 1915-1923 | Europe | Turkey | Armenian Genocide | Bio F | N |
The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark | Moore, Kate | 2020 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1917-1938 | North America | United States | Toxicology | Bio NF | CB |
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women | Moore, Kate | 2017 | A YA | Modern Age | 1917-1938 | North America | United States | Toxicology | Bio NF | N |
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 | Becker, Helaine | 2018 | LE MG | Modern Age | 1918-1969 | North America | United States | Math Space Space Race | Bio NF | PB |
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up | Atkins, Laura Yogi, Stan | 2017 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1919-2005 | North America | United States | Japanese Internment WWII | Bio NF | CB |
A Book, Too, Can Be a Star | Jones Voiklis, Charlotte | 2022 | LE MG | Modern Age | 1920-1962 | North America | United States | Madeleine L'Engle Poets and Writers | Bio NF | PB |
Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe" | Caravantes, Peggy | 2016 | A YA | Modern Age | 1921-1983 | North America | United States | Ada Blackjack Explorers | Bio NF | B |
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin | Hochschild, Adam | 2003 | A YA | Modern Age | 1927-1953 | Asia | Russia | Soviet Union | Bio NF | N |
Joseph Stalin (A Wicked History 20th Century) | McCollum, Sean | 2010 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1927-1953 | Asia | Russia | Soviet Union | Bio NF | CB |
Women Heroes of World War II―the Pacific Theater: 15 Stories of Resistance, Rescue, Sabotage, and Survival | Atwood, Kathryn J. | 2016 | A YA | Modern Age | 1932-1945 | Asia | Various | WWII | Bio NF | B |
Adolf Hitler (A Wicked History 20th Century) | Price, Sean Stewart | 2010 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1933-1945 | Europe | Germany | Nazi Germany | Bio NF | CB |
Betty Before X | Shabazz, Ilyasah | 2018 | UMG | Modern Age | 1934-1948 | North America | United States | Civil Rights | Bio NF | CB |
The Last Queen: Elizabeth II | Irving, Clive | 2021 | A | Modern Age | 1936-2020 | Europe | Great Britain | Elizabeth II | Bio NF | B |
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War | Hochschild, Adam | 2017 | A YA | Industrial Age | 1936–1939 | Europe | Spain United States | Spanish Civil War | Bio NF | N |
Four Perfect Pebbles | Blumenthal Lazan, Marion | 1996 | UMG | Modern Age | 1938-1948 | Europe | Germany Holland | Holocaust | Bio NF | CB |
Upon the Head of the Goat | Siegal, Aranka | 2003 | UMG | Modern Age | 1939-1944 | Europe | Hungary | Holocaust Hungary | Bio NF | CB |
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War | Lobel, Anita | 2008 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | Bio NF | CB |
World War II: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories | Nicholson, Dorinda | 2015 | UMG | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | World | Various | WWII | Bio NF | PB |
Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II | Mullenbach, Cheryl | 2013 | A YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | North America | United States | WWII | Bio NF | B |
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | Hoose, Phillip | 2010 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1939-2005 | North America | United States | Civil Rights Resistance Segregation | Bio NF | CB |
We'll Soon Be Home Again | Bab Bonde, Jessica | 2020 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | Various | Holocaust | Bio F | GN |
Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent | Cornioley, Pearl Witherington | 2015 | A YA | Modern Age | 1939-1945 | Europe | France Great Britain | WWII | Bio NF | B |
Night | Wiesel, Elie | 1958 | A YA | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Romania | Auschwitz Holocaust | Bio NF | N |
Esfir is Alive | Simon, Andrea | 2016 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | Bio F | N |
The Librarian of Auschwitz | Iturbe, Antonio | 2012 | A YA | Modern Age | 1940-1945 | Europe | Poland | Auschwitz Holocaust Jewish Resistance | Bio F | N |
They Called Us Enemy | Takei, George | 2019 | A YA | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | North America | United States | Japanese Internment WWII | Bio NF OV | GN |
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Frank, Anne | 1947 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | Europe | Netherlands | Holocaust | Bio NF | CB |
Farewell to Manzanar | Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki | 1973 | A YA | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | North America | United States | Japanese Internment WWII | Bio NF OV | B |
Mapping the Bones | Yolen, Jane | 2018 | A YA | Modern Age | 1942-1945 | Europe | Poland | Holocaust | Bio F | N |
Idi Amin (A Wicked History 20th Century) | Dougherty, Steve | 2010 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1946-2003 | Africa | Uganda | Ugandan Army | Bio NF | CB |
Dawn | Wiesel, Elie | 1960 | A YA | Modern Age | 1946-1948 | Europe | Palestine | Holocaust Post WWII | Bio NF | N |
Mao (A Wicked History 20th Century) | Price, Sean Stewart | 2017 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1949-1976 | Asia | China | Communist China People's Republic of China | Bio NF | CB |
Day | Wiesel, Elie | 1961 | A YA | Modern Age | 1950 | North America | United States | Holocaust Post WWII | Bio NF | N |
Breaking Stalin's Nose | Yelchin, Eugene | 2011 | MG | Modern Age | 1950 | Asia | Russia | Soviet Union | Bio NF | CB |
Cold War Correspondent | Hale, Nathan | 2021 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1950 | North America | North Korea United States | Korean War | Bio NF | GN |
Freedom's Children | Levine, Ellen S. | 2000 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1954-1968 | North America | United States | Civil Rights Resistance Segregation | Bio NF | CB |
The Best We Could Do | Bui, Thi | 2018 | A YA | Modern Age | 1955-1979 | Southeast Asia | Vietnam | Vietnam War | Bio NF | GN |
Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors, and More | Atwood, Karen J. | 2018 | A YA | Modern Age | 1955-1975 | Asia | Vietnam | Vietnam War | Bio NF | B |
Through My Eyes | Bridges, Ruby | 1999 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1960-1963 | North America | United States | Civil Rights Ruby Bridges Segregation | Bio NF | PB |
Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures | Gibson, Karen Bush | 2014 | A YA | Modern Age | 1963-2012 | North America | United States | Space | Bio NF | B |
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music | Grohl, Dave | 2021 | A | Modern Age | 1969-2020 | North America | United States | Dave Grohl Musicians | Bio NF | B |
First They Killed My Father | Ung, Loung | 1999 | A YA | Modern Age | 1975-1979 | Africa | Cambodia | Cambodian Genocide | Bio NF | B |
The Last Days of John Lennon | Patterson, James | 2020 | A | Modern Age | 1980 | North America | United States | John Lennon Musicians | Bio NF | N |
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea | Demick, Barbara | 2009 | A YA | Modern Age | 1993-2008 | Asia | North Korea | Escaping North Korea | Bio NF | B |
Every Falling Star | Lee, Sungju McClelland, Susan Elizabeth | 2016 | A YA | Modern Age | 1994-2011 | Asia | North Korea | Escaping North Korea | Bio NF | N |
When Stars Are Scattered | Jamieson, Victoria Mohamed, Omar | 2020 | UMG | Modern Age | 1996-2011 | Africa | Kenya Somalia | Kenyan Refugee Camp Somalian Civil War | Bio NF OV | GN |
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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 |