List of All Biographical Books

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
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
The Children of Henry VIII	Weir, Alison	1996	A	Renaissance	1537-1603	Europe	Great Britain	Henry VIII 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
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
Joseph Stalin (A Wicked History 20th Century)	McCollum, Sean	2010	UMG YA	Modern Age	1927-1953	Asia	Russia	Soviet Union	Bio NF	CB
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin	Hochschild, Adam	2003	A YA	Modern Age	1927-1953	Asia	Russia	Soviet Union	Bio NF	N
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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List of abbreviations:

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