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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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