Tudor Booklist

The House of Tudor produced five monarchs who ruled during this reign. Occasionally listed is Lady Jane Grey, sometimes known as the 'Nine Days' Queen' for the shortness of her de facto reign.

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  Henry VII
  (1485–1509)

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  Henry VIII
  (1509–1547)

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  Edward VI
  (1547–1553)

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  Mary I
  (1553–1558)

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  Lady Jane Grey
  (1553-1553)

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  Elizabeth I
  (1558–1603)

Book recommendations pertaining to the Tudors.

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
The Red Queen	Gregory, Philippa	2010	A	Renaissance	1453-1485	Europe	Great Britain	Wars of the Roses Tudors	F	N
The Wars of the Roses	Weir, Alison	1995	A	Renaissance	1455-1587	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Wars of the Roses	F Bio	N
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World	Weir, Allison	2013	A	Renaissance	1466-1503	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth of York	F Bio	N
Wars of the Roses: Ravenspur	Iggulden, Conn	2019	A	Renaissance	1470-1485	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Wars of the Roses	F	N
The Princes in the Tower	Weir, Alison	1995	A	Renaissance	1483-1485	Europe	Great Britain	Wars of the Roses Tudors	NF Bio	N
The Tudor Tutor	Alexander, Barb	2015	YA A	Renaissance	1485-1603	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors	NF Bio	B
The White Princess	Gregory, Philippa	2012	A	Renaissance	1485-1499	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth of York	F	N
The Tudors: Kings, Queens, Scribes, and Ferrets!	Williams, Marcia	2016	LE MG	Renaissance	1485-1603	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors	NF	PB
Autobiography of Henry VIII	George, Margaret	1987	A	Renaissance	1491-1547	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Henry VIII	F Bio OV	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
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings	Weir, Alison	2011	A	Renaissance	1500-1543	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Boleyn	F Bio	N
You Wouldn't Want to Be Ill in Tudor Times	Senior, Kathryn	2014	LE MG	Renaissance	1501-1599	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Medicine	NF	PB
Three Sisters, Three Queens	Gregory, Philippa	2016	A	Renaissance	1501-1533	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Margaret Tudor	F	N
You Wouldn't Want to Be Married to Henry VIII	Senior, Kathryn	2014	LE MG	Renaissance	1501-1588	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Henry VIII	NF	PB
Doomed Queen Anne	Meyer, Carolyn	2002	UMG YA	Renaissance	1501-1536	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Anne Boleyn	F Bio	CB
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All	Anderson, M. T. Fleming, Candace Hemphill, Stephanie Sandell, Lisa Ann Donnelly, Jennifer Park, Linda Sue Hopkinson, Deborah	2018	YA A	Renaissance	1501-1588	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Henry VIII	F	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: Royal Beheader	Price, Sean Stewart	2009	YA UMG	Renaissance	1509-1547	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Henry VIII	NF Bio	CB
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
Mary, Bloody Mary	Meyer, Carolyn	1999	UMG YA	Renaissance	1516-1558	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Tudor	F Bio	CB
Mary Tudor: Courageous Queen or Bloody Mary?	Buchanan, Jane	2008	YA UMG	Renaissance	1516-1558	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Tudor	NF Bio	CB
Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen	Weir, Alison	2018	A	Renaissance	1518-1537	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Jane Seymour	F Bio	N
The Other Boleyn Girl	Gregory, Philippa	2001	A	Renaissance	1521-1536	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Boleyn	F	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 Boleyn King	Andersen, Laura	2013	A	Renaissance	1536-1554	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Anne Boleyn Hypothetical Henry IX	AH	N
The Lady Elizabeth	Weir, Alison	2008	A	Renaissance	1536-1558	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth I	F Bio	N
Elizabeth I: The Novel	George, Margaret	2012	A	Renaissance	1536-1558	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth I	F Bio	N
The Crown: A Novel	Bilyeau, Nancy	2012	A	Renaissance	1537	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Joanna Stafford	F	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
Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey	Rinaldi, Ann	2005	UMG YA	Renaissance	1537-1554	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Lady Jane Grey	F Bio	CB
The Children of Henry VIII	Weir, Alison	1996	A	Renaissance	1537-1603	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Henry VIII	F Bio	N
The Chalice: A Novel	Bilyeau, Nancy	2014	A	Renaissance	1538-1540	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Joanna Stafford	F	N
The Boleyn Inheritance	Gregory, Philippa	2006	A	Renaissance	1539-1547	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors	F	N
The Tapestry: A Novel	Bilyeau, Nancy	2015	A	Renaissance	1540-1541	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Joanna Stafford	F	N
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles	George, Margaret	1997	A	Renaissance	1542-1587	Europe	Great Britain Scotland	Tudors Mary Stuart	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
Queen's Own Fool	Yolen, Jane Harris, Robert J.	2001	UMG YA	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
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
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
My Lady Jane	Hand, Cynthia Ashton, Brodi Meadows, Jodi	2016	YA A	Renaissance	1553-1573	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Lady Jane Grey	HF Bio	N
The Boleyn Deceit	Andersen, Laura	2013	A	Renaissance	1554-1555	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Anne Boleyn Hypothetical Henry IX	AH	N
The Boleyn Reckoning	Andersen, Laura	2014	A	Renaissance	1556-1559	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Anne Boleyn Hypothetical Henry IX	AH	N
The Virgin's Lover	Gregory, Philippa	2004	A	Renaissance	1558-1560	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth I	F	N
The Perilous Gard	Pope, Elizabeth Marie	2001	UMG YA	Renaissance	1558	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Tudor	HF	N
The Marriage Game	Weir, Alison	2014	A	Renaissance	1558-1603	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth I	F Bio	N
The Other Queen	Gregory, Philippa	2008	A	Renaissance	1568-1587	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Stuart	F	N
My Contrary Mary	Hand, Cynthia Ashton, Brodi Meadows, Jodi	2021	YA A	Renaissance	1568-1587	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Mary Stuart	HF Bio	N
A Tip for the Hangman	Epstein, Allison	2021	A	Renaissance	1585-1593	Europe	Great Britain	Tudors Elizabeth I	F	N

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8 – 12) UMG = upper-middle grade (11 – 14) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult	NF - non-fiction F = fiction Bio = Biography HF = historical fantasy OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book N = novel