Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
1. 
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
by:
Emma Southon
4.08 avg rating — 5,630 ratings 2. 
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
by:
Elinor Cleghorn
4.11 avg rating — 9,634 ratings 
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A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer
by:
Suzanne Wrack
4.03 avg rating — 661 ratings 5. 
Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by:
Eleanor Herman
3.85 avg rating — 2,331 ratings 6. 
Camp!: The Story of the Attitude that Conquered the World
by:
Paul Baker
4.18 avg rating — 176 ratings 
8. 
Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature
by:
Anna Beer
3.76 avg rating — 305 ratings 
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Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain
by:
Jessica Cox
4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings 
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Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers
by:
Landon Y. Jones
3.32 avg rating — 131 ratings 
17. 
Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness
by:
Allyson Shaw
3.67 avg rating — 374 ratings 18. 
Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
by:
Theresa Levitt
3.88 avg rating — 193 ratings 19. 
Domestic Intimacies: Incest and the Liberal Subject in Nineteenth-Century America
by:
Brian Connolly
2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 20. 
Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party
by:
Michael Cragg
4.27 avg rating — 1,341 ratings 21. 
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know 3.74 avg rating — 608 ratings
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The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe
by:
Kate Strasdin
3.98 avg rating — 953 ratings 
25. 
The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?
by:
Deborah Cameron
4.03 avg rating — 468 ratings 26. 
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
by:
Blessin Adams
3.81 avg rating — 815 ratings 27. 
Abandoned London: Discover the hidden secrets of the city in photographs
by:
Katie Wignall
4.09 avg rating — 99 ratings 28. 
Look Up London: Discover the details you have never noticed before in 10 walks
by:
Katie Wignall
4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings 29. 
The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England
by:
Emily Brand
3.77 avg rating — 358 ratings 30. 
Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty
by:
Victoria Bateman
4.21 avg rating — 66 ratings 31. 
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
by:
Eleanor Janega
4.06 avg rating — 2,773 ratings 32. 
Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers, Outsiders, and the Spanish Civil War
by:
Sarah Watling
4.14 avg rating — 134 ratings 
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The Daughters of George III: Sisters and Princesses
by:
Catherine Curzon
3.85 avg rating — 165 ratings 
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Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons
by:
Zara Stone
4.21 avg rating — 127 ratings 37. 
What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century
by:
Kathleen Lubey
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 
40. 
Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century
by:
Katie Hickman
3.74 avg rating — 1,124 ratings 
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When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973
by:
Leslie J. Reagan
4.27 avg rating — 473 ratings 43. 
Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family
by:
Susan Jonusas
3.44 avg rating — 4,888 ratings 
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Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
by:
Douglas Smith
3.91 avg rating — 1,990 ratings 46. 
River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
by:
Cat Jarman
4.05 avg rating — 3,819 ratings 
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Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
by:
Linda Porter
3.82 avg rating — 285 ratings 49. 
The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women 3.60 avg rating — 943 ratings
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The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God
by:
Robin Vose
3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings 
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Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs 3.72 avg rating — 120 ratings
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The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
by:
Kate Summerscale
3.48 avg rating — 6,558 ratings 55. 
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
by:
Kate Summerscale
3.60 avg rating — 839 ratings 56. 
Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England
by:
Neil McKenna
3.71 avg rating — 747 ratings 57. 
The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All
by:
Sarah Horowitz
3.43 avg rating — 461 ratings 