Biographies of Powerful Women
1. 
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
by:
Kara Cooney
3.65 avg rating — 7,514 ratings 2. 
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
by:
Helen Castor
4.04 avg rating — 8,385 ratings 
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Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
by:
Jane Draycott
3.76 avg rating — 729 ratings 6. 
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.92 avg rating — 1,815 ratings 
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
by:
Leslie P. Peirce
3.77 avg rating — 744 ratings 
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From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847--1928
by:
Julia P. Gelardi
4.01 avg rating — 865 ratings 
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Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson 3.81 avg rating — 1,399 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating — 612,721 ratings 
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Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen’s Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All
by:
Owen Ullmann
3.81 avg rating — 111 ratings 20. 
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Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II
by:
Robert Hardman
4.32 avg rating — 1,865 ratings 22. 
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With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism
by:
Laura L. Lovett
3.87 avg rating — 165 ratings 25. 
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Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power
by:
Neal Gabler
3.64 avg rating — 176 ratings 
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood
by:
Cari Beauchamp
4.35 avg rating — 319 ratings 30. 
The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English 3.93 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England
by:
Harriet O'Brien
3.81 avg rating — 806 ratings 33. 
The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
by:
Elizabeth Lev
4.07 avg rating — 2,809 ratings 
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
by:
Alison Weir
3.77 avg rating — 7,831 ratings 36. 
The Three Crowns: The Story of William and Mary (Stuart Saga, #7)
by:
Jean Plaidy
3.76 avg rating — 534 ratings 36. 
Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
by:
Diana Preston
4.05 avg rating — 872 ratings 39. 
Victoria, The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
by:
Julia Baird
4.11 avg rating — 11,959 ratings 
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You Wouldn't Want to Be Cleopatra!: An Egyptian Ruler You'd Rather Not Be
by:
Jim Pipe
3.92 avg rating — 246 ratings 
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In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
by:
Nancy Goldstone
4.17 avg rating — 1,193 ratings 
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Uncrowned Queen: The Treacherous Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Rebel
by:
Nicola Tallis
4.16 avg rating — 996 ratings 49. 
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
by:
Shelley Puhak
4.08 avg rating — 4,852 ratings 
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Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
by:
Alberto Angela
3.85 avg rating — 1,486 ratings 
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The Life and Times of Elizabeth I (Life and Times Series)
by:
Neville Williams
3.76 avg rating — 113 ratings 55. 
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality 4.38 avg rating — 595 ratings
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Wu: The Chinese Empress Who Schemed, Seduced and Murdered Her Way to Become a Living God 3.79 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
by:
Jung Chang
3.91 avg rating — 10,431 ratings 60. 
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
by:
Janet Wallach
3.81 avg rating — 6,039 ratings 62. 
Women Leaders of China: Soong May-Ling, Jiang Qing, Wu Zetian, Empress Dowager CIXI, Princess Taiping, Empress Lu Zhi, Empress Dowager Hu
by:
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 63. 
Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
by:
Carolly Erickson
3.84 avg rating — 1,374 ratings 
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by:
Jack Weatherford
3.93 avg rating — 4,563 ratings 
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The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.94 avg rating — 3,218 ratings 
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The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
by:
Jerry Brotton
3.81 avg rating — 612 ratings 71. 
The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.84 avg rating — 1,380 ratings 71. 
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
by:
Georgina Howell
3.97 avg rating — 3,475 ratings 
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Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
by:
Sharan Newman
3.32 avg rating — 78 ratings 
77. 
The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.84 avg rating — 1,380 ratings 
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Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion
by:
Susan Ronald
3.54 avg rating — 495 ratings 81. 
Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World 3.97 avg rating — 796 ratings
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Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
by:
Julia Baird
4.11 avg rating — 11,959 ratings 
85. 
Queens of the Conquest (England's Medieval Queens, #1)
by:
Alison Weir
3.83 avg rating — 2,922 ratings 
89. 
The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)
by:
Robert Lacey
4.06 avg rating — 3,300 ratings 91. 
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Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
by:
Nancy Goldstone
4.08 avg rating — 2,446 ratings 
