Best Middle Ages Books

1.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,391 ratings
2.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,241 ratings
3.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,615 ratings
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 268,971 ratings
5.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,008 ratings
6.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,232 ratings
7.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,483 ratings
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating — 116,432 ratings
9.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,482 ratings
10.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,010 ratings
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The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 109,087 ratings
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Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,929 ratings
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by: Unknown
3.76 avg rating — 75,118 ratings
14.
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table 3.92 avg rating — 38,981 ratings
15.
The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating — 42,703 ratings
16.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,087 ratings
17.
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,736 ratings
18.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,438 ratings
19.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,118 ratings
20.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,077 ratings
21.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,209 ratings
22.
The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 18,737 ratings
23.
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 40,599 ratings
24.
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 10,556 ratings
25.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,201 ratings
26.
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3)
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
27.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings
28.
La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar, #1)
La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,944 ratings
29.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 3.81 avg rating — 46,384 ratings
30.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,349 ratings
31.
Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy 3.74 avg rating — 43,015 ratings
32.
Baudolino
Baudolino 3.80 avg rating — 24,889 ratings
33.
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating — 16,521 ratings
34.
Timeline
Timeline 3.87 avg rating — 214,265 ratings
35.
Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2)
Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) 4.30 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
36.
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 58,575 ratings
37.
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology 4.15 avg rating — 15,390 ratings
38.
Agincourt
Agincourt 4.16 avg rating — 31,307 ratings
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The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 60,114 ratings
40.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,671 ratings
41.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating — 106,752 ratings
42.
The Mabinogion
The Mabinogion
by: Unknown
3.93 avg rating — 8,433 ratings
43.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,628 ratings
44.
The Midwife's Apprentice
The Midwife's Apprentice 3.73 avg rating — 43,210 ratings
45.
The History of the Kings of Britain
The History of the Kings of Britain 3.72 avg rating — 6,790 ratings
46.
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age 3.83 avg rating — 12,692 ratings
47.
The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse 3.68 avg rating — 5,584 ratings
48.
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
by: Bede
3.83 avg rating — 4,778 ratings
49.
The Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied
by: Unknown
3.82 avg rating — 8,697 ratings
50.
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult 3.52 avg rating — 14,376 ratings
51.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,195 ratings
52.
A Queen's Spy (Mercenary For Hire #1)
A Queen's Spy (Mercenary For Hire #1) 4.02 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
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Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 51,532 ratings
54.
Company of Liars
Company of Liars 3.86 avg rating — 16,321 ratings
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Devil's Brood (Plantagenets #3; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
Devil's Brood (Plantagenets #3; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 8,085 ratings
56.
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2)
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 9,706 ratings
57.
Cathedral: By the Author of The Way Things Work
Cathedral: By the Author of The Way Things Work 4.26 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
58.
Les Rois maudits
Les Rois maudits 4.54 avg rating — 2,770 ratings
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The Waning of the Middle Ages
The Waning of the Middle Ages 4.03 avg rating — 4,252 ratings
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Richard III
Richard III 3.91 avg rating — 57,226 ratings
61.
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 180,694 ratings
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 3.87 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
63.
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3)
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 6,442 ratings
64.
The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 33,028 ratings
65.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 17,571 ratings
66.
The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)
The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 90,897 ratings
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The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 13,656 ratings
68.
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages 4.09 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
69.
Arthurian Romances
Arthurian Romances 3.95 avg rating — 9,037 ratings
70.
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1)
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1) 4.11 avg rating — 7,728 ratings
71.
Njal's Saga
Njal's Saga
by: Anonymous
3.94 avg rating — 5,365 ratings
72.
Castle
Castle 4.22 avg rating — 4,167 ratings
73.
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 44,303 ratings
74.
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 53,357 ratings
75.
Pope Joan
Pope Joan 4.10 avg rating — 73,849 ratings
76.
The Civilization of the Middle Ages
The Civilization of the Middle Ages 3.96 avg rating — 2,705 ratings
77.
The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)
The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 76,900 ratings
78.
The Lais of Marie de France
The Lais of Marie de France 3.83 avg rating — 9,665 ratings
79.
The Travels
The Travels 3.58 avg rating — 7,903 ratings
80.
1066: The Year of the Conquest
1066: The Year of the Conquest 4.06 avg rating — 4,524 ratings
81.
The Saga of the Volsungs
The Saga of the Volsungs
by: Anonymous
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
82.
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3)
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 30,168 ratings
83.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,675 ratings
84.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 4.07 avg rating — 66,313 ratings
85.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating — 45,604 ratings
86.
Vagabond (The Grail Quest, #2)
Vagabond (The Grail Quest, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 20,429 ratings
87.
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature 4.28 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
88.
Egil's Saga
Egil's Saga
by: Anonymous
4.01 avg rating — 3,186 ratings
89.
Inventing the Middle Ages
Inventing the Middle Ages 3.76 avg rating — 493 ratings
90.
Between Two Fires (Queen Branwen, #1)
Between Two Fires (Queen Branwen, #1)
by: Mark Noce
3.58 avg rating — 402 ratings
91.
The Long Ships
The Long Ships 4.27 avg rating — 12,189 ratings
92.
Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde 3.75 avg rating — 7,062 ratings
93.
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made 3.41 avg rating — 5,388 ratings
94.
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4)
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
95.
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes 4.26 avg rating — 11,711 ratings
96.
Life in a Medieval City
Life in a Medieval City 3.84 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
97.
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman 3.44 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
98.
The Return of Martin Guerre
The Return of Martin Guerre 3.76 avg rating — 5,134 ratings
99.
The History of the Franks
The History of the Franks 3.87 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
99.
The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe 3.30 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
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