Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction

101.
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 — 8,086 ratings
102.
Mademoiselle Chanel
Mademoiselle Chanel 4.10 avg rating — 12,469 ratings
103.
These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)
These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) 4.22 avg rating — 78,096 ratings
104.
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria (Queens of England, #3)
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria (Queens of England, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
105.
Once More, From the Beginning
Once More, From the Beginning 3.49 avg rating — 45 ratings
105.
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1)
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
107.
Illuminations
Illuminations 3.99 avg rating — 4,851 ratings
108.
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb 3.72 avg rating — 10,846 ratings
109.
A Hollow Crown (Saxon #2)
A Hollow Crown (Saxon #2) 3.73 avg rating — 4,086 ratings
110.
Pharaoh (Kleopatra, #2)
Pharaoh (Kleopatra, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 665 ratings
111.
The Only Woman in the Room
The Only Woman in the Room 3.87 avg rating — 102,855 ratings
112.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,525 ratings
113.
The Song of Troy
The Song of Troy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,400 ratings
114.
The Traitor's Wife
The Traitor's Wife 3.90 avg rating — 13,834 ratings
115.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,089 ratings
116.
Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart 3.46 avg rating — 10,097 ratings
117.
The Eagle and the Raven
The Eagle and the Raven 4.19 avg rating — 1,813 ratings
118.
The Countess
The Countess 3.55 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
119.
Between Two Queens (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #2)
Between Two Queens (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 2,590 ratings
120.
The Pleasure Palace (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #1)
The Pleasure Palace (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 4,293 ratings
121.
First Knight
First Knight 3.90 avg rating — 542 ratings
122.
The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace 3.60 avg rating — 14,374 ratings
123.
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens #2)
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens #2) 4.14 avg rating — 12,112 ratings
124.
Great Maria
Great Maria 4.09 avg rating — 592 ratings
125.
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 21,407 ratings
126.
The Rose Without a Thorn (Queens of England, #11)
The Rose Without a Thorn (Queens of England, #11) 3.88 avg rating — 3,261 ratings
127.
The Concubine
The Concubine 3.97 avg rating — 3,214 ratings
128.
A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn 3.91 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
128.
The Time of Singing (William Marshal, #4; Bigod, #1)
The Time of Singing (William Marshal, #4; Bigod, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
130.
Mademoiselle Boleyn
Mademoiselle Boleyn 3.97 avg rating — 6,103 ratings
131.
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna 4.29 avg rating — 8,747 ratings
132.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
The Swans of Fifth Avenue 3.63 avg rating — 36,821 ratings
133.
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
133.
Beyond the Bay
Beyond the Bay 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings
133.
Unruly Human Hearts
Unruly Human Hearts 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
136.
A Wilder Rose
A Wilder Rose 3.63 avg rating — 3,456 ratings
137.
Goddess
Goddess 3.51 avg rating — 954 ratings
137.
Cecily
Cecily 4.11 avg rating — 3,187 ratings
137.
Diva
Diva 3.87 avg rating — 6,663 ratings
140.
Hetaera: Daughter of the Gods
Hetaera: Daughter of the Gods 3.91 avg rating — 244 ratings
140.
Royal Inheritance (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #6)
Royal Inheritance (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #6) 3.60 avg rating — 350 ratings
142.
True Women
True Women 4.11 avg rating — 776 ratings
143.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,264 ratings
144.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,287 ratings
144.
Duchess
Duchess 3.76 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
146.
Parlor Games
Parlor Games 3.47 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
146.
Flow Down Like Silver
Flow Down Like Silver 4.01 avg rating — 4,508 ratings
148.
Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)
Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 5,347 ratings
148.
The King's Grey Mare
The King's Grey Mare 3.83 avg rating — 382 ratings
150.
Mother of the Believers
Mother of the Believers 3.98 avg rating — 740 ratings
151.
Dreaming the Serpent Spear (Boudica, #4)
Dreaming the Serpent Spear (Boudica, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 2,170 ratings
151.
The Secret Magdalene
The Secret Magdalene 4.14 avg rating — 4,707 ratings
153.
Mary, Called Magdalene
Mary, Called Magdalene 3.90 avg rating — 9,099 ratings
153.
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald 3.86 avg rating — 58,101 ratings
153.
The Queen's Fortune
The Queen's Fortune 4.23 avg rating — 9,070 ratings
156.
The Sekhmet Bed (The She-King, #1)
The Sekhmet Bed (The She-King, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,154 ratings
157.
By Royal Decree (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #3)
By Royal Decree (Secrets of the Tudor Court, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 1,122 ratings
158.
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 33,313 ratings
159.
The Spymistress
The Spymistress 3.68 avg rating — 6,091 ratings
160.
Cassandra
Cassandra 3.87 avg rating — 6,626 ratings
160.
Empress of the Seven Hills (The Empress of Rome, #3)
Empress of the Seven Hills (The Empress of Rome, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 8,475 ratings
160.
Queen's Gambit (The Tudor Trilogy, #1)
Queen's Gambit (The Tudor Trilogy, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
160.
Enchantress of Numbers
Enchantress of Numbers 3.59 avg rating — 5,638 ratings
164.
The Tale of Murasaki
The Tale of Murasaki 3.84 avg rating — 4,510 ratings
165.
Young Bess (Elizabeth Trilogy, #1)
Young Bess (Elizabeth Trilogy, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 1,716 ratings
166.
The Spanish Ballad
The Spanish Ballad 4.22 avg rating — 1,609 ratings
166.
The Drowning King (Fall of Egypt, #2)
The Drowning King (Fall of Egypt, #2) 3.56 avg rating — 406 ratings
168.
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 6,149 ratings
168.
The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great
The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
170.
The Unfaithful Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
The Unfaithful Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife 3.41 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
170.
Cleopatra's Shadows (Fall of Egypt, #1)
Cleopatra's Shadows (Fall of Egypt, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 1,613 ratings
170.
Alice I Have Been
Alice I Have Been 3.65 avg rating — 15,353 ratings
173.
Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns
Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns 3.58 avg rating — 1,408 ratings
173.
Nobody's Princess (Nobody's Princess, #1)
Nobody's Princess (Nobody's Princess, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 13,389 ratings
173.
The King's Pleasure
The King's Pleasure 3.91 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
176.
Lucretia
Lucretia 3.93 avg rating — 59 ratings
177.
Men on White Horses
Men on White Horses 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
178.
Exit the Actress
Exit the Actress 3.82 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
179.
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle (Tristan and Isolde, #1)
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle (Tristan and Isolde, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 2,580 ratings
180.
The Forest Lover
The Forest Lover 3.74 avg rating — 3,718 ratings
180.
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C.
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C. 3.91 avg rating — 10,880 ratings
182.
My Enemy, the Queen
My Enemy, the Queen 3.90 avg rating — 3,093 ratings
183.
Thebes at War
Thebes at War 3.72 avg rating — 3,592 ratings
184.
The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Novel
The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Novel 3.89 avg rating — 227 ratings
184.
Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1)
Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 8,018 ratings
184.
The Royal Nanny
The Royal Nanny 3.93 avg rating — 6,328 ratings
187.
The Bearkeeper's Daughter
The Bearkeeper's Daughter 3.95 avg rating — 523 ratings
188.
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2)
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 5,320 ratings
189.
The Winthrop Woman
The Winthrop Woman 4.12 avg rating — 6,701 ratings
190.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
191.
Beloved Enemy: The Passions of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Queens of Love and War #2)
Beloved Enemy: The Passions of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Queens of Love and War #2) 3.98 avg rating — 502 ratings
192.
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc 4.11 avg rating — 7,348 ratings
193.
Island of the Swans
Island of the Swans
by: Ciji Ware
3.78 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
194.
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 3.87 avg rating — 3,616 ratings
195.
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine 3.79 avg rating — 10,084 ratings
195.
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile 3.91 avg rating — 9,079 ratings
197.
Loving Eleanor
Loving Eleanor 3.82 avg rating — 2,700 ratings
198.
Reckless Hearts
Reckless Hearts 3.71 avg rating — 340 ratings
199.
Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV 3.81 avg rating — 2,956 ratings
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The Queen's Favourites (Stuart Saga, #9)
The Queen's Favourites (Stuart Saga, #9) 3.98 avg rating — 618 ratings
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