History Chicks Book Recs

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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 180,699 ratings
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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 94,356 ratings
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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating — 150,147 ratings
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Innocent Traitor
Innocent Traitor 3.98 avg rating — 34,673 ratings
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
At Home: A Short History of Private Life 3.99 avg rating — 97,412 ratings
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The Glitter and the Gold
The Glitter and the Gold 3.57 avg rating — 2,303 ratings
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We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals 3.85 avg rating — 8,726 ratings
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,121 ratings
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The Philosopher's Kiss
The Philosopher's Kiss 3.56 avg rating — 558 ratings
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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
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The Wives of Henry VIII
The Wives of Henry VIII 4.11 avg rating — 18,966 ratings
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The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen 3.90 avg rating — 5,763 ratings
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England 3.85 avg rating — 5,732 ratings
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Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating — 121,454 ratings
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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography 4.12 avg rating — 12,255 ratings
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating — 38,046 ratings
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Versailles: A Biography of a Palace
Versailles: A Biography of a Palace 3.88 avg rating — 640 ratings
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Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams 3.92 avg rating — 1,683 ratings
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The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers 3.95 avg rating — 852 ratings
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Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage
Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage 4.16 avg rating — 1,804 ratings
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The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass. 1892
The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass. 1892 3.84 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River
Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River 4.63 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller
Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller 3.88 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age
Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age 3.74 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Displaying Women
Displaying Women 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Society as I Have Found It
Society as I Have Found It 3.20 avg rating — 86 ratings
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To Marry an English Lord or, How Anglomania Really Got Started
To Marry an English Lord or, How Anglomania Really Got Started 3.59 avg rating — 5,751 ratings
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Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age 3.77 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
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The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers 3.87 avg rating — 8,015 ratings
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Jennie Churchill: Winston's American Mother
Jennie Churchill: Winston's American Mother 3.66 avg rating — 472 ratings
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American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill
American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill 3.66 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Queen Victoria at Home
Queen Victoria at Home 3.47 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Queen Victoria: A Personal History
Queen Victoria: A Personal History 4.02 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
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Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess
Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess 3.92 avg rating — 912 ratings
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Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Way Things Never Were: The Truth About the "Good Old Days"
The Way Things Never Were: The Truth About the "Good Old Days" 3.23 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America
Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America 3.79 avg rating — 870 ratings
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A History of the Wife
A History of the Wife 3.84 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
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Maria; or The Wrongs of Woman & Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman (2 in 1)
Maria; or The Wrongs of Woman & Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman (2 in 1) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.71 avg rating — 260 ratings
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The Collected Letters
The Collected Letters 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Two Duchesses: The Sexual and Dynastic Intrigues of Two Bewitching English Aristocrats in a Time of Unbridled Extravagance and License
The Two Duchesses: The Sexual and Dynastic Intrigues of Two Bewitching English Aristocrats in a Time of Unbridled Extravagance and License liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record
First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record 3.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Ella Fitzgerald: A Twentieth-Century Life
Ella Fitzgerald: A Twentieth-Century Life 3.58 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Bourbons: The History of a Dynasty
The Bourbons: The History of a Dynasty 3.10 avg rating — 40 ratings
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To Dance with Kings
To Dance with Kings 4.11 avg rating — 3,604 ratings
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Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist
Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist 3.77 avg rating — 242 ratings
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The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother
The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother 3.83 avg rating — 3,703 ratings
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Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
by: Julia Fox
3.81 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
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Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth
Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth 3.88 avg rating — 480 ratings
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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
by: Mia Bay
4.10 avg rating — 248 ratings
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"They Say": Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race
"They Say": Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race 3.77 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Rosa Parks: My Story
Rosa Parks: My Story 4.18 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
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Rosa Parks: A Life
Rosa Parks: A Life 4.06 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Silent Stars
Silent Stars 4.07 avg rating — 449 ratings
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The "It" Girl: The Incredible Story of Clara Bow
The "It" Girl: The Incredible Story of Clara Bow 3.42 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition 4.06 avg rating — 597,618 ratings
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My Life in France
My Life in France 4.16 avg rating — 92,229 ratings
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Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child
Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child 4.07 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
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The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty 4.02 avg rating — 9,083 ratings
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The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" 4.04 avg rating — 3,411 ratings
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Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen 3.97 avg rating — 3,279 ratings
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The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey
The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey 3.95 avg rating — 136 ratings
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The Curse of the Romanovs
The Curse of the Romanovs 3.38 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Alexandra: The Last Tsarina
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina 3.94 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
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A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story
A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story 4.21 avg rating — 1,312 ratings
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The Josephine Baker Story
The Josephine Baker Story
by: Ean Wood
3.79 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart
Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart 3.78 avg rating — 345 ratings
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Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists
Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists 3.80 avg rating — 370 ratings
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World 3.86 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Was
Was 3.88 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
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Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen
Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen 3.46 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Jane Austen: A Life Revealed
Jane Austen: A Life Revealed 3.51 avg rating — 593 ratings
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Jane Austen: A Life
Jane Austen: A Life 3.90 avg rating — 11,660 ratings
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20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship
20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship 3.75 avg rating — 190 ratings
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Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator
Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator 3.79 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: Frida's Wardrobe: Fashion From The Museo Frida Kahlo
Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: Frida's Wardrobe: Fashion From The Museo Frida Kahlo 4.49 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Frida Kahlo: beneath the Mirror
Frida Kahlo: beneath the Mirror 3.86 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The Public and Private Worlds of Elizabeth I
The Public and Private Worlds of Elizabeth I 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Crook and Flail (The She-King, #2)
The Crook and Flail (The She-King, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 942 ratings
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The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles
Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie 4.31 avg rating — 18,348 ratings
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The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie 3.82 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks 4.20 avg rating — 9,888 ratings
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Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell and the Making of Gone With the Wind
Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell and the Making of Gone With the Wind 3.66 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Joan of Arc: A Military Leader
Joan of Arc: A Military Leader 3.87 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint
Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint 3.88 avg rating — 666 ratings
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Shady Ladies: Nineteen Surprising and Rebellious American Women
Shady Ladies: Nineteen Surprising and Rebellious American Women 3.20 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Lydia Pinkham: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ads
Lydia Pinkham: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ads 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year
Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year 3.73 avg rating — 1,990 ratings
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You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker 3.87 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide
Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty
The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty 3.87 avg rating — 611 ratings
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Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity
Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
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As I Remember: An Autobiography
As I Remember: An Autobiography 3.66 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality
Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Little Balloonist
The Little Balloonist 3.29 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Daily Life in Elizabethan England
Daily Life in Elizabethan England 4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings