If your a fan of chatting about royals than look no further! Our booklists below feautre some of our favorite books featuring real and fictional families.
While there are many genres that can fall into this topic, our lists just scratch the surface on many historical characters. If you are just starting out reading biographies or history books we recommend starting with a video overview on the person before jumping in. There are many video resources available at the library and online to help!
Nonfiction
Here are some great nonfiction books about some of the important women rulers.
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly by Donald Spoto
The Search for Nefertiti: the true story of a remarkable discovery by Joann Fletcher
When Women Ruledthe World: The Six Queesn of Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
Cleopatra: The Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce A. Tyldesley
Young Queens: three renaissance women and the price of power by Leah Redmond Chang
Catherine de’ Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen by Mary Hollingsworth
The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
Victoria: the queen by Julia Baird
Queen of Our Times the Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Robert Hardman
Elizabeth and Margaret by Andrew Morton
Fiction
Check out these fiction and historical fiction books!
American Royals series by Katherine McGee
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
The Royal We by Heather Cocks
Read White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton novel by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes
Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies by Hiliary Mantel
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Accidential Empress and Sisi by Allison Pataki
Queen Bee by Amalie Howard
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy
Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie
Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak
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