Books about or stories of women in history, fictional, real, or in-between!
created by CaptainAracana
last updated May, 2026
Six Wild Crowns (Queens of Elben, #1)
Holly Race
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
Nathalia Holt
A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang
Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna
Ramie Targoff
How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
Jill Burke
The Tigress Of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici
Elizabeth Lev
Canticle
Janet Rich Edwards
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490
Edwidge Danticat
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858
Kathryn Lasky
Lady of Palenque : Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749
Anna Kirwan
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638
Carolyn Meyer
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
Allison Pataki
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria - Hungary, 1853
Barry Denenberg
Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136
Kristiana Gregory
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531
Laurence Yep
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653
Patricia Clark Smith
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.
Cleopatra's Moon
Vicky Alvear Shecter
Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff
Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France, 1553
Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889
Ellen Emerson White
SĆndĆk: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595
Sheri Holman
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria, France, 1769
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595
Patricia C. McKissack
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