Books about King Henry VIII

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He sure had a lot of books written about him. Almost as many as the number of wives he had. Vote for the best, AND thumb-down the worst!
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Henry VIII
1
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
15,498 members
699 reviews
4
4 Members
gennyt, AnnaClaire, Mr.Durick, souloftherose,staffordcastle
2
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
by Margaret George
2,899 members
66 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Fourpawz2, laketa, Cecrow
3
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Antonia Fraser
2,513 members
41 reviews
4
3 Members
staffordcastle, Fourpawz2, AnnaClaire
4
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
3,581 members
64 reviews
4.1
2 Members
AnnaClaire, susiesharp
5
Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
8,114 members
378 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
AnnaClaire, souloftherose
7
Sovereign
by C. J. Sansom
2,708 members
96 reviews
4.1
2 Members
gennyt, souloftherose
8
Great Harry: The Extravagant Life of Henry VIII
by Carolly Erickson
494 members
7 reviews
3.9
2 Members
staffordcastle, AnnaClaire
9
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
by David Starkey
1,539 members
20 reviews
3.9
2 Members
staffordcastle, souloftherose
10
The Boleyn Inheritance
by Philippa Gregory
6,708 members
178 reviews
3.8
2 Members
norabelle414, laketa,staffordcastle
11
Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare
1,590 members
24 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
foggidawn
13
Tudor England
by S. T. Bindoff
668 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
staffordcastle
14
Henry VIII: King and Court
by Alison Weir
1,836 members
24 reviews
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
15
The Constant Princess
by Philippa Gregory
6,478 members
167 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
laketa,staffordcastle
16
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
16,721 members
387 reviews
3.9
Member
laketa,staffordcastle ,Fourpawz2
17
The King's Daughter
by Sandra Worth
245 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
Explanations
AnnaClaire : Henry VIII is seen only a little in the later part of this novel, as a child.
18
The Children of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
2,326 members
34 reviews
4
19
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
4,698 members
205 reviews
3.9
20
The Mirror and the Light
by Hilary Mantel
3,696 members
130 reviews
½ 4.3
21
Dark Fire
by C. J. Sansom
2,871 members
121 reviews
4.1
22
The Taming of the Queen
by Philippa Gregory
1,532 members
47 reviews
3.8
23
Revelation
by C. J. Sansom
2,249 members
70 reviews
4.2
24
The Last Wife of Henry VIII
by Carolly Erickson
806 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
25
A Man for All Seasons
by Robert Bolt
3,572 members
35 reviews
4
26
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
by Robin Maxwell
1,095 members
27 reviews
½ 3.5
27
Heartstone
by C. J. Sansom
1,864 members
70 reviews
4.2
28
Innocent Traitor
by Alison Weir
2,642 members
97 reviews
3.9
29
Henry VIII
by J. J. Scarisbrick
602 members
9 reviews
4
30
Henry VIII and His Court
by Neville Williams
320 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
31
Mary, Bloody Mary
by Carolyn Meyer
1,745 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
32
The Lady in the Tower
by Jean Plaidy
730 members
16 reviews
3.8
33
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
by Alison Weir
1,291 members
38 reviews
3.8
34
The Queen's Fool
by Philippa Gregory
6,670 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
35
The King's Curse
by Philippa Gregory
1,605 members
41 reviews
3.8
37
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
by Vanora Bennett
913 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
38
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford
by Julia Fox
585 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
39
The Lady Elizabeth
by Alison Weir
1,961 members
60 reviews
3.8
40
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
by Kathryn Lasky
2,320 members
27 reviews
3.8
41
The Rose Without a Thorn
by Jean Plaidy
556 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
42
The Concubine
by Norah Lofts
423 members
5 reviews
3.9
43
Henry: Virtuous Prince
by David Starkey
330 members
7 reviews
3.8
44
The Life of Thomas More
by Peter Ackroyd
1,340 members
14 reviews
4
45
The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France
by Maria Perry
452 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
46
Lamentation
by C. J. Sansom
1,229 members
49 reviews
½ 4.3
47
Catherine of Aragon
by Garrett Mattingly
539 members
6 reviews
3.8
48
The Queen of Subleties
by Suzannah Dunn
537 members
21 reviews
2.8
49
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
by Alison Weir
810 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
50
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII
by Karen Lindsey
316 members
8 reviews
3.8
51
Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen
by Alison Weir
879 members
29 reviews
3.9
52
Murder Most Royal: The Story of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
by Jean Plaidy
558 members
11 reviews
3.8
53
Queen's Gambit
by Elizabeth Fremantle
520 members
48 reviews
3.9
54
The Sixth Wife
by Jean Plaidy
519 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
55
Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour (Tudor Women Series)
by Laurien Gardner
252 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
56
King's Fool
by Margaret Campbell Barnes
213 members
9 reviews
3.8
57
Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
by Peter Ackroyd
1,035 members
19 reviews
4
58
Anna of Kleve, the Princess in the Portrait
by Alison Weir
458 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
59
The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
by G. J. Meyer
1,060 members
19 reviews
3.9
60
Doomed Queen Anne
by Carolyn Meyer
773 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
61
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
by Eric Ives
616 members
7 reviews
½ 4.3
62
The Last Boleyn
by Karen Harper
569 members
13 reviews
½ 3.5
63
The Crown
by Nancy Bilyeau
499 members
48 reviews
3.8
64
Mistress Anne: The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn
by Carolly Erickson
388 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
65
A Man for All Seasons [1966 film]
by Fred Zinnemann
310 members
5 reviews
4.1
66
The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII (Canto)
by Retha M. Warnicke
280 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
67
The Virgin's Lover
by Philippa Gregory
5,362 members
97 reviews
½ 3.5
68
Katharine of Aragon
by Jean Plaidy
398 members
6 reviews
4
69
Three Sisters, Three Queens
by Philippa Gregory
1,489 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
70
The Wise Woman
by Philippa Gregory
1,243 members
32 reviews
½ 3.3
71
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
by Alison Weir
609 members
25 reviews
3.9
72
The Secret Bride
by Diane Haeger
402 members
15 reviews
½ 3.3
73
Gilt
by Katherine Longshore
364 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
74
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
by Diarmaid MacCulloch
662 members
8 reviews
4.1
75
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England’s Most Notorious Queen
by Susan Bordo
407 members
14 reviews
3.9
76
The King's Pleasure
by Norah Lofts
321 members
9 reviews
4
77
The King's Choice
by Margaret Campbell Barnes
314 members
10 reviews
3.8
78
Henry VIII
by Jasper Ridley
175 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
79
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
10,972 members
91 reviews
½ 3.7
80
Beware, Princess Elizabeth
by Carolyn Meyer
1,156 members
15 reviews
3.8
81
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
by Tracy Borman
425 members
8 reviews
4
82
The Fifth Queen Trilogy
by Ford Madox Ford
425 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
83
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
by William Shakespeare
35,620 members
177 reviews
½ 4.6
84
Patience, Princess Catherine
by Carolyn Meyer
413 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
85
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
by Tracy Borman
355 members
6 reviews
4
86
Anne Boleyn
by Norah Lofts
326 members
2 reviews
3.8
87
Henry the Eighth
by Francis Hackett
302 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
88
Shakespeare's Secret
by Elise Broach
1,763 members
50 reviews
3.9
90
Mademoiselle Boleyn
by Robin Maxwell
426 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
91
Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
by Giles Tremlett
416 members
12 reviews
4
92
The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards
by Philippa Jones
409 members
8 reviews
2.8
93
A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
by Laurien Gardner
240 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
94
A Brief History of Henry VIII: Reformer and Tyrant
by Derek Wilson
161 members
1 review
½ 3.6
95
Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty
by Lacey Baldwin Smith
135 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
96
Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen
by Alison Weir
514 members
35 reviews
4
97
Mary, Queen of France
by Jean Plaidy
500 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
98
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
by Candace Fleming
417 members
16 reviews
3.9
99
The Sixth Wife
by Suzannah Dunn
343 members
18 reviews
3.2
100
Brief Gaudy Hour
by Margaret Campbell Barnes
310 members
5 reviews
3.8