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
15,454 members
698 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
2,896 members
66 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Fourpawz2, laketa, Cecrow
3
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Antonia Fraser
2,506 members
41 reviews
4
3 Members
staffordcastle, Fourpawz2, AnnaClaire
4
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
3,569 members
64 reviews
4.1
2 Members
AnnaClaire, susiesharp
5
Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
8,077 members
378 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
AnnaClaire, souloftherose
7
Sovereign
by C. J. Sansom
2,707 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
1,534 members
20 reviews
3.9
2 Members
staffordcastle, souloftherose
10
The Boleyn Inheritance
by Philippa Gregory
6,693 members
178 reviews
3.8
2 Members
norabelle414, laketa,staffordcastle
11
Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare
1,588 members
24 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
foggidawn
13
Tudor England
by S. T. Bindoff
669 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
staffordcastle
14
Henry VIII: King and Court
by Alison Weir
1,833 members
24 reviews
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
15
The Constant Princess
by Philippa Gregory
6,456 members
167 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
laketa,staffordcastle
16
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
16,692 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
2,321 members
34 reviews
4
19
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
4,694 members
205 reviews
3.9
20
The Mirror and the Light
by Hilary Mantel
3,665 members
130 reviews
½ 4.3
21
Dark Fire
by C. J. Sansom
2,862 members
121 reviews
4.1
22
The Taming of the Queen
by Philippa Gregory
1,523 members
47 reviews
3.8
23
Revelation
by C. J. Sansom
2,247 members
70 reviews
4.2
24
The Last Wife of Henry VIII
by Carolly Erickson
802 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
25
A Man for All Seasons
by Robert Bolt
3,556 members
35 reviews
4
26
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
by Robin Maxwell
1,093 members
27 reviews
½ 3.5
27
Heartstone
by C. J. Sansom
1,860 members
70 reviews
4.2
28
Innocent Traitor
by Alison Weir
2,639 members
97 reviews
3.9
29
Henry VIII
by J. J. Scarisbrick
600 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
1,733 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
32
The Lady in the Tower
by Jean Plaidy
729 members
16 reviews
3.8
33
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
by Alison Weir
1,285 members
38 reviews
3.8
34
The Queen's Fool
by Philippa Gregory
6,665 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
35
The King's Curse
by Philippa Gregory
1,596 members
41 reviews
3.8
37
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
by Vanora Bennett
912 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
38
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford
by Julia Fox
583 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
39
The Lady Elizabeth
by Alison Weir
1,957 members
60 reviews
3.8
40
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
by Kathryn Lasky
2,303 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
328 members
7 reviews
3.8
44
The Life of Thomas More
by Peter Ackroyd
1,338 members
14 reviews
4
45
The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France
by Maria Perry
454 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
46
Lamentation
by C. J. Sansom
1,224 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
536 members
21 reviews
2.8
49
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
by Alison Weir
807 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
871 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
The Sixth Wife
by Jean Plaidy
519 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
54
Queen's Gambit
by Elizabeth Fremantle
516 members
48 reviews
3.9
55
Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour (Tudor Women Series)
by Laurien Gardner
253 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
1,032 members
19 reviews
4
58
Anna of Kleve, the Princess in the Portrait
by Alison Weir
452 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
59
The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
by G. J. Meyer
1,057 members
19 reviews
3.9
60
Doomed Queen Anne
by Carolyn Meyer
768 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
61
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
by Eric Ives
617 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
387 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
65
A Man for All Seasons [1966 film]
by Fred Zinnemann
307 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
5,346 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
1,477 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
70
The Wise Woman
by Philippa Gregory
1,237 members
32 reviews
½ 3.3
71
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
by Alison Weir
605 members
24 reviews
3.9
72
The Secret Bride
by Diane Haeger
400 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
658 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
316 members
10 reviews
3.8
78
Henry VIII
by Jasper Ridley
174 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
79
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
10,924 members
90 reviews
½ 3.7
80
Beware, Princess Elizabeth
by Carolyn Meyer
1,152 members
15 reviews
3.8
81
The Fifth Queen Trilogy
by Ford Madox Ford
424 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
82
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
by Tracy Borman
420 members
8 reviews
4
83
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
by William Shakespeare
35,643 members
177 reviews
½ 4.6
84
Patience, Princess Catherine
by Carolyn Meyer
413 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
85
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
by Tracy Borman
353 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
1,758 members
50 reviews
3.9
90
Mademoiselle Boleyn
by Robin Maxwell
424 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
91
Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
by Giles Tremlett
415 members
12 reviews
4
92
The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards
by Philippa Jones
407 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
133 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
96
Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen
by Alison Weir
508 members
35 reviews
4
97
Mary, Queen of France
by Jean Plaidy
499 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
98
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
by Candace Fleming
415 members
16 reviews
3.9
99
The Sixth Wife
by Suzannah Dunn
342 members
18 reviews
3.2
100
Brief Gaudy Hour
by Margaret Campbell Barnes
310 members
5 reviews
3.8