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  • May 25, 2024
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#1

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
ByJill Lepore

2014 • 82 Readers • 448 pages • 3.5

#1

Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor

Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
ByAnne Edwards

1984 • 6 Readers

#1

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Life Below Stairs – in the Victorian and Edwardian Country House
BySi Evansân

2011 • 1 Reader

#1

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Love and War in London: A Woman's Diary 1939-1942
ByOlivia Cockett,Robert W. Malcolmson

2005 • 1 Reader

#1

Portrait of a Marriage

Portrait of a Marriage
ByNigel Nicolson,Victoria Sackville-West

1998 • 6 Readers • 284 pages • 4

#1

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
ByAnne Helen Petersen

2014 • 4 Readers • 416 pages • 3.5

#1

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Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood
ByMick LaSalle

2 Readers

#1

A Woman's View

A Woman's View
ByJeanine Basinger

2013 • 1 Reader • 528 pages

#1

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The Curse of Beauty: The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel
ByJames Bone

2 Readers

#1

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Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
ByLaura Thompson

2 Readers

#1

Marriage, a History

Marriage, a History
ByStephanie Coontz

2005 • 24 Readers • 456 pages • 4.3

#1

Victoria

Victoria
ByJulia Baird

2016 • 32 Readers • 696 pages • 5

#1

Romantic Outlaws

Romantic Outlaws
ByCharlotte Gordon

2016 • 48 Readers • 674 pages • 5

#1

Silent Stars

Silent Stars
ByJeanine Basinger

1999 • 4 Readers • 497 pages

#1

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
ByJen Campbell

6 Readers • 3.3

#1

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The Science of Everyday Life
ByMarty Jopson

2015 • 3 Readers • 4

#1

Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
ByPaul Watson

2017 • 3 Readers • 384 pages • 3

#1

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Good Girls & Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's Feature Animation
ByAmy M. Davis

2006 • 1 Reader

#1

George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent

George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent
ByChristopher Warwick

1988 • 2 Readers

#1

Inheritance

Inheritance
ByRobert Sackville-West

2010 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

#1

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The King's Bed
ByDon Jordan,Michael Walsh

2015 • 1 Reader

#1

Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space

Film and Culture Series

Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space
ByBrian R. Jacobson

2015 • 1 Reader

#1

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Going to the Palais: A Social And Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960
ByJames Nott

2015 • 1 Reader

#1

Hidden Mickeys

Hidden Mickeys
BySteven M. Barrett

1 Reader

#1

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The Button Box: Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives
ByLynn Knight

2016 • 1 Reader

#1

Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya

Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
ByWilliam Carlsen

2016 • 2 Readers • 349 pages

#1

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A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls
ByJohn Wright

2 Readers

#1

Library of Luminaries: Coco Chanel: An Illustrated Biography

Library of Luminaries: Coco Chanel: An Illustrated Biography
ByZena Alkayat

1 Reader

#1

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home
ByJohannes von Moltke

2005 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

#1

Hollywood Romantic Comedy

Hollywood Romantic Comedy
ByKathrina Glitre

2006 • 1 Reader • 218 pages

#1

Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape

Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape
ByMary-Ann Ochota

2018 • 4 Readers • 291 pages

#1

The Habsburg Empire: A New History

The Habsburg Empire: A New History
ByPieter M. Judson

2016 • 9 Readers • 567 pages • 3

#1

The Castle on Sunset

The Castle on Sunset
ByShawn Levy

2020 • 4 Readers • 402 pages

#1

George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992

#2 of 2 in George Hurrell's Hollywood

George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992
ByMark A. Vieira,George Hurrell

1 Reader • 416 pages

#1

Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris
ByKathy Borrus

2019 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

#1

Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars

Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars
BySiân Evans

2016 • 2 Readers • 320 pages • 4

#1

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In Other Words
ByC.J. Moore

2004 • 1 Reader

#1

Casanova Was a Book Lover

Casanova Was a Book Lover
ByJohn Maxwell Hamilton

2000 • 2 Readers • 368 pages

#1

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The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939
ByAdrian Tinniswood

2015 • 2 Readers

#1

Gender and Representation in British 'Golden Age' Crime Fiction

Gender and Representation in British 'Golden Age' Crime Fiction
ByMegan Hoffman

1 Reader

#1

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Jane Austen: An Illustrated Biography
ByZena Alkayat

1 Reader • 3

#1

The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
ByJames Canton

2016 • 13 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8

#1

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
ByHallie Rubenhold

2020 • 263 Readers • 382 pages • 4.2

#1

Byron's Women

Byron's Women
ByAlexander Larman

3 Readers

#1

Literary London

Literary London
ByEloise Millar,Sam Jordison

2016 • 2 Readers • 224 pages

#1

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Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896–2010: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013
ByTrina Robbins

2013 • 2 Readers

#1

The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain

#3 of 4 in Time Traveller's Guides

The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain
ByIan Mortimer

2017 • 2 Readers • 480 pages

#1

The Queens of Animation

The Queens of Animation
ByNathalia Holt

2019 • 5 Readers • 400 pages • 3

#1

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Keeping Up Appearances: Fashion and Class Between the Wars
ByCatherine Horwood

2005 • 1 Reader

#1

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
ByRichard Thompson Ford

2021 • 15 Readers • 464 pages • 2.5

#1

Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
ByJulia Cooke

2021 • 83 Readers • 293 pages • 3.4

#1

Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir

Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir
ByAgatha Christie Mallowan,Agatha Christie

1946 • 12 Readers • 286 pages • 4.5