8 Top historical books like The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin

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The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

By: Lisa Perrin

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most in…

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1. Sister Santee

By: Ken Burger

4.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

2011 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) - Gold in South-East Best Regional Fiction A fictional… read more

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2. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

3. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

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Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants by Fez Inkwright

4. Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants

By: Fez Inkwright

4.28

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants through this beautifully produced, gorge… read more

Similar categories in Fez Inkwright's Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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5. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen

By: Jane Draycott

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more

Similar categories in Jane Draycott's Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery by Earl Swift

6. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • crime
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7. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

Similar categories in Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

8. The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul

By: Eleanor Herman

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The story of poison is the story of power. For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roilin… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Herman's The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
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9. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

By: Therese Oneill

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more

Similar categories in Therese Oneill's Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."

-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

Cover of The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa  Perrin

10. The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

By: Lisa Perrin

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most in… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • feminism
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • crime
  • science
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11. Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image

By: Siobhan Gallagher

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journe… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Gallagher's Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
Cover of Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter

12. Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

By: Harold Schechter

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From veteran true crime master Harold Schechter comes a unique look into the history of crime told … read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages by Olivia Swarthout

13. Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages

By: Olivia Swarthout

3.85

Format: 203 pages, ebook

Live, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys!Explore what your medieval lif… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Swarthout's Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love by Marcia A. Zug

14. You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

By: Marcia A. Zug

3.75

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage,… read more

Similar categories in Marcia A. Zug's You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
"The social and cultural preference for marriage has obvious negative effects for single people, but it also harms the married. A desire to retain marriage's preferential status is on of the most cite…"

-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

"As marriage became "proof" of black respectability, this induced many freedmen and women to marry, but it also encouraged the black community to exert pressure on those who resisted..."The colored pe…"

-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

"Black men had fewer opportunities to become wealthy and were specifically encourages, often by the US government, to look to marriage, rather than wealth, as a source of social status. The government…"

-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

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15. The Mushroom Knight Vol. 1 (1)

By: Oliver Bly

3.28

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An adolescent girl searches the deep dark woods for her missing dog, entangling her destiny with a … read more

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16. So Witches We Became

By: Jill Baguchinsky

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

If boys will be boys, girls will fight back. For high school senior Nell and her friends, a vaca… read more

Similar categories in Jill Baguchinsky's So Witches We Became book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • horror
Cover of Dracula Daily: Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time With Commentary by the Internet by Bram Stoker

17. Dracula Daily: Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time With Commentary by the Internet

By: Bram Stoker

4.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The wildly popular email newsletter that has been described as an "internet sensation" ( The New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Bram Stoker's Dracula Daily: Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time With Commentary by the Internet book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • adult
  • horror
"The world seems full of good men–even if there are monsters in it."

-Bram Stoker, Dracula Daily: Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time With Commentary by the Internet

Cover of Crimes of the Centuries: The Cases That Changed Us by Amber Hunt

18. Crimes of the Centuries: The Cases That Changed Us

By: Amber Hunt

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating pop-history dive into the stories behind the incredibly impactful crimes—both infamou… read more

Similar categories in Amber Hunt's Crimes of the Centuries: The Cases That Changed Us book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places by Amy Bruni

19. Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places

By: Amy Bruni

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Discover tantalizing recipes, spine-tingling stories, and historic photos from the most notoriously… read more

Similar categories in Amy Bruni's Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • horror
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20. Blood on Her Tongue

By: Johanna van Veen

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"I'm in your blood, and you are in mine…" The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwel… read more

Similar categories in Johanna van Veen's Blood on Her Tongue book and Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

  • historical
  • adult
  • horror

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