11 must-read nonfiction books like The Vikings by Frank R. Donovan

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The Vikings

By: Frank R. Donovan

3.74

Format: 85 pages, Kindle Edition

At the height of their power in the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings seemed invincible – conq…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Vikings by Frank R. Donovan , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4)

By: Ian Doescher

3.96

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

MAY THE VERSE BE WITH YOU! Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retellin… read more

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"Pray tell, let the wookie win."

-Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4)

"O help/ Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art/ Mine only hope. -Leia Organa"

-Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4)

"True it is,/ That these are not the droids for which thou search'st. -Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi"

-Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4)

"Thou truly art in jest. Art thou not small/Of stature, if thou art a stormtrooper? -Leia Organa"

-Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4)

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2. The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)

By: Mary Stewart

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. This is the wo… read more

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3. Scandinavia: A History

By: Ewan Butler

0.00

Format: 798 pages,

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)

By: Mary Stewart

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted b… read more

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5. The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #8)

By: Ellis Peters

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a … read more

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6. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

By: Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new disc… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Doctor Who: Only Human

By: Gareth Roberts

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Somebody's interfering with time. The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack arrive on modern-day Earth to … read more

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8. World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)

By: Ben H. Winters

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

There are just 14 days until a deadly asteroid hits the planet, and America has fallen into chaos. … read more

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9. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more

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10. Dracula Cha Cha Cha (Anno Dracula #3)

By: Kim Newman

4.06

Format: 368 pages,

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11. Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)

By: Pat Barker

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Paperback

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12. Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest

By: G.A. Henty

3.50

Format: 364 pages,

The story of a young thane who wins the favor of Earl Harold and becomes one of his retinue. When H… read more

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13. Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

See alternate cover edition  Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her ha… read more

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14. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)

By: Robert C. O'Brien

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarter… read more

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15. The Chimera Affair

By: Keira Andrews

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook, paperback

His mission was seduction--not falling in love. When young Sebastian Brambani meets a sexy and exci… read more

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16. Ghosts: The Button House Archives

By: Mathew Baynton

4.56

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS. Everybody leaves a trace. The ghosts of Button Hou… read more

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17. Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel (Star Wars)

By: Daniel José Older

3.35

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

The author of Half-Resurrection Blues and Shadowshaper has penned this novel that connects three er… read more

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"Mmm,"

-Daniel José Older, Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel (Star Wars)

"And anyway,"

-Daniel José Older, Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel (Star Wars)

"Fighters ahead,"

-Daniel José Older, Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel (Star Wars)

"The Falcon ready?"

-Daniel José Older, Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel (Star Wars)

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18. Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.88

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I’s body to succeed her. Henry VI… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of God of War: The Official Novelization by J.M. Barlog

19. God of War: The Official Novelization

By: J.M. Barlog

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The novelization of the highly anticipated God of War 4 game.His vengeance against the Gods of Olym… read more

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20. The Big Kahuna (Fox and O'Hare, #6)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.66

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

A stoner, an Instagram model, a Czech oligarch, and a missing unicorn. Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare ha… read more

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Cover of Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North by Christopher McIntosh

21. Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North

By: Christopher McIntosh

3.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"The North" is simultaneously a location, a direction, and a mystical concept. Although this concep… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs by Kenneth Womack

22. All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs

By: Kenneth Womack

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Womack and Kruppa present a thorough history of Harrison and Clapton’s songmaking and recording se… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Vikings!: Scandinavians Who Shaped the World

By: Scott McCormick

3.93

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Grab your battle axe, hop into a longship, and set sail on an adventure 300 years in the making! Vi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982 by Phil Marcade

24. Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

By: Phil Marcade

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Spies! Sneaks, Snoops, and Saboteurs Who Shaped the World

By: Scott McCormick

3.90

Format: None pages, None

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Listen to the hilarious-but-true adventures of the wo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe

By: Maureen Quilligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Library Journal • "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021" Sixteenth-century Europe w… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"In a short six weeks, the “Northern Rebellion,"

-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe

"Although these were not necessarily gifts Mary consciously gave to Elizabeth, as the first independent queen of England it was she who established a powerful rhetoric for female rule, which Elizabeth…"

-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe

"Mary Stuart and Elizabeth both aimed at toleration in an intolerant age, in the same ways that Catherine de’ Medici, the mother-in-law of one and the almost mother-in-law of another English queen, la…"

-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe

"Because [Michel de Castelnau] had been charged with making peace between [Mary Stuart] and her barons, he ignored Mary’s adamant insistence on how anti-monarchal she considered the rebel lords to be;…"

-Maureen Quilligan, When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe

Cover of Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders by Peter Lehr

27. Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders

By: Peter Lehr

3.50

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi , from the Middle Ages to the present day   In… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. The Vikings

By: Frank R. Donovan

3.74

Format: 85 pages, Kindle Edition

At the height of their power in the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings seemed invincible – conq… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of His Surrogate Omega (Omega Quadrant #1) by Kelex

29. His Surrogate Omega (Omega Quadrant #1)

By: Kelex

4.25

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

an alternate cover edition can be found here An MPREG Omegaverse Book. Omega Gray Tomlinson… read more

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30. The Meaning of Geranium (The Secret Language of Plants, #3)

By: Endrina

4.18

Format: 956 pages, ebook

Fandom: Harry Potter Relationships: Remus Lupin/Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter --------… read more

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31. Cabriole: Dancing in the City (A Dancer's Journey #2)

By: Ailish Sinclair

4.50

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Leaving your boyfriend to pursue a career on the stage is easy, right? Back in London, and newly… read more

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4.23

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Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.88

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Danny Robins

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David Mitchell

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Dawn French

3.87

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