Top 10 Historical Books I've Read So Far in 2017

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is Best Books You've Read In 2017 So Far. You can break it down into a specific category, so I chose historical books because I've read so many this year (and in general tbh). In my list I'm including fiction, non-fiction, books set in the present/alternate present that deal with history, and a contemporary set in the past 25 years. *sighs* I love history so much.

Covers link to Goodreads.

1.

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

 

2.

 

Goddess by Kelly Gardiner
My review

3.

Gladiatrix series by Russell Whitfield
My review of book 1

 

4.

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
My review

5.

Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford

 

6.

Shaken to the Core by Jae

7.

Cranky Ladies of History by various authors

8.

The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great by Stephanie Thornton

9.

The Great Library series by Rachel Caine 

10.

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Tied for 10th place is Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1) by Jodi Taylor and New Pompeii (New Pompeii #1) by Daniel Godfrey. I couldn't decide between the two as they both deal with time-travelling and history and I enjoyed them about the same amount.
My review of New Pompeii

Have you read any of these? Who are your favourite authors of historical books? And what historical books do you always recommend?