Topic
Medieval
10 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
10 posts
Where to Start with Dante Alighieri: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Dante Alighieri — how to approach the Divine Comedy. A complete reading guide to the medieval Italian poet and his Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
Where to Start with Mary Stewart: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mary Stewart — whether to begin with The Crystal Cave or The Hollow Hills. A complete reading guide to the British Arthurian novelist.
Where to Start with Noah Gordon: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Noah Gordon — how to approach The Physician, his sweeping medieval epic following an English orphan's extraordinary journey to study medicine under Avicenna in Persia. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Sharon Kay Penman: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Sharon Kay Penman — how to approach Here Be Dragons, her masterwork of medieval fiction following Joanna, daughter of King John of England, caught between loyalty to her father and love for her Welsh prince husband. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with T.H. White: A Reading Guide
Where to start with T.H. White — how to approach The Once and Future King, his four-part retelling of the Arthurian legend from Merlin's backward-living education of young Arthur to the tragic collapse of Camelot. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Tad Williams: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Tad Williams — whether to begin with The Dragonbone Chair or Stone of Farewell. A complete reading guide to the epic fantasy author.
Umberto Eco Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Umberto Eco's complete bibliography in order — from The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum to Baudolino and The Prague Cemetery. Best starting points.
Ildefonso Falcones Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
All Ildefonso Falcones novels in order — from The Cathedral of the Sea to The Painter of Souls. Complete guide to the Spanish historical novelist's work, with reading order and best starting points.
Where to Start with Geoffrey Chaucer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Geoffrey Chaucer — how to approach The Canterbury Tales, the foundational work of English literature in which pilgrims on the road to Canterbury tell stories that each reveal the teller, from the Knight's romance to the Wife of Bath's self-portrait. A complete reading guide.
Books Like The Pillars of the Earth: 11 Epic Historical Novels You Won't Put Down
If Ken Follett's cathedral saga gripped you for all 1,000+ pages, these epic historical novels deliver the same sweep, drama, and depth.
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