Books about kings and queens
Books about crowns and the people who wear them, fight for them or suffer under them: succession wars, reluctant heirs, clever regents and queens who hold on through intrigue. A Storm of Swords shows several would-be kings at once, Dune follows a noble house caught in imperial politics, and Joe Abercrombie's The Trouble with Peace looks at the hard business of ruling after victory.
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- 1The Way of Kings
9.29.2 / 10 - 2The Return of the King
9.19.1 / 10 - 3Dune
8.88.8 / 10 - 4A Game of Thrones
8.78.7 / 10 - 5Mistborn: The Well of Ascension
8.68.6 / 10 - 6A Little Hatred
8.68.6 / 10 - 7Heir of Novron
8.68.6 / 10 - 8Last Argument of Kings
8.68.6 / 10 - 9Fool's Errand
8.68.6 / 10 - 10Bring Up the Bodies
8.58.5 / 10 - 11Tales of Dunk and Egg
8.48.4 / 10 - 12Cress
8.48.4 / 10 - 13The Poet Empress
8.48.4 / 10 - 14Shield of Sparrows
8.48.4 / 10 - 15Princeps' Fury
8.38.3 / 10 - 16Where the Wild Things Are
8.38.3 / 10 - 17The Phantom Tollbooth
8.38.3 / 10 - 18The Little Prince
8.38.3 / 10 - 19The Curse of Chalion
8.38.3 / 10 - 20A Memory Called Empire
8.38.3 / 10 - 21The Raven Scholar
8.38.3 / 10 - 22The Queen of Nothing
8.38.3 / 10 - 23Assassin's Apprentice
8.38.3 / 10 - 24One Dark Window
8.28.2 / 10 - 25The Black Prism
8.28.2 / 10 - 26King of Scars
8.18.1 / 10 - 27Malice
8.18.1 / 10 - 28The Winter King
8.18.1 / 10 - 29Wyrd Sisters
8.08.0 / 10 - 30Throne of Glass
7.87.8 / 10