For a listing of earlier kings see here and here. I am listing the years of their reigns--not their birth/death dates. Perhaps of interest: a list of English consorts. I'll be updating this list with links as time permits!
William I (William the Conqueror), 1066-1087
- The Bastard King. Jean Plaidy. 1974. Fawcett Crest. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
- The Norman Conquest. Janice Hamilton. 2007. Twenty-First Century Books. 160 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- The King's Arrow. Michael Cadnum.
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Lion of Justice. Jean Plaidy. 1975. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Passionate Enemies. Jean Plaidy. 1976. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
- Lady of the English. Elizabeth Chadwick. 2011. Sourcebooks. 544 pages. [Source: Library]
- When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Courts of Love. Jean Plaidy. 1987. Broadway Books. 576 pages. [Source: Bought]
- The Revolt of the Eaglets. Jean Plaidy. 1977. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- Passionate Brood: A Novel of Richard the Lionheart and the Man Who Became Robin Hood. Margaret Campbell Barnes. 1944/2010. Sourcebooks. 368 pages.
- Scarlet. A.C. Gaughen. 2012. Walker. 292 pages. [Source: Library]
- Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- Here Be Dragons. Sharon Kay Penman. 1985. 704 pages. [Source: Borrowed]
- The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets #2). Thomas B. Costain. 1951. 324 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham. 2009. Sourcebooks. 500 pages. *might cover more than one Edward, I believe it does.
- The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
- Within the Hollow Crown. Margaret Campbell Barnes. 1948/2010. SourceBooks. 368 pages.
Henry V 1413-1422
Henry VI 1422-1461; 1470-1471
Edward IV 1461-1470; 1471-1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483-1485
Henry VII 1485-1509
- The White Princess. Philippa Gregory. 2013. Simon & Schuster. 544 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
- Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
- My Lady of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes
- King's Fool by Margaret Campbell Barnes
- Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
- Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
- Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabeth England. Ian Mortimer. 2013. Viking. 416 pages. [Source: Library]
- Young Bess by Margaret Irwin
- Elizabeth Captive Princess by Margaret Irwin
- Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain. Margaret Irwin.
- Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
- Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. John Guy. 2004. 608 pages. [Source: Library]
Charles I 1625-1649
Charles II 1660-1685
- The Merry Monarch's Wife. (A Queens of England Novel). Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
Mary II 1689-1694
William III 1689-1702
Anne 1702-1714
George I 1714-1727
- The Princess of Celle. Jean Plaidy. 1967/1985. Ballantine. 400 pages. [Source: Bought]
- Caroline the Queen. Jean Plaidy. 1968. 415 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought]
- Royal Affair: George III And His Scandalous Siblings. 2006. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought]
- The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline. Flora Fraser. 1996/2009. Anchor Books. 560 pages. [Source: Library]
- Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of the Original People's Princess. James Chambers. 2007. 256 pages.
- Duchess of Drury Lane. Freda Lightfoot. 2013. Severn House. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
Edward VII 1901-1910
- The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, The Playboy Prince. Jane Ridley. 2013. Random House. 752 pages. [Source: Library]
Edward VIII 1936
George VI 1936-1952
Elizabeth II 1952-present
Others:
Matilda (Empress Matilda) 1141
- The Passionate Enemies. Jean Plaidy. 1976. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
- Lady of the English. Elizabeth Chadwick. 2011. Sourcebooks. 544 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
Louis The Lion (Louis VIII of France) 1216-1217
Jane Grey July 10-19th 1553
Philip (Mary's husband) 1554-1558
Oliver Cromwell 1653-1658
Richard Cromwell 1658-1659
Mary Queen of Scots
- Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. John Guy. 2004. 608 pages. [Source: Library]
General Resources Covering Multiple Kings and Queens:
- Our Island Story. H.E. Marshall. 1905/? 512 pages. [Source: Bought]
- Great Tales from English History, vol. 1. Robert Lacey. 2003. Little, Brown. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
- Great Tales From English History, vol. 2. Robert Lacey. 2004. Little, Brown. 288 pages. [Source: Library]
- Great Tales from English History, volume 3. Robert Lacey. 2008. Little, Brown. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Story of Britain. Rebecca Fraser. 2003. Norton. 828 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Story of Britain From the Norman Conquest to the European Union by Patrick Dillon.
- 1066 And All That. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman. 1931/1993. Barnes & Noble. 116 pages. [Source: Bought]
- The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]
- History of England. Jane Austen. 1977. 64 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
- A Child's History of England. Charles Dickens. 1851-1853. 390 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
- Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Conquering Family. Thomas B. Costain. 1949. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets #3) Thomas B. Costain. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Daughter of Time by Josephine They
- The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
- The Tudor Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York by Margaret Campbell Barnes
- Richard III by William Shakespeare (boo, hiss)
- The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
- Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
- The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
- The Kingmaker's Daughter by Phillipa Gregory
- The Lady of The Rivers by Philippa Gregory
- Rose of York: Love & War by Sandra Worth
- A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir (boo, hiss)
- Royal Mistress. Anne Easter Smith. 2013. Simon & Schuster. 489 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
Earlier history -- before William the Conqueror
- Alfred the Great. Justin Pollard. 2005. John Murray. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
- Queen Emma and the Vikings. Harriet O'Brien. 2005. Bloomsbury. 288 pages. [Source: Library]
- The Norman Conquest. Janice Hamilton. 2007. Twenty-First Century Books. 160 pages. [Source: Library]
- Cymbeline. William Shakespeare. circa 1611. [Source: Bought]
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