The Five appears in 11 book lists

By Hallie Rubenhold,

The Five appears in 11 book lists on Shepherd.

My favorite books about scandalous women you’ve never heard of

Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of The Trial of Madame Caillaux Book cover of Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England Book cover of Venus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France Book cover of My Blue Notebooks: The Intimate Journal of Paris's Most Beautiful and Notorious Courtesan

My favorite books about history by women

Book cover of A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Book cover of These Truths: A History of the United States Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Wolf Hall Book cover of Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

The best true crime books about murder and serial murder

Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper Book cover of The Journalist and the Murderer Book cover of Killing For Company Book cover of In Cold Blood

My favorite books for that dark and stormy Victorian vibe

Book cover of The Hound of the Baskervilles Book cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Book cover of The Cater Street Hangman Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Crocodile on the Sandbank

The best non-fiction books about the untold, or little-known lives of women throughout history

Book cover of The Mother of the Brontës: When Maria Met Patrick Book cover of Under Fire: The Blitz diaries of a volunteer ambulance driver Book cover of Wellington's Dearest Georgy: The Life and Loves of Lady Georgiana Lennox Book cover of Heroines of the Medieval World Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

The best nonfiction books about overlooked historical figures

Book cover of The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England Book cover of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Book cover of Women Warriors: An Unexpected History Book cover of The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

My favorite books that sing the praises of unsung women

Book cover of Wide Sargasso Sea Book cover of Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Convenience Store Woman Book cover of Excellent Women

My favorite books that venture into the darker side of Victorian life

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My favorite books about 19th century prostitutes

Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Nell Kimball: Her Life as an American Madam, by Herself Book cover of The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the Trade, 1871-1909 Book cover of Madeleine Book cover of The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Ninetenth-Century New York

My favorite books about women you’ve never heard of

Book cover of Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells Book cover of The Witch of Eye Book cover of The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

My favorite books on unsolved murders

Book cover of Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth Book cover of The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Book cover of My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir

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