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17th Century Books

Books selected for readers looking for 17th century books.

31 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·116% reader overlap with 18th Century Books

1. 1616
Thomas Christensen
Fits this list for its focus on 17th and century.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
2. The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
Gerald Horne
Fits this list for its focus on 17th and century.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
3. Conquistadores
Fernando Cervantes
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 16th-Century History
4. The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century
Clarence Henry Haring, Musaicum Press
Fits this list for its focus on 17th and century.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
5. Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Fits this list for its focus on 17th and century.
Shelf signal: Romance Adventure
6. The World Turned Upside Down
Christopher Hill
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
7. Born to Be Hanged
Keith Thomson
Included for strong travel alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
8. Black Flags, Blue Waters
Eric Jay Dolin, Paul Brion
Included for strong short story alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
9. The Awakening of Europe
M. B. Synge, Margaret Bertha Synge
Fits this list for its focus on 17th and century.
Shelf signal: 16th-Century History
10. In Search of a Kingdom
Laurence Bergreen, Michael Page
Included for strong british alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: Tudor & Elizabethan Britain
11. The Pirate King
Sean Kingsley, Rex Cowan
Included for strong high alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
12. Two Princes of Calabar
Randy J. Sparks
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: West African History
13. The Barbarous Years
Bernard Bailyn, Henry Strozier
Included for strong history alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
14. Barons of the Sea
Steven Ujifusa
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: Maritime History
15. The Verneys
Adrian Tinniswood
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: Georgian Britain (1714-1837)
16. The Wager
David Grann, Dion Graham
Included for strong book club alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: Mass Murder Cases
17. Spreading Rebellion
Bieito Alonso, David M. Struthers
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: Caribbean & Latin American Studies
18. The Zorg
Siddharth Kara, Dion Graham
Included for strong adventure alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
19. The London Hanged
Peter Linebaugh
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
20. The Pirate's Wife
Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, Courtney Patterson
Included for strong book club alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
21. Witchfinders
Malcolm Gaskill
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
22. Under the Black Flag
David Cordingly
Included for strong history alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
23. The Anarchy
William Dalrymple
Included for strong best alignment with this 17th century list.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
24. The Floating Brothel
Sian Rees, Siân Rees
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: Maritime History