What to Read if You're Watching 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror & The Light'

Mark Rylance, left, as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror & The Light.'

Are you watching Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light on PBS Masterpiece? The long-awaited series is an adaptation of The Mirror & the Light, the third book of Hilary Mantel's award-winning trilogy about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell was a low-born commoner (the son of a blacksmith) who rose to become the closest adviser to Henry VIII - and helped make the case for the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn.

If you're intrigued by the treacherous court of Tudor England and are interested in hearing more about these characters and their times, we have lots of books you can read and/or listen to. Of course we have all three of Mantel's trilogy, which starts with Wolf Hall and continues in Bring Up The Bodies. But we also have many other books, both fiction and nonfiction, that tell the stories of that time.

The Tudors: The complete story of England's most notorious dynasty by G.J. Meyer

Anna of Kleve, the princess in the portrait by Alison Weir

The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

Jane Seymour: The haunted queen by Alison Weir

The Lady in the Tower: The fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir

Anne Boleyn: A king's obsession by Alison Weir

Anne Boleyn: Adultery, heresy, desire by Amy Licence

Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom

Anne Boleyn: Fatal attractions by G.W. Bernard

The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory

Four princes : Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the obsessions that forged modern Europe by John Julius Norwich

The King's Pleasure: A novel of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the marriage that shook Europe by J.A. Guy

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Wolf Hall, Bring Up The Bodies and The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel