My favourite book, that covers the transition from 10th to 11th century Britain is "The Year 1000" by Robert Lacey (also here) It is particularly good on social history - every day life - rather than higher level politics. Nevertheless it manages to weave high level decisions and low level effects together in a very readable way.

The general reader will be mesmerized by the uniqueness of the narrative and vast store of information that is effortless conveyed. And, for the scholar, this book will provide a basis for further study and will serve as a fine example of how to write a book for a diverse audience that is both compelling and informative. In short, I highly recommend The Year 1000 to anyone interested in history, culture, or simply an intriguing read...

Rochelle Caviness (History in Review)

This is a superb time capsule, and the authors distill a wealth of historical information into brightly entertaining reading.

Curtis Brown. (Publishers Weekly)

It's hard to imagine a better executed, easier-to-digest primer on the social, political and religious life of the age.

Theodore Spencer (CNN - Salon)

Hello, in an answer yesterday, I recommended the following reading list for looking at 9th and 10th Century England:

Blackburn and Dumville's Kings, Currency and Alliances

Molyneaux's The Making of the Kingdom of the English in the Tenth Century

Lavelle's Alfred's Wars and The Danes in Wessex

Naismith's Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

Baker and Brookes' Beyond the Burghal Hidage

Baker, Brookes and Reynolds' Landscapes of Defence

Rumble and Hill's seminal The Defence of Wessex

Farr and Brown's Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe

Dorothy Whitelock's translation and edit of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Keynes and Lapidge's translation of Asser's Vita Ælfredi

Stafford's Unification and Conquest and Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power

Yorke's Kings and Kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon England, Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses and The Anglo-Saxons

Stenton's perennial Anglo-Saxon England

Higham's The Anglo-Saxon World.

Thanks! I’ll take a look at them