50 Books like صاحب الظل الطويل

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino

Banished to her matchmaker aunt, a coed discovers the old woman's secret life and her own voice.

4.48

79k+

🕰️ Midcentury Womanhood ✡️ Jewish American Life 👵 Unlikely Mentorship 🏳️‍🌈 Hidden Queer Love 🫂 Found Family

Don’t Forget to Write 87%

Banished to her matchmaker aunt, a coed discovers the old woman's secret life and her own voice.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2023

4.48

79k+ ratings

🕰️ Midcentury Womanhood ✡️ Jewish American Life 👵 Unlikely Mentorship 🏳️‍🌈 Hidden Queer Love 🫂 Found Family

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2019

Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.

4.05

69k+

📖 Epistolary Novel 💪 Plucky Heroine ⚖️ Inheritance Battle 🫖 Cozy Historical 🕯️ Gothic Undertones

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Summary

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion 91%

Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.

by Beth Brower 2019

4.05

69k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Novel 💪 Plucky Heroine ⚖️ Inheritance Battle 🫖 Cozy Historical 🕯️ Gothic Undertones

Pollyanna

by Eleanor H. Porter • 1913

An orphan teaches a Vermont town to find one reason for happiness in every misfortune.

4.02

92k+

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family 🍂 Small Town New England 🌻 Community Renewal ☕ Cozy Period Read

Pollyanna 90%

An orphan teaches a Vermont town to find one reason for happiness in every misfortune.

by Eleanor H. Porter 1913

4.02

92k+ ratings

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family 🍂 Small Town New England 🌻 Community Renewal ☕ Cozy Period Read

Puppy Love

by Nancy E. Krulik • 2008

A teen dog walker caught between the boyfriend she's outgrowing and the handyman hiding a fortune.

3.77

1k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Outgrowing First Love 🔺 Love Triangle 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl 💪 Working Class Heroine

Puppy Love 87%

A teen dog walker caught between the boyfriend she's outgrowing and the handyman hiding a fortune.

by Nancy E. Krulik 2008

3.77

1k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Outgrowing First Love 🔺 Love Triangle 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl 💪 Working Class Heroine

Kaleidoscope

by Danielle Steel • 1987

A murder-suicide leaves three sisters orphaned and scattered across continents and separate lives.

3.99

17k+

🎭 Family Saga 👯 Separated Siblings 🤫 Hidden Parentage ⬆️ Rags To Riches 💔 Orphaned Heroines

Kaleidoscope 87%

A murder-suicide leaves three sisters orphaned and scattered across continents and separate lives.

by Danielle Steel 1987

3.99

17k+ ratings

🎭 Family Saga 👯 Separated Siblings 🤫 Hidden Parentage ⬆️ Rags To Riches 💔 Orphaned Heroines

P.S. I Like You

by Kasie West • 2016

Her anonymous pen pal is perfect. He's also the one guy she swore she'd never date.

4.04

66k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎵 Songwriter Protagonist 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Secret Identity

P.S. I Like You 87%

Her anonymous pen pal is perfect. He's also the one guy she swore she'd never date.

by Kasie West 2016

4.04

66k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎵 Songwriter Protagonist 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Secret Identity

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens • 1861

An orphan becomes a gentleman overnight, funded by a shadowy patron with a ruinous secret.

3.80

880k+

🎓 Bildungsroman 🏛️ Victorian England 🎭 Secret Benefactor 📈 Social Climbing 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Great Expectations 87%

An orphan becomes a gentleman overnight, funded by a shadowy patron with a ruinous secret.

by Charles Dickens 1861

3.80

880k+ ratings

🎓 Bildungsroman 🏛️ Victorian England 🎭 Secret Benefactor 📈 Social Climbing 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

The Princess Diaries

by Meg Cabot • 2000

Mia's an awkward Manhattan freshman until her dad drops a bomb: he's a prince, and she's his heir.

3.81

263k+

🏰 Reluctant Royal 📓 Diary Novel 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👑 Tough Love Mentor ✨ Makeover Transformation

The Princess Diaries 87%

Mia's an awkward Manhattan freshman until her dad drops a bomb: he's a prince, and she's his heir.

by Meg Cabot 2000

3.81

263k+ ratings

🏰 Reluctant Royal 📓 Diary Novel 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👑 Tough Love Mentor ✨ Makeover Transformation

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

by Emma Knight • 2025

In Scotland, a student searches for her father's past and finds a family she belongs to.

3.43

28k+

🎓 Campus Novel 🔒 Family Secrets 🏰 Country Estate 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus Summary

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus 87%

In Scotland, a student searches for her father's past and finds a family she belongs to.

by Emma Knight 2025

3.43

28k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Novel 🔒 Family Secrets 🏰 Country Estate 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics

Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens • 1839

Sent to a hellish boarding school by his scheming uncle, a young man's mercy becomes defiance.

3.95

47k+

🏙️ Victorian Social Novel 📚 Bildungsroman 🔒 Family Secrets 🛡️ Rescuing The Innocent 🏚️ Dark Boarding School

Nicholas Nickleby 87%

Sent to a hellish boarding school by his scheming uncle, a young man's mercy becomes defiance.

by Charles Dickens 1839

3.95

47k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian Social Novel 📚 Bildungsroman 🔒 Family Secrets 🛡️ Rescuing The Innocent 🏚️ Dark Boarding School

The Librarian of Crooked Lane

by C.J. Archer • 2022

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

3.83

26k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

The Librarian of Crooked Lane 87%

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

by C.J. Archer 2022

3.83

26k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

Olivia Twist

by Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4k+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist 87%

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

by Lorie Langdon 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Dear Mr. Kilmer

by Anne E. Schraff • 1999

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

3.96

272

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity 🏘️ Small-Town Prejudice 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Dear Mr. Kilmer 87%

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

by Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 ratings

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity 🏘️ Small-Town Prejudice 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Hattie Big Sky

by Kirby Larson • 2006

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

4.03

20k+

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Hattie Big Sky 90%

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

by Kirby Larson 2006

4.03

20k+ ratings

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Anne of Green Gables

by L.M. Montgomery • 1908

They request a farm boy. They get Anne: a fiery, imaginative orphan determined to prove she belongs.

4.33

1.1M+

👧 Orphan Girl 🫂 Found Family 📚 Academic Rivals 🌟 Imaginative Heroine 👯 Girl Friendship

Anne of Green Gables 89%

They request a farm boy. They get Anne: a fiery, imaginative orphan determined to prove she belongs.

by L.M. Montgomery 1908

4.33

1.1M+ ratings

👧 Orphan Girl 🫂 Found Family 📚 Academic Rivals 🌟 Imaginative Heroine 👯 Girl Friendship

Sweet Heartbreak

by Alexandra Moody

She was sent to an elite academy for protection. She found Noah Hastings instead.

3.59

12k+

🏫 Boarding School Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💸 Class Divide 🔥 Family Feud 🤫 Hidden Background

Sweet Heartbreak 87%

She was sent to an elite academy for protection. She found Noah Hastings instead.

by Alexandra Moody 2022

3.59

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💸 Class Divide 🔥 Family Feud 🤫 Hidden Background

The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee • 2019

A Chinese maid's secret column challenges 1890 Atlanta, but discovery would cost her everything.

3.95

41k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Lineage 💎 Class Divide 🧧 Chinese American Identity

The Downstairs Girl 87%

A Chinese maid's secret column challenges 1890 Atlanta, but discovery would cost her everything.

by Stacey Lee 2019

3.95

41k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Lineage 💎 Class Divide 🧧 Chinese American Identity

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott • 1868

Four sisters chase different dreams through poverty, ambition, and love in Civil War New England.

4.17

2.5M+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Sisterly Bond ✒️ Tomboy Heroine 📝 Writer Protagonist 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

Little Women 87%

Four sisters chase different dreams through poverty, ambition, and love in Civil War New England.

by Louisa May Alcott 1868

4.17

2.5M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Sisterly Bond ✒️ Tomboy Heroine 📝 Writer Protagonist 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker • 1982

Abused and silenced, Celie writes letters to God. Then a blues singer teaches her to love.

4.28

759k+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌾 Deep South 💕 Sisterly Bond 🌺 Sexual Awakening 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Color Purple 87%

Abused and silenced, Celie writes letters to God. Then a blues singer teaches her to love.

by Alice Walker 1982

4.28

759k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌾 Deep South 💕 Sisterly Bond 🌺 Sexual Awakening 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Ifigenia

by Teresa de la Parra • 1924

Europe freed her. Caracas demands a proper husband and the quiet burial of her desires.

4.06

573

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌎 Latin American Classic ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Trapped By Society

Ifigenia 87%

Europe freed her. Caracas demands a proper husband and the quiet burial of her desires.

by Teresa de la Parra 1924

4.06

573 ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌎 Latin American Classic ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Trapped By Society

Possession

by A.S. Byatt • 1990

Stolen Victorian letters send two scholars chasing a secret affair that becomes their own.

3.90

85k+

🏛️ Campus Novel ⏳ Dual Timeline Fiction ✉️ Hidden Letters 💌 Victorian Love Affair 🔒 Fear Of Possession

Possession 87%

Stolen Victorian letters send two scholars chasing a secret affair that becomes their own.

by A.S. Byatt 1990

3.90

85k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel ⏳ Dual Timeline Fiction ✉️ Hidden Letters 💌 Victorian Love Affair 🔒 Fear Of Possession

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment

The Secret of the Old Clock 87%

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment

The Davenports

by Krystal Marquis • 2023

Four young Black women in 1910 Chicago face a season of debutante balls and forbidden love.

3.66

16k+

🖤 Black Love Story 💃 Debutante Season 🌹 Edwardian Romance ❤️ Cross-Class Love 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Davenports 87%

Four young Black women in 1910 Chicago face a season of debutante balls and forbidden love.

by Krystal Marquis 2023

3.66

16k+ ratings

🖤 Black Love Story 💃 Debutante Season 🌹 Edwardian Romance ❤️ Cross-Class Love 💔 Forbidden Romance

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith • 1943

A bookish tenement girl clings to reading while her charming father drinks and her mother scrubs.

4.30

517k+

🗽 Immigrant Family Saga 🍺 Alcoholic Father 📚 Bookish Heroine 💪 Resilient Mother 💔 First Heartbreak

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 87%

A bookish tenement girl clings to reading while her charming father drinks and her mother scrubs.

by Betty Smith 1943

4.30

517k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Family Saga 🍺 Alcoholic Father 📚 Bookish Heroine 💪 Resilient Mother 💔 First Heartbreak

Poor People

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

3.77

40k+

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love ❤️‍🔥 Sacrificial Love 💰 Pragmatic Marriage

Poor People 87%

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846

3.77

40k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love ❤️‍🔥 Sacrificial Love 💰 Pragmatic Marriage

Mariana

by Monica Dickens • 1940

Through a storm, Mary Shannon waits for her husband's ship and relives a lifetime of love.

3.90

3k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Interwar Britain 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🌿 English Countryside 🎭 Artistic Ambition 💔 Unrequited Love

Mariana 87%

Through a storm, Mary Shannon waits for her husband's ship and relives a lifetime of love.

by Monica Dickens 1940

3.90

3k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Interwar Britain 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🌿 English Countryside 🎭 Artistic Ambition 💔 Unrequited Love

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

3.67

2k+

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love 🧓 Protective Mentor 👥 Community Pressure

Across the Barricades 87%

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

by Joan Lingard 1972

3.67

2k+ ratings

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love 🧓 Protective Mentor 👥 Community Pressure

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith • 1948

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra's journal of castle life is upended when two wealthy brothers arrive.

3.98

116k+

📝 Diary Fiction 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏚️ Impoverished Gentry 👭 Sisterly Bond 🔺 Love Triangle

I Capture the Castle 88%

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra's journal of castle life is upended when two wealthy brothers arrive.

by Dodie Smith 1948

3.98

116k+ ratings

📝 Diary Fiction 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏚️ Impoverished Gentry 👭 Sisterly Bond 🔺 Love Triangle

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë • 1847

An orphan governess falls for her brooding employer, but a dark secret haunts the house.

4.16

2.3M+

🏰 Gothic Romance 🌱 Bildungsroman 🖤 Byronic Hero 📚 Governess Heroine ⏳ Age Gap Romance

Jane Eyre 88%

An orphan governess falls for her brooding employer, but a dark secret haunts the house.

by Charlotte Brontë 1847

4.16

2.3M+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Romance 🌱 Bildungsroman 🖤 Byronic Hero 📚 Governess Heroine ⏳ Age Gap Romance

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia • 2017

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

4.14

65k+

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Eliza and Her Monsters 87%

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

by Francesca Zappia 2017

4.14

65k+ ratings

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

How Do You Live?

by Genzaburo Yoshino • 2021

A Tokyo boy's uncle fills a notebook with life lessons; cowardice puts them to the test.

3.98

19k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌱 Moral Growth 👦 Boyhood Friendship 💔 Schoolyard Bullying 🏚️ Class And Poverty

How Do You Live? 87%

A Tokyo boy's uncle fills a notebook with life lessons; cowardice puts them to the test.

by Genzaburo Yoshino 2021

3.98

19k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌱 Moral Growth 👦 Boyhood Friendship 💔 Schoolyard Bullying 🏚️ Class And Poverty

The Country Girls

by Edna O'Brien • 1960

A dreamy Irish farm girl moves to Dublin after loss, chasing freedom with her reckless friend.

3.70

9k+

🌱 Female Coming Of Age 🇮🇪 Mid Century Ireland 👯 Friendship And Rivalry 💋 Sexual Awakening 💔 Older Married Lover

The Country Girls 87%

A dreamy Irish farm girl moves to Dublin after loss, chasing freedom with her reckless friend.

by Edna O'Brien 1960

3.70

9k+ ratings

🌱 Female Coming Of Age 🇮🇪 Mid Century Ireland 👯 Friendship And Rivalry 💋 Sexual Awakening 💔 Older Married Lover

Precipice

by Robert Harris • 2024

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

3.94

20k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair 👁️ State Surveillance 🕵️ WWI Espionage

Precipice 87%

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

by Robert Harris 2024

3.94

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair 👁️ State Surveillance 🕵️ WWI Espionage

The Incredible Kindness of Paper

by Evelyn Skye • 2025

She folds her hopes into paper roses. The stranger writing back is her long-lost childhood love.

3.76

4k+

🖤 Second Chance Love ✉️ Anonymous Letters 💌 Childhood Sweethearts 🌸 Paying It Forward ✨ Quiet Magic

The Incredible Kindness of Paper Summary

The Incredible Kindness of Paper 87%

She folds her hopes into paper roses. The stranger writing back is her long-lost childhood love.

by Evelyn Skye 2025

3.76

4k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love ✉️ Anonymous Letters 💌 Childhood Sweethearts 🌸 Paying It Forward ✨ Quiet Magic

My Wattpad Love

by Ariana Godoy • 2012

A shy teen clashes with a brooding poet online, sparking an obsession she can't shake.

3.54

23k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance ✍️ Writing Community

My Wattpad Love 87%

A shy teen clashes with a brooding poet online, sparking an obsession she can't shake.

by Ariana Godoy 2012

3.54

23k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance ✍️ Writing Community

Lies and Weddings

by Kevin Kwan • 2024

Broke English heir must marry money, but his childhood love is a doctor with a secret past.

3.73

52k+

💬 Comedy Of Manners 📖 Satirical Family Saga 💰 Hidden Heiress 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👑 Manipulative Matriarch

Lies and Weddings 87%

Broke English heir must marry money, but his childhood love is a doctor with a secret past.

by Kevin Kwan 2024

3.73

52k+ ratings

💬 Comedy Of Manners 📖 Satirical Family Saga 💰 Hidden Heiress 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👑 Manipulative Matriarch

The Golden Cup

by Belva Plain • 1986

A tenement fire, a radical reformer. She marries him anyway, then spends a lifetime reckoning.

4.02

2k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🕍 Jewish American Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💰 Class Divide Romance 🪖 War Trauma

The Golden Cup 87%

A tenement fire, a radical reformer. She marries him anyway, then spends a lifetime reckoning.

by Belva Plain 1986

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🕍 Jewish American Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💰 Class Divide Romance 🪖 War Trauma

A Brief History of Montmaray

by Michelle Cooper • 2008

A teenage diarist chronicles her crumbling island kingdom as Nazi agents arrive hunting a relic.

3.68

6k+

📖 Epistolary Novel 🏰 Crumbling Castle 🏝️ Remote Island 👑 Fading Aristocracy ⚔️ Pre-War Europe

A Brief History of Montmaray 87%

A teenage diarist chronicles her crumbling island kingdom as Nazi agents arrive hunting a relic.

by Michelle Cooper 2008

3.68

6k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Novel 🏰 Crumbling Castle 🏝️ Remote Island 👑 Fading Aristocracy ⚔️ Pre-War Europe

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

by Jenny Han • 2014

Secret love letters mailed, a shy junior fake-dates the golden boy and risks a broken heart.

4.04

1.1M+

🎭 Fake Dating 💌 Love Letters 👭 Sister Bonds 💕 First Love 🍬 Sweet Romance

To All the Boys I've Loved Before Summary

To All the Boys I've Loved Before 87%

Secret love letters mailed, a shy junior fake-dates the golden boy and risks a broken heart.

by Jenny Han 2014

4.04

1.1M+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💌 Love Letters 👭 Sister Bonds 💕 First Love 🍬 Sweet Romance

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë • 1847

A clergyman's daughter becomes a governess and discovers the rich see her as furniture.

3.71

84k+

🏠 Governess Narrative 🤫 Reserved Heroine 💌 Quiet Courtship ⚖️ Integrity Rewarded ⛪ Rural Parish Life

Agnes Grey 88%

A clergyman's daughter becomes a governess and discovers the rich see her as furniture.

by Anne Brontë 1847

3.71

84k+ ratings

🏠 Governess Narrative 🤫 Reserved Heroine 💌 Quiet Courtship ⚖️ Integrity Rewarded ⛪ Rural Parish Life

An Old-Fashioned Girl

by Louisa May Alcott • 1870

A country girl's quiet integrity unsettles a wealthy city family and their charming, careless son.

4.09

23k+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌾 Country Girl In The City 🏛️ Victorian New England

An Old-Fashioned Girl 88%

A country girl's quiet integrity unsettles a wealthy city family and their charming, careless son.

by Louisa May Alcott 1870

4.09

23k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌾 Country Girl In The City 🏛️ Victorian New England

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime

by Monica Murphy

A virgin heiress and her tormentor are paired to study each other; he studies her body.

3.74

180k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Prep School Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 👨 Controlling Father

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime Summary

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime 87%

A virgin heiress and her tormentor are paired to study each other; he studies her body.

by Monica Murphy 2022

3.74

180k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Prep School Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 👨 Controlling Father

Oliver Twist

by Marian Leighton • 1989

A workhouse orphan finds family with London pickpockets, unaware of the fortune hidden in his past.

4.03

3k+

🕰️ Victorian England 👦 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Inheritance 💰 Rags To Riches

Oliver Twist 87%

A workhouse orphan finds family with London pickpockets, unaware of the fortune hidden in his past.

by Marian Leighton 1989

4.03

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian England 👦 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Inheritance 💰 Rags To Riches

Dodger

by Terry Pratchett • 2012

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

3.95

28k+

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Disguise And Identity

Dodger 87%

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

by Terry Pratchett 2012

3.95

28k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Disguise And Identity

Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Jordan Sonnenblick • 2006

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

4.05

10k+

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

Notes from the Midnight Driver 87%

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

by Jordan Sonnenblick 2006

4.05

10k+ ratings

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

L'Art de la joie

by Goliarda Sapienza • 1998

From Sicilian poverty she rises, loving freely, outliving fascism, learning joy as rebellion.

4.11

11k+

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L'Art de la joie 87%

From Sicilian poverty she rises, loving freely, outliving fascism, learning joy as rebellion.

by Goliarda Sapienza 1998

4.11

11k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Epic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 💰 Rags To Riches 🔥 Defiant Woman

Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell • 2013

When her twin chooses a different dorm, a shy freshman hides inside the fanfiction millions read.

3.93

783k+

🎓 College Coming Of Age ✍️ Fanfiction Community 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Sibling Estrangement 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Fangirl 87%

When her twin chooses a different dorm, a shy freshman hides inside the fanfiction millions read.

by Rainbow Rowell 2013

3.93

783k+ ratings

🎓 College Coming Of Age ✍️ Fanfiction Community 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Sibling Estrangement 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham • 1915

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

4.16

62k+

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship 🤔 Philosophical Fiction ⏳ Edwardian England

Of Human Bondage 87%

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

by W. Somerset Maugham 1915

4.16

62k+ ratings

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship 🤔 Philosophical Fiction ⏳ Edwardian England

Anna and the French Kiss

by Stephanie Perkins • 2010

Exiled to Paris, an Atlanta teen falls for the charming boy who already has a girlfriend.

3.96

466k+

🏫 Boarding School Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ✈️ Study Abroad 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗼 Paris Setting

Anna and the French Kiss 87%

Exiled to Paris, an Atlanta teen falls for the charming boy who already has a girlfriend.

by Stephanie Perkins 2010

3.96

466k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ✈️ Study Abroad 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗼 Paris Setting

Washington Square

by Henry James • 1880

A plain, shy heiress is courted by a charming man her father calls a fortune hunter.

3.71

26k+

🧠 Psychological Realism 💰 Fortune Hunter 🌸 Quiet Heroine 🏠 Father-Daughter Conflict 😔 Melancholy

Washington Square 86%

A plain, shy heiress is courted by a charming man her father calls a fortune hunter.

by Henry James 1880

3.71

26k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Realism 💰 Fortune Hunter 🌸 Quiet Heroine 🏠 Father-Daughter Conflict 😔 Melancholy

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