50 Books like The Downstairs Girl

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga

an apothecary hides her poison knowledge in the harem, but a beautiful eunuch sees everything

4.48

17k+

🩺 Medical Mystery 👑 Court Intrigue 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚖️ Class Divide 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) 92%

an apothecary hides her poison knowledge in the harem, but a beautiful eunuch sees everything

by Natsu Hyuuga 2014

4.48

17k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Mystery 👑 Court Intrigue 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚖️ Class Divide 🎭 Hidden Identity

Outrun the Moon

by Stacey Lee • 2016

A girl from 1906 Chinatown poses as an heiress to enter an all-white finishing school.

3.95

6k+

⛑️ Disaster Survival 🎭 Secret Identity 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🤝 Rivals To Friends

Outrun the Moon 94%

A girl from 1906 Chinatown poses as an heiress to enter an all-white finishing school.

by Stacey Lee 2016

3.95

6k+ ratings

⛑️ Disaster Survival 🎭 Secret Identity 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🤝 Rivals To Friends

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 93%

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

Under a Painted Sky

by Stacey Lee • 2015

Two girls disguise as boys and ride west: one flees a killing, the other slavery.

3.98

12k+

🔥 Oregon Trail 🎭 Passing As Male 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Fugitives On The Run 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Under a Painted Sky 92%

Two girls disguise as boys and ride west: one flees a killing, the other slavery.

by Stacey Lee 2015

3.98

12k+ ratings

🔥 Oregon Trail 🎭 Passing As Male 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Fugitives On The Run 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Luxe

by Anna Godbersen • 2007

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

3.65

74k+

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

The Luxe 92%

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

by Anna Godbersen 2007

3.65

74k+ ratings

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

by Alice Murphy • 2025

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

3.64

657

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love Summary

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love 91%

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

by Alice Murphy 2025

3.64

657 ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

A Crane Among Wolves

by June Hur • 2024

To ransom her sister from a brutal Korean tyrant, a girl hunts a serial killer the king fears.

3.95

17k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 👭 Estranged Sisters 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

A Crane Among Wolves 91%

To ransom her sister from a brutal Korean tyrant, a girl hunts a serial killer the king fears.

by June Hur 2024

3.95

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 👭 Estranged Sisters 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

The Social Graces

by Renée Rosen • 2021

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

3.98

16k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Social Graces 91%

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

by Renée Rosen 2021

3.98

16k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Cut of the Moon

by Cynthia Ellingsen • 2025

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

4.39

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

The Cut of the Moon 91%

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

by Cynthia Ellingsen 2025

4.39

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

by Kelli Estes • 2015

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

4.10

34k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk 91%

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

by Kelli Estes 2015

4.10

34k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

An American Beauty

by Shana Abe • 2023

A Richmond saloon girl becomes a tycoon's mistress and claws her way through Gilded Age society.

4.12

29k+

🎭 Gilded Age Society 🌿 Post Civil War South 💍 Mistress To Wife 💪 Self-Made Woman 🪜 Social Climbing

An American Beauty 91%

A Richmond saloon girl becomes a tycoon's mistress and claws her way through Gilded Age society.

by Shana Abe 2023

4.12

29k+ ratings

🎭 Gilded Age Society 🌿 Post Civil War South 💍 Mistress To Wife 💪 Self-Made Woman 🪜 Social Climbing

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 91%

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

Bitter Melon

by Cara Chow • 2010

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

3.86

2k+

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Bitter Melon 91%

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

by Cara Chow 2010

3.86

2k+ ratings

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

by Lisa See • 2005

A Chinese widow rereads a lifetime of secret messages from the friend she loved and wronged.

4.09

389k+

👯 Sworn Sisterhood 🖋️ Secret Women's Script 👣 Footbinding ⚖️ Friends Across Class 🕯️ Elegiac Reflection

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 91%

A Chinese widow rereads a lifetime of secret messages from the friend she loved and wronged.

by Lisa See 2005

4.09

389k+ ratings

👯 Sworn Sisterhood 🖋️ Secret Women's Script 👣 Footbinding ⚖️ Friends Across Class 🕯️ Elegiac Reflection

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 91%

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

The Bride Wore Constant White

by Shelley Adina • 2018

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

4.09

351

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Bride Wore Constant White 91%

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2018

4.09

351 ratings

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

A Well-Behaved Woman

by Therese Anne Fowler • 2018

Her family ruined, Alva Smith marries a Vanderbilt. But old New York keeps its gates shut tight.

3.96

24k+

🏛️ Biographical Novel 🪜 Social Climbing 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Betrayed Wife

A Well-Behaved Woman 91%

Her family ruined, Alva Smith marries a Vanderbilt. But old New York keeps its gates shut tight.

by Therese Anne Fowler 2018

3.96

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Biographical Novel 🪜 Social Climbing 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Betrayed Wife

Luck of the Titanic

by Stacey Lee • 2021

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

3.66

10k+

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Twin Bond

Luck of the Titanic 93%

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

by Stacey Lee 2021

3.66

10k+ ratings

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Twin Bond

The Agency for Scandal

by Laura Wood • 2023

A Victorian wallflower spy falls for a duke who never notices her, until their missions collide.

4.23

5k+

🔍 Women Spy Ring 🎭 Secret Identity ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 👑 Class Differences

The Agency for Scandal 92%

A Victorian wallflower spy falls for a duke who never notices her, until their missions collide.

by Laura Wood 2023

4.23

5k+ ratings

🔍 Women Spy Ring 🎭 Secret Identity ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 👑 Class Differences

If You Could See the Sun

by Ann Liang

A Beijing scholarship kid turns invisible. Her wealthy classmates' secrets become her side hustle.

3.99

60k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl 😈 Morally Grey Heroine 🏫 Boarding School Drama

If You Could See the Sun 92%

A Beijing scholarship kid turns invisible. Her wealthy classmates' secrets become her side hustle.

by Ann Liang 2022

3.99

60k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl 😈 Morally Grey Heroine 🏫 Boarding School Drama

Riding Freedom

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

9k+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom 91%

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Rules for Ruin

by Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin 91%

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025

3.95

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

by Lisa See • 2017

To survive her people's law, an Akha girl abandons her baby with only a tea cake.

4.29

128k+

🏡 Multi Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Mother Daughter Separation 🌍 Transnational Adoption 🌄 Rural China

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Summary

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 91%

To survive her people's law, an Akha girl abandons her baby with only a tea cake.

by Lisa See 2017

4.29

128k+ ratings

🏡 Multi Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Mother Daughter Separation 🌍 Transnational Adoption 🌄 Rural China

The Phoenix Crown

by Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51k+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Phoenix Crown 91%

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

by Kate Quinn 2024

3.86

51k+ ratings

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

Not Our Kind

by Kitty Zeldis • 2018

A car crash pulls a Jewish teacher into a WASP home, where hiding her identity is survival.

3.76

6k+

🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🗽 Postwar New York 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Not Our Kind 91%

A car crash pulls a Jewish teacher into a WASP home, where hiding her identity is survival.

by Kitty Zeldis 2018

3.76

6k+ ratings

🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🗽 Postwar New York 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Alex and Eliza

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2017

To save her family, Eliza must marry money. Then a penniless officer walks into the ball.

3.69

22k+

🏛️ Revolutionary Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👯 Sister Bonds 💎 Cross-Class Romance

Alex and Eliza 90%

To save her family, Eliza must marry money. Then a penniless officer walks into the ball.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2017

3.69

22k+ ratings

🏛️ Revolutionary Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👯 Sister Bonds 💎 Cross-Class Romance

The Magnolia Palace

by Fiona Davis • 2022

Snowbound in the Frick, a model finds a 1919 scavenger hunt leading to a lost diamond.

3.87

84k+

🕵️‍♀️ Historical Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Secret Identity 🔍 Scavenger Hunt 💎 Hidden Treasure

The Magnolia Palace 90%

Snowbound in the Frick, a model finds a 1919 scavenger hunt leading to a lost diamond.

by Fiona Davis 2022

3.87

84k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Historical Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Secret Identity 🔍 Scavenger Hunt 💎 Hidden Treasure

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 90%

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

The Lioness of Boston

by Emily Franklin • 2023

A New York heiress marries into Boston society and discovers every door is bolted shut.

3.64

10k+

🏛️ Gilded Age Boston 🚪 Outsider In Society 🏗️ Woman Builds Legacy 🎨 Grief Into Art 👥 Chosen Family

The Lioness of Boston 90%

A New York heiress marries into Boston society and discovers every door is bolted shut.

by Emily Franklin 2023

3.64

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Gilded Age Boston 🚪 Outsider In Society 🏗️ Woman Builds Legacy 🎨 Grief Into Art 👥 Chosen Family

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

by Fiona Davis • 2020

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

3.90

84k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

The Lions of Fifth Avenue 90%

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

by Fiona Davis 2020

3.90

84k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

The Duke Undone

by Joanna Lowell • 2021

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

3.62

5k+

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Duke Undone 90%

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

by Joanna Lowell 2021

3.62

5k+ ratings

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

City of Orphans

by Avi • 2011

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

3.97

4k+

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🗽 Street Kids 🏛️ Gilded Age

City of Orphans 90%

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

by Avi 2011

3.97

4k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🗽 Street Kids 🏛️ Gilded Age

The Phoenix Pencil Company

by Allison King • 2025

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

3.49

21k+

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

The Phoenix Pencil Company 90%

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

by Allison King 2025

3.49

21k+ ratings

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See • 2023

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

4.35

214k+

📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women 90%

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

by Lisa See 2023

4.35

214k+ ratings

📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Filthy Rich Vampire

by Geneva Lee

A vampire prince and a broke cellist fake love. One forbidden night would chain them forever.

3.81

52k+

🏰 Vampire Royalty 🤝 Fake Relationship 💫 Fated Mates 💎 Billionaire Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Filthy Rich Vampire 90%

A vampire prince and a broke cellist fake love. One forbidden night would chain them forever.

by Geneva Lee 2022

3.81

52k+ ratings

🏰 Vampire Royalty 🤝 Fake Relationship 💫 Fated Mates 💎 Billionaire Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine

The Nurse's Secret

by Amanda Skenandore • 2022

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

4.14

36k+

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

The Nurse's Secret 92%

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

by Amanda Skenandore 2022

4.14

36k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

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 92%

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

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 90%

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

Angel of Greenwood

by Randi Pink • 2021

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Angel of Greenwood 90%

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

by Randi Pink 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

The Gilded Wolves

by Roshani Chokshi • 2019

His birthright stolen, a thief and his outcast crew hunt a forbidden artifact through magical Paris.

3.70

52k+

🏦 Found Family Heist 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris 🕯️ Secret Societies 💔 Slow Burn Romance 🌍 Colonial Wounds

The Gilded Wolves 90%

His birthright stolen, a thief and his outcast crew hunt a forbidden artifact through magical Paris.

by Roshani Chokshi 2019

3.70

52k+ ratings

🏦 Found Family Heist 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris 🕯️ Secret Societies 💔 Slow Burn Romance 🌍 Colonial Wounds

Foul Lady Fortune

by Chloe Gong • 2022

An immortal assassin and a spy pose as newlyweds to catch a killer in 1930s Shanghai.

4.20

32k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🕰️ Historical Fantasy 💍 Fake Marriage ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Double Agents

Foul Lady Fortune 90%

An immortal assassin and a spy pose as newlyweds to catch a killer in 1930s Shanghai.

by Chloe Gong 2022

4.20

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🕰️ Historical Fantasy 💍 Fake Marriage ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Double Agents

The Saints of Swallow Hill

by Donna Everhart • 2022

Disguised as a man, a fugitive enters a turpentine camp where the sun is a coffin.

4.10

41k+

🌾 Depression-Era South 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 😢 Mercy Killing 🏡 Found Family

The Saints of Swallow Hill 90%

Disguised as a man, a fugitive enters a turpentine camp where the sun is a coffin.

by Donna Everhart 2022

4.10

41k+ ratings

🌾 Depression-Era South 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 😢 Mercy Killing 🏡 Found Family

Fever 1793

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2000

1793 Philadelphia: a teen must survive the fever and rebuild her family's coffeehouse.

3.93

134k+

🦠 Epidemic Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🏥 Historical Survival 🌱 Crisis Coming Of Age 🏛️ 18th Century America

Fever 1793 90%

1793 Philadelphia: a teen must survive the fever and rebuild her family's coffeehouse.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2000

3.93

134k+ ratings

🦠 Epidemic Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🏥 Historical Survival 🌱 Crisis Coming Of Age 🏛️ 18th Century America

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 90%

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

Kelderkind

by Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

359

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Kelderkind 90%

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

by Kristien Dieltiens 2012

3.81

359 ratings

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan • 1989

Four Chinese mothers and their American daughters tell stories they could never tell each other.

3.97

712k+

🧳 Immigrant Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🪪 Dual Identities 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Joy Luck Club 90%

Four Chinese mothers and their American daughters tell stories they could never tell each other.

by Amy Tan 1989

3.97

712k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🪪 Dual Identities 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Ragtime

by E.L. Doctorow • 1975

A wealthy family shelters a black woman, then faces her lover's armed fight for dignity.

3.90

47k+

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4.34

642k+ ratings

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