34 Books like The Other Boleyn 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) 89%

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

Boleyn Traitor

by Philippa Gregory • 2025

A lady-in-waiting spies for five Tudor queens, and her silence becomes her death warrant.

4.18

14k+

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Court Intrigue 🕵️ Spy At Court 👗 Lady-In-Waiting 💔 Forbidden Romance

Boleyn Traitor 95%

A lady-in-waiting spies for five Tudor queens, and her silence becomes her death warrant.

by Philippa Gregory 2025

4.18

14k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Court Intrigue 🕵️ Spy At Court 👗 Lady-In-Waiting 💔 Forbidden Romance

Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel • 2009

To give Henry VIII a new queen, a blacksmith's son must break England away from Rome.

3.91

236k+

🔱 Tudor Court 🗡️ Political Intrigue ⛪ Religious Reformation 🌫️ Atmospheric Historical 🖤 Morally Complex Hero

Wolf Hall 93%

To give Henry VIII a new queen, a blacksmith's son must break England away from Rome.

by Hilary Mantel 2009

3.91

236k+ ratings

🔱 Tudor Court 🗡️ Political Intrigue ⛪ Religious Reformation 🌫️ Atmospheric Historical 🖤 Morally Complex Hero

Abundance

by Sena Jeter Naslund • 2006

At fourteen she enters Versailles craving love from a nation that will one day guillotine her.

3.75

11k+

🇫🇷 Revolutionary France 👑 Tragic Queen 🎭 Court Intrigue ✊ Feminist Retelling 🖋️ Fictionalized Biography

Abundance 90%

At fourteen she enters Versailles craving love from a nation that will one day guillotine her.

by Sena Jeter Naslund 2006

3.75

11k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Revolutionary France 👑 Tragic Queen 🎭 Court Intrigue ✊ Feminist Retelling 🖋️ Fictionalized Biography

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

by Jennifer N. Brown • 2026

A Tudor prophet's lost book draws a modern scholar into a manor where rivalry turns lethal.

3.62

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📜 Academic Mystery 👑 Tudor England 🗝️ Hidden Treasure 📢 Erased Women

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton Summary

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton 90%

A Tudor prophet's lost book draws a modern scholar into a manor where rivalry turns lethal.

by Jennifer N. Brown 2026

3.62

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📜 Academic Mystery 👑 Tudor England 🗝️ Hidden Treasure 📢 Erased Women

Revelation

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

4.37

28k+

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder 🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Revelation 90%

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

by C.J. Sansom 2008

4.37

28k+ ratings

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder 🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Embroidered Book

by Kate Heartfield • 2022

A spellbook of sacrifice crowns two Habsburg sisters in France and Naples while revolution brews.

3.65

3k+

🕯️ Secret History 🩸 Magic With A Cost 👑 Royal Intrigue 💍 Arranged Royal Marriage 🏴 Revolutionary France

The Embroidered Book 90%

A spellbook of sacrifice crowns two Habsburg sisters in France and Naples while revolution brews.

by Kate Heartfield 2022

3.65

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret History 🩸 Magic With A Cost 👑 Royal Intrigue 💍 Arranged Royal Marriage 🏴 Revolutionary France

When Christ and His Saints Slept

by Sharon Kay Penman • 1994

When England's heir drowns, his sister must battle their cousin for a throne that scorns women.

4.26

18k+

⚔️ Dynastic Civil War 👑 Woman Claiming Crown 💍 Political Marriage 🏰 Brutal Medieval Realism 🌿 Sweeping Family Saga

When Christ and His Saints Slept Summary

When Christ and His Saints Slept 90%

When England's heir drowns, his sister must battle their cousin for a throne that scorns women.

by Sharon Kay Penman 1994

4.26

18k+ ratings

⚔️ Dynastic Civil War 👑 Woman Claiming Crown 💍 Political Marriage 🏰 Brutal Medieval Realism 🌿 Sweeping Family Saga

Aquitania

by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi • 2020

To rule Aquitaine, teenage Eleanor must wed her enemy, wield poison, and find her father's murderer.

3.79

13k+

🕸️ Political Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Woman In Power 🧪 Poison Mystery 🤫 Family Secrets

Aquitania 90%

To rule Aquitaine, teenage Eleanor must wed her enemy, wield poison, and find her father's murderer.

by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi 2020

3.79

13k+ ratings

🕸️ Political Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Woman In Power 🧪 Poison Mystery 🤫 Family Secrets

A Rose for the Crown

by Anne Easter Smith • 2006

A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.

4.03

5k+

🏰 Wars Of The Roses 👑 Royal Mistress 🌿 Peasant To Nobility ⚔️ Ricardian Fiction 🩸 Royal Bastards

A Rose for the Crown 92%

A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.

by Anne Easter Smith 2006

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏰 Wars Of The Roses 👑 Royal Mistress 🌿 Peasant To Nobility ⚔️ Ricardian Fiction 🩸 Royal Bastards

Loyal in Love

by Jean Plaidy • 1983

A French Catholic queen in exile wonders if her faith destroyed the king she loved.

3.75

1k+

📜 Stuart England 💍 Political Marriage 👸 Foreign Queen ✝️ Religious Conflict 🗡️ Court Conspiracy

Loyal in Love 92%

A French Catholic queen in exile wonders if her faith destroyed the king she loved.

by Jean Plaidy 1983

3.75

1k+ ratings

📜 Stuart England 💍 Political Marriage 👸 Foreign Queen ✝️ Religious Conflict 🗡️ Court Conspiracy

The Transit of Venus

by Shirley Hazzard

An Australian orphan loves a playwright she cannot have, blind to the astronomer who waits.

4.01

5k+

🎭 Literary Tragedy 💔 Doomed Affair 🥺 Unrequited Love 🥀 Quiet Devastation 🇬🇧 Postwar England

The Transit of Venus 89%

An Australian orphan loves a playwright she cannot have, blind to the astronomer who waits.

by Shirley Hazzard 1980

4.01

5k+ ratings

🎭 Literary Tragedy 💔 Doomed Affair 🥺 Unrequited Love 🥀 Quiet Devastation 🇬🇧 Postwar England

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 90%

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 Titanic Sisters

by Patricia Falvey • 2019

Two Irish sisters survive the Titanic's sinking. One takes the other's name and her future.

3.94

8k+

🍀 Irish Diaspora 🚢 Titanic Survival 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Identity Swap 👩‍🏫 Governess Romance

The Titanic Sisters 90%

Two Irish sisters survive the Titanic's sinking. One takes the other's name and her future.

by Patricia Falvey 2019

3.94

8k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Diaspora 🚢 Titanic Survival 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Identity Swap 👩‍🏫 Governess Romance

Empress Orchid

by Anchee Min • 2003

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

3.90

26k+

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

Empress Orchid 89%

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

by Anchee Min 2003

3.90

26k+ ratings

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

The Assyrian

by Nicholas Guild • 1987

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

4.26

2k+

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

The Assyrian 89%

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

by Nicholas Guild 1987

4.26

2k+ ratings

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble

by Amie McNee • 2022

Her birthmark brands a Tudor bride a witch, exiling her to wisewomen, magic, and danger at court.

3.90

2k+

🧙 Tudor Witch Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue 👩‍🏫 Witch Mentor 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble Summary

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble 89%

Her birthmark brands a Tudor bride a witch, exiling her to wisewomen, magic, and danger at court.

by Amie McNee 2022

3.90

2k+ ratings

🧙 Tudor Witch Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue 👩‍🏫 Witch Mentor 🗣️ Witty Narrator

The Kitchen Front

by Jennifer Ryan • 2021

A WWII cooking contest brings four women together, each hiding a private hunger behind her recipes.

3.98

35k+

🏠 WWII Home Front 🍳 Cooking Competition 💕 Found Family 👭 Sister Rivalry 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Kitchen Front 89%

A WWII cooking contest brings four women together, each hiding a private hunger behind her recipes.

by Jennifer Ryan 2021

3.98

35k+ ratings

🏠 WWII Home Front 🍳 Cooking Competition 💕 Found Family 👭 Sister Rivalry 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Poet Empress

by Shen Tao

A farm girl marries a prince who flays servants. Loving the monster is her only weapon.

4.39

37k+

🏯 Imperial Court Intrigue 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Morally Grey Hero 🖤 Sympathetic Villain

The Poet Empress 89%

A farm girl marries a prince who flays servants. Loving the monster is her only weapon.

by Shen Tao 2026

4.39

37k+ ratings

🏯 Imperial Court Intrigue 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Morally Grey Hero 🖤 Sympathetic Villain

Six Wild Crowns

by Holly Race • 2025

A new queen's rebellion against stolen magic hinges on the spy sent to poison her.

3.62

2k+

👑 Tudor Fantasy ✊ Feminist Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Court Intrigue ⚡ Stolen Divine Power

Six Wild Crowns 91%

A new queen's rebellion against stolen magic hinges on the spy sent to poison her.

by Holly Race 2025

3.62

2k+ ratings

👑 Tudor Fantasy ✊ Feminist Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Court Intrigue ⚡ Stolen Divine Power

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett • 1989

A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.

4.35

839k+

⛪ Church Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers ⚔️ Grim Medieval Realism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 12th Century England

The Pillars of the Earth 90%

A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.

by Ken Follett 1989

4.35

839k+ ratings

⛪ Church Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers ⚔️ Grim Medieval Realism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 12th Century England

Sisi

by Allison Pataki • 2016

A restless empress flees the gilded cage, chasing wild freedom across Europe, but tragedy follows.

4.00

12k+

📖 Biographical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love 💧 Estranged Marriage 🏰 Gilded Prison 🥀 Doomed Romance

Sisi 89%

A restless empress flees the gilded cage, chasing wild freedom across Europe, but tragedy follows.

by Allison Pataki 2016

4.00

12k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love 💧 Estranged Marriage 🏰 Gilded Prison 🥀 Doomed Romance

Honour

by Elif Shafak • 2011

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

4.15

28k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

Honour 89%

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

by Elif Shafak 2011

4.15

28k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

The Lost Apothecary

by Sarah Penner • 2021

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

3.76

508k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

The Lost Apothecary 89%

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

by Sarah Penner 2021

3.76

508k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

Stonehenge

by Bernard Cornwell • 1999

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

3.70

14k+

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏗️ Builder Protagonist 🏛️ Ancient Religion

Stonehenge 89%

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

by Bernard Cornwell 1999

3.70

14k+ ratings

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏗️ Builder Protagonist 🏛️ Ancient Religion

Queen Charlotte

by Julia Quinn • 2023

She marries the king. He vanishes. His hidden madness holds the monarchy hostage and her heart.

4.16

46k+

🎩 Regency Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Hidden Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline 💋 Witty Banter

Queen Charlotte 89%

She marries the king. He vanishes. His hidden madness holds the monarchy hostage and her heart.

by Julia Quinn 2023

4.16

46k+ ratings

🎩 Regency Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Hidden Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline 💋 Witty Banter

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 89%

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

The Royal Game

by Anne O'Brien • 2021

An heiress's letters become the weapon her family wields through siege, prison, and civil war.

3.73

891

🏰 Medieval Family Saga ⚔️ Wars Of The Roses 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 📈 Social Climbing 👩‍👦 Matriarch Protagonist

The Royal Game 90%

An heiress's letters become the weapon her family wields through siege, prison, and civil war.

by Anne O'Brien 2021

3.73

891 ratings

🏰 Medieval Family Saga ⚔️ Wars Of The Roses 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 📈 Social Climbing 👩‍👦 Matriarch Protagonist

Hild

by Nicola Griffith • 2013

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

3.85

13k+

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

Hild 90%

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

by Nicola Griffith 2013

3.85

13k+ ratings

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

The Templar Legacy

by Steve Berry

Cotton Malone, a bookseller and former spy, chases a Templar secret that could topple the Church.

3.84

57k+

🛡️ Templar Conspiracy 🏰 Medieval Mystery 🔐 Cryptic Codes 🕵️ Secret Society 🗝️ Treasure Hunt

The Templar Legacy 89%

Cotton Malone, a bookseller and former spy, chases a Templar secret that could topple the Church.

by Steve Berry 2006

3.84

57k+ ratings

🛡️ Templar Conspiracy 🏰 Medieval Mystery 🔐 Cryptic Codes 🕵️ Secret Society 🗝️ Treasure Hunt

The Chanel Sisters

by Judithe Little • 2020

The forgotten sister who built Chanel tells the story Coco never would.

3.95

9k+

🧵 Fashion History 👤 Woman Behind The Icon 🏙️ Belle ÉPoque Paris ⚔️ Wartime Separation 👩‍👩‍👧 Orphaned Sisters

The Chanel Sisters 89%

The forgotten sister who built Chanel tells the story Coco never would.

by Judithe Little 2020

3.95

9k+ ratings

🧵 Fashion History 👤 Woman Behind The Icon 🏙️ Belle ÉPoque Paris ⚔️ Wartime Separation 👩‍👩‍👧 Orphaned Sisters

The Unicorn Hunters

by Katherine Arden • 2026

A duchess fakes a unicorn hunt to escape a forced marriage. The forest has other plans.

3.96

5k+

👑 Reluctant Queen 🧚 Faerie Bargains 👯 Sisterly Bond 💍 Political Marriage 📜 Mythic Retelling

The Unicorn Hunters 89%

A duchess fakes a unicorn hunt to escape a forced marriage. The forest has other plans.

by Katherine Arden 2026

3.96

5k+ ratings

👑 Reluctant Queen 🧚 Faerie Bargains 👯 Sisterly Bond 💍 Political Marriage 📜 Mythic Retelling

The Irish Princess

by Elizabeth Chadwick • 2019

Exiled and bartered to a Norman invader, an Irish princess turns marriage into power and survival.

4.14

3k+

🏰 Medieval Ireland 🤝 Political Marriage 👑 Women In History ⚔️ Norman Conquest 💕 Arranged Marriage To Love

The Irish Princess 89%

Exiled and bartered to a Norman invader, an Irish princess turns marriage into power and survival.

by Elizabeth Chadwick 2019

4.14

3k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Ireland 🤝 Political Marriage 👑 Women In History ⚔️ Norman Conquest 💕 Arranged Marriage To Love

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

by Patti Callahan Henry • 2023

A bookshop clerk discovers her vanished sister's imaginary world inside a novel and follows it home.

4.05

90k+

🔍 Missing Sister 💕 Childhood Sweethearts Reunited ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌌 Imaginary World 🎖️ WWII Britain

The Secret Book of Flora Lea 89%

A bookshop clerk discovers her vanished sister's imaginary world inside a novel and follows it home.

by Patti Callahan Henry 2023

4.05

90k+ ratings

🔍 Missing Sister 💕 Childhood Sweethearts Reunited ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌌 Imaginary World 🎖️ WWII Britain

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