35 Books like The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

Wrongfully imprisoned, a sailor escapes an island fortress with a fortune and hunts his betrayers.

4.33

1.0M+

🏚️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Disguise And Deception 👑 Napoleonic Era 💎 Hidden Treasure

The Count of Monte Cristo 91%

Wrongfully imprisoned, a sailor escapes an island fortress with a fortune and hunts his betrayers.

by Alexandre Dumas 1844

4.33

1.0M+ ratings

🏚️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Disguise And Deception 👑 Napoleonic Era 💎 Hidden Treasure

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas • 1844

A young Gascon's sword earns him three friends, a queen's secret, and a cardinal's undying hatred.

4.10

349k+

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🖤 Found Family 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💋 Femme Fatale 🎭 Cloak And Dagger

The Three Musketeers 92%

A young Gascon's sword earns him three friends, a queen's secret, and a cardinal's undying hatred.

by Alexandre Dumas 1844

4.10

349k+ ratings

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🖤 Found Family 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💋 Femme Fatale 🎭 Cloak And Dagger

The Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas • 1847

A bishop swaps the king for his hidden twin. The aging musketeers scent a conspiracy.

4.00

66k+

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🏰 Court Intrigue 👥 Twin Swap 👑 Hidden Royalty ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

The Man in the Iron Mask 92%

A bishop swaps the king for his hidden twin. The aging musketeers scent a conspiracy.

by Alexandre Dumas 1847

4.00

66k+ ratings

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🏰 Court Intrigue 👥 Twin Swap 👑 Hidden Royalty ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

Tajna Krvavog mosta

by Marija Jurić Zagorka • 1912

A count and a disguised girl hunt a killer promising nine bodies beneath Zagreb's Bloody Bridge.

4.51

2k+

🖤 Gothic Murder Mystery 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎪 Masked Intrigue 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Tajna Krvavog mosta 91%

A count and a disguised girl hunt a killer promising nine bodies beneath Zagreb's Bloody Bridge.

by Marija Jurić Zagorka 1912

4.51

2k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Murder Mystery 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎪 Masked Intrigue 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé

by Maurice Leblanc • 1912

Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.

3.93

2k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🔮 Heist Gone Wrong 🗳️ Political Blackmail 💔 Mother's Sacrifice ⏳ Ticking Clock

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé Summary

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé 91%

Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.

by Maurice Leblanc 1912

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🔮 Heist Gone Wrong 🗳️ Political Blackmail 💔 Mother's Sacrifice ⏳ Ticking Clock

A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens • 1859

A lawyer trades his life at the guillotine; an orphan's fortune conceals a shadowy past.

4.02

18k+

🇫🇷 French Revolution 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice 💔 Unrequited Love 💰 Class Ambition 🌱 Coming Of Age

A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations Summary

A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations 90%

A lawyer trades his life at the guillotine; an orphan's fortune conceals a shadowy past.

by Charles Dickens 1859

4.02

18k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Revolution 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice 💔 Unrequited Love 💰 Class Ambition 🌱 Coming Of Age

The Man from St. Petersburg

by Ken Follett • 1982

To prevent a war, an anarchist must kill the prince hidden by his former lover's husband.

3.95

38k+

🕵️ Historical Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plot 👤 Secret Parentage 🏴 Anarchist Protagonist 👑 Edwardian England

The Man from St. Petersburg 90%

To prevent a war, an anarchist must kill the prince hidden by his former lover's husband.

by Ken Follett 1982

3.95

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plot 👤 Secret Parentage 🏴 Anarchist Protagonist 👑 Edwardian England

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

51k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Lord John and the Private Matter Summary

Lord John and the Private Matter 90%

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003

3.76

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Captive Passions

by Fern Michaels • 1977

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

3.96

1k+

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Captive Passions 90%

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

by Fern Michaels 1977

3.96

1k+ ratings

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers • 1903

A Foreign Office clerk joins a Baltic yacht and finds the German coast preparing for invasion.

3.63

8k+

🕵️ Early Spy Fiction 📚 Invasion Literature ⛵ Nautical Thriller 🔍 Amateur Spies 🎩 Gentleman Adventurers

The Riddle of the Sands 90%

A Foreign Office clerk joins a Baltic yacht and finds the German coast preparing for invasion.

by Erskine Childers 1903

3.63

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Early Spy Fiction 📚 Invasion Literature ⛵ Nautical Thriller 🔍 Amateur Spies 🎩 Gentleman Adventurers

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens • 1859

An ex-aristocrat faces the guillotine; his look-alike lawyer holds the key to rescue.

3.88

1.0M+

⚔️ French Revolution 🕊️ Sacrificial Love 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Unrequited Love 🩸 Revolutionary Terror

A Tale of Two Cities 90%

An ex-aristocrat faces the guillotine; his look-alike lawyer holds the key to rescue.

by Charles Dickens 1859

3.88

1.0M+ ratings

⚔️ French Revolution 🕊️ Sacrificial Love 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Unrequited Love 🩸 Revolutionary Terror

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective 👥 Sibling Accomplices 🔬 Early Forensics

The Chase 90%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective 👥 Sibling Accomplices 🔬 Early Forensics

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 90%

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 Romantic

by William Boyd • 2022

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

4.14

10k+

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile 🖋️ Romantic Poets 💔 Doomed Romance

The Romantic 91%

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

by William Boyd 2022

4.14

10k+ ratings

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile 🖋️ Romantic Poets 💔 Doomed Romance

The 39 Steps

by John Buchan • 1915

When a spy dies in his flat, a Londoner runs for Scotland carrying secrets that could start a war.

3.59

47k+

🕵️ Early Spy Thriller 🏃 Man On The Run ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Disguise And Deception 🦸 Reluctant Hero

The 39 Steps 91%

When a spy dies in his flat, a Londoner runs for Scotland carrying secrets that could start a war.

by John Buchan 1915

3.59

47k+ ratings

🕵️ Early Spy Thriller 🏃 Man On The Run ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Disguise And Deception 🦸 Reluctant Hero

The Art of a Lie

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

4.10

7k+

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist 🌃 Historical Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

The Art of a Lie 90%

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2025

4.10

7k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist 🌃 Historical Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

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 90%

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

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne • 1872

A London gentleman wagers everything on circling the globe in eighty days, tailed by a detective.

3.95

286k+

🎩 Victorian Adventure ⏱️ Race Against Clock 🤝 Unlikely Companions 😐 Stoic Protagonist 🕵️ Mistaken Identity Chase

Around the World in Eighty Days 90%

A London gentleman wagers everything on circling the globe in eighty days, tailed by a detective.

by Jules Verne 1872

3.95

286k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian Adventure ⏱️ Race Against Clock 🤝 Unlikely Companions 😐 Stoic Protagonist 🕵️ Mistaken Identity Chase

The Demon Lover

by Victoria Holt • 1982

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

3.61

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

The Demon Lover 90%

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

by Victoria Holt 1982

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

Elizabeth's Deception

by Kate Speck • 2020

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

3.84

286

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

Elizabeth's Deception 90%

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

by Kate Speck 2020

3.84

286 ratings

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

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 89%

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 Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 89%

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

146k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist 🚫 Forbidden Love

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Summary

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 89%

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017

4.02

146k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💰 Heist 🚫 Forbidden Love

Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 2002

His uncle sells him. Shipwrecked with a Jacobite, he flees the Highlands for his stolen birthright.

3.79

69k+

🏔️ Highland Adventure 🏴 Jacobite Scotland 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏃 On The Run 💔 Family Betrayal

Kidnapped 89%

His uncle sells him. Shipwrecked with a Jacobite, he flees the Highlands for his stolen birthright.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 2002

3.79

69k+ ratings

🏔️ Highland Adventure 🏴 Jacobite Scotland 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏃 On The Run 💔 Family Betrayal

A Conspiracy of Paper

by David Liss

His father murdered, a thief-taker uncovers forged stock and a conspiracy that kills witnesses.

3.87

12k+

🏙️ Georgian London 📈 Financial Thriller 🔍 Conspiracy Investigation 🎭 Morally Grey Protagonist ✡️ Jewish Identity

A Conspiracy of Paper 89%

His father murdered, a thief-taker uncovers forged stock and a conspiracy that kills witnesses.

by David Liss 2000

3.87

12k+ ratings

🏙️ Georgian London 📈 Financial Thriller 🔍 Conspiracy Investigation 🎭 Morally Grey Protagonist ✡️ Jewish Identity

Robin Hood

by Alexandre Dumas • 2001

An orphan archer discovers his noble lineage and leads Sherwood's outlaws against a usurping baron.

3.97

19k+

🏹 Robin Hood Retold 🌿 Noble Outlaw 🎭 Secret Identity 🏰 Medieval England 🌳 Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood 91%

An orphan archer discovers his noble lineage and leads Sherwood's outlaws against a usurping baron.

by Alexandre Dumas 2001

3.97

19k+ ratings

🏹 Robin Hood Retold 🌿 Noble Outlaw 🎭 Secret Identity 🏰 Medieval England 🌳 Sherwood Forest

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary 91%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie • 1924

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

3.95

127k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

The Man in the Brown Suit 89%

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

by Agatha Christie 1924

3.95

127k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

21k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Lord John and the Hand of Devils Summary

Lord John and the Hand of Devils 89%

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007

3.93

21k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc • 1907

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

3.85

17k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔎 Criminal Sleuth 💎 Heist Stories

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief 89%

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

by Maurice Leblanc 1907

3.85

17k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔎 Criminal Sleuth 💎 Heist Stories

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux • 2006

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

3.65

15k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

The Mystery of the Yellow Room 89%

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

by Gaston Leroux 2006

3.65

15k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

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 89%

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

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

4.13

499k+

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏜️ American Frontier

A Study in Scarlet 89%

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.13

499k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏜️ American Frontier

The King's Messenger

by Susanna Kearsley • 2024

She loathes the king's messenger. A secret mission through Scotland forces them to ride together.

4.09

7k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🕵️ Secret Mission 🌫️ Atmospheric Historical

The King's Messenger 89%

She loathes the king's messenger. A secret mission through Scotland forces them to ride together.

by Susanna Kearsley 2024

4.09

7k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🕵️ Secret Mission 🌫️ Atmospheric Historical

The Paris Express

by Emma Donoghue • 2025

An anarchist boards the 1895 Paris Express with a bomb, a grudge, and a faltering will.

3.27

14k+

🏴 Anarchist Fiction 📖 Literary Suspense 🧩 Interwoven Lives 🕰️ Fin De SièCle ⚖️ Act Of Conscience

The Paris Express 89%

An anarchist boards the 1895 Paris Express with a bomb, a grudge, and a faltering will.

by Emma Donoghue 2025

3.27

14k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist Fiction 📖 Literary Suspense 🧩 Interwoven Lives 🕰️ Fin De SièCle ⚖️ Act Of Conscience

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