20 Best fiction books like Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

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Mortal Follies

By: Alexis Hall

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A young noblewoman must pair up with a rumoured witch to ward off a curse. It is the year 1814 a…

"I’ve half a mind to seek her out right now and tell her to corrupt my daughter immediately"

-Alexis Hall, Mortal Follies

If you liked the fiction plot in Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) by Rebecca  Thorne

1. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Thorne's Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1) by Emma R. Alban

2. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

By: Emma R. Alban

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from havin… read more

Similar categories in Emma R. Alban's Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) by Ashley Herring Blake

3. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2) by K.J. Charles

4. A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Major Rufus d'Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles

5. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.13

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Cha… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It didn’t have quite the melancholy feel of lost hopes and the futility of human endeavour that would have suited his mood, but it was still moderately picturesque."

-K.J. Charles, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

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6. We Could Be So Good

By: Cat Sebastian

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's We Could Be So Good book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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7. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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8. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

By: Freya Marske

4.29

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

Cover of Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles

9. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Death in the Spires book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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10. A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

By: Freya Marske

3.91

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plent… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Hawthorn waved that aside. “My sister…"

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"She hadn't anticipated Maud Blyth. She didn't know how anyone ever could."

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"Maud, darling," she said, very soft. "You're worth more than this quest. I've told you that all along."

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"The head of security for the Lyric had a sturdy figure and a kind face with a reddish moustache that was doing its best to engulf his upper lip, as though he'd inherited it from a larger relative and…"

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

Cover of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

11. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

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12. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's Most Ardently book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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13. Mortal Follies

By: Alexis Hall

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A young noblewoman must pair up with a rumoured witch to ward off a curse. It is the year 1814 a… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I’ve half a mind to seek her out right now and tell her to corrupt my daughter immediately"

-Alexis Hall, Mortal Follies

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14. Late Bloomer

By: Mazey Eddings

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A sapphic opposites-attract romance with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice! Winning the l… read more

Similar categories in Mazey Eddings's Late Bloomer book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Fuck anything and anyone that made you have to survive instead of live. You deserve a life so peaceful it feels deliciously boring. A life filled with flowers and sunny days and people who show you a…"

-Mazey Eddings, Late Bloomer

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15. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

Similar categories in Sydney J. Shields's The Honey Witch book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

Cover of A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2) by Jess Everlee

16. A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2)

By: Jess Everlee

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Jess Everlee follows up her sparkling debut The Gentleman's Book of Vices  with this charming queer… read more

Similar categories in Jess Everlee's A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London, #2) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

17. An Education in Malice

By: S.T. Gibson

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's An Education in Malice book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

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18. Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen th… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton

19. The Absinthe Underground

By: Jamie Pacton

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Moulin Rouge meets Holly Black in a thrilling sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy! For Sybil Cla… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Pacton's The Absinthe Underground book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

20. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

Cover of A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3) by Jess Everlee

21. A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3)

By: Jess Everlee

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love can make even the most buttoned-up bluestocking come undone… London, 1885 A lesbian in a… read more

Similar categories in Jess Everlee's A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3) book and Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer

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Emma R. Alban

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