17 best-selling romance books like The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1) by Aamna Qureshi

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The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

By: Aamna Qureshi

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Retells “The Lady or the Tiger?” against a Pakistan-inspired world of forbidden love and court int…

If you liked the romance plot in The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1) by Aamna Qureshi , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)

By: Roshani Chokshi

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're onl… read more

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2. The Weight of Our Sky

By: Hanna Alkaf

4.23

Format: 690 pages,

Told over the course of the 1969 Chinese and Malay riots in Kuala Lumpur, the novel follows a young… read more

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3. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

Similar categories in June Hur's A Crane Among Wolves book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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4. Love From A to Z

By: S.K. Ali

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"We're allowed to cry."

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

"Life goes on, even if love doesn't."

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

"But it's not smooth sailing" "Life isn't?"

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

"But it's not smooth sailing." "Life isn't"

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

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5. I Hope This Doesn't Find You

By: Ann Liang

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Hope This Doesn't Find You book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"No,"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I think you're obsessed with me, Sadie Wen."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"She clucks her tongue at me. “Where’s your confidence disappeared to?"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

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6. If You Could See the Sun

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Hmph,"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yeah."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yan Yan!"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"What your mama always say? If you not good person, you're nothing. Nothing."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

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7. This Time It's Real

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's This Time It's Real book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"We weren’t flirting,"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I want this to be real."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

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8. These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

By: Tahereh Mafi

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

With the heat of a kiss, the walls between Alizeh, the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, a… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"With all due offense, sire, please fuck off."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

"My kingdom," he said softly. "For your hand."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

"Don't be afraid of me, angel. I won't hurt you. I'll never hurt you."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

"I need your help, sleepy boy. Can you do something for me? "Anything."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

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9. Salaam, with Love

By: Sara Sharaf Beg

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making une… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sharaf Beg's Salaam, with Love book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

By: Rati Mehrotra

3.84

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

To learn what she can become, she must first discover who she is. Katyani’s role in the kingdom … read more

Similar categories in Rati Mehrotra's Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"You’ve got to learn how to kiss like that,"

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"A spiritual warrior accepts his punishment with the same indifference that he accepts his reward."

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"She would not cry in front of this man who had torn her world apart. She would wait for an opportunity and kill him."

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"You were bringing me all those flowers when I was sick, like you were wooing me. How could my poor, weak heart resist?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

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11. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

Similar categories in Ananya Devarajan's Kismat Connection book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • india
  • young adult
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

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12. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. Love from Mecca to Medina

By: S.K. Ali

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each other in this surprisin… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"So he would get away from it all and sit in the cave to grieve and pray for change-yes, in the best ways he knew how. And then"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe and act upon it, everything and everyone around upou will feel at peace with you"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe it and act upon it, everything and everyone around you will feel at peace with you."

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

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14. Magic Has No Borders

By: Sona Charaipotra

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds… A girl figh… read more

Similar categories in Sona Charaipotra's Magic Has No Borders book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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15. The Heartless Divine (The Heartless Divine, #1)

By: Varsha Ravi

4.19

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

In this unexpected twist on mythology inspired by Sangam India, reincarnated lovers find themselves… read more

Similar categories in Varsha Ravi's The Heartless Divine (The Heartless Divine, #1) book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • historical
  • young adult
  • india
  • young adult fantasy
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"War is war,"

-Varsha Ravi, The Heartless Divine (The Heartless Divine, #1)

"Who do gods pray to?"

-Varsha Ravi, The Heartless Divine (The Heartless Divine, #1)

"I’m not afraid of you,"

-Varsha Ravi, The Heartless Divine (The Heartless Divine, #1)

"I believe in happy endings,"

-Varsha Ravi, The Heartless Divine (The Heartless Divine, #1)

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16. The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

By: Aamna Qureshi

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Retells “The Lady or the Tiger?” against a Pakistan-inspired world of forbidden love and court int… read more

Similar categories in Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1) book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fantasy romance
  • india
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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17. When Life Gives You Lemons (Sun Tower, #1)

By: Noor Sasha

3.55

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Alina Azlan has two missions in life: start her daycare centre and have a happily ever after. But… read more

Similar categories in Noor Sasha's When Life Gives You Lemons (Sun Tower, #1) book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
"I love the way she laughs when she squishes a tide-pod, especially that one time it burst, and she couldn’t stop apologizing. I love her clinical obsession with every shade of pink and how incredible…"

-Noor Sasha, When Life Gives You Lemons (Sun Tower, #1)

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18. Hafsatu Bebi: A story about identity and loss

By: Fatima Bala

4.56

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Hafsatu Gaya’s life is seemingly perfect. A blossoming career in design, a relationship with one of… read more

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"If everything is preordained, then isn’t the choice we made that day part of our fate? Is free will not part of an already written script that we unknowingly act out even in our rebellion?"

-Fatima Bala, Hafsatu Bebi: A story about identity and loss

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19. My Big, Fat Desi Wedding

By: Prerna Pickett

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Desi Wedding Must-Haves: Drama. Food. Fashion. More Drama. More food. And, of course, nosy aunties … read more

Similar categories in Prerna Pickett's My Big, Fat Desi Wedding book and Aamna Qureshi's The Lady or the Lion (The Marghazar Trials, #1)

  • romance
  • india
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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20. I Am Not Jessica Chen

By: Ann Liang

4.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After getting rejected by every single Ivy League she applied to and falling short of all her Asian… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Maid and the Crocodile

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution. In the magic-soaked capital … read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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