11 must-read historical romance books like Tale of the Drunken Sword by Jeannie Lin

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Tale of the Drunken Sword

By: Jeannie Lin

4.07

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

A new martial arts fantasy adventure from bestselling author Jeannie Lin Lu Yan is a hard-drin…

If you liked the historical romance plot in Tale of the Drunken Sword by Jeannie Lin , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6) by Terry Pratchett

1. Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.18

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingd… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Bein’ human means judgin’ all the time,"

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

"Do you understand what’s going on here?"

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

"Everywhere I look, I see something holy."

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

"Hah! The leopard does not change his shorts, my girl!"

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

2. The Moth & the Flame (The Wrath & the Dawn, #0.25)

By: Renée Ahdieh

1.80

Format: 76 pages, ebook

It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rak… read more

Similar categories in Renée Ahdieh's The Moth & the Flame (The Wrath & the Dawn, #0.25) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

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3. 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 Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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4. A Thief in the Night

By: K.J. Charles

3.77

Format: 76 pages, ebook

Toby never meant to be a highway robber, but needs must. He didn’t plan to impersonate a top London… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's A Thief in the Night book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. 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 Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.17

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"... when people want to hurt someone very much, they often reach for the thing that would hurt themselves most deeply."

-K.J. Charles, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

"... why have we all decided that the most important and to-be-respected quality is the one possessed by the worst people?"

-K.J. Charles, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

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7. Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #2)

By: Sofi Laporte

4.14

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

The earl must marry. Anyone will do, provided she is respectable and ugly. Tristan Sydney, Earl of … read more

Similar categories in Sofi Laporte's Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #2) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Our women are our jewels, our pride. There is no greater honour than to go through life with a beautiful, virtuous woman on one’s arm. You must find such a jewel and carry on the line."

-Sofi Laporte, Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #2)

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8. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.98

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Wanted, A Gentleman

By: K.J. Charles

4.07

Format: 128 pages, ebook

Theodore Swann is a jobbing writer, proprietor of the Matrimonial Advertiser lonely hearts gazette,… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Wanted, A Gentleman book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1)

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, whe… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Under Fortunate Stars

By: Ren Hutchings

3.93

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's f… read more

Similar categories in Ren Hutchings's Under Fortunate Stars book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • fiction
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12. If Found, Return to Hell

By: Em X. Liu

3.83

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Being an intern at One Wizard sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yell… read more

Similar categories in Em X. Liu's If Found, Return to Hell book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • fantasy
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
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13. Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America! This special first edition hardcover w… read more

Similar categories in Frances White's Voyage of the Damned book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"As if the restrictive shell of a body is more important than the infinite possibilities of a mind."

-Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

Cover of Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #1) by Sofi Laporte

14. Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #1)

By: Sofi Laporte

4.13

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Ludmilla Windmere, spinster extraordinaire, has a dilemma. She has fallen in love with her bes… read more

Similar categories in Sofi Laporte's Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #1) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You look positively pretty,"

-Sofi Laporte, Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #1)

"Yes, our Jessica here will haul in a husband by the end of the month, easily. They will litter the carpet, the earls, and viscounts. It will be most tedious. My advice: go for nothing less than a duk…"

-Sofi Laporte, Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #1)

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15. Unfit to Print

By: K.J. Charles

3.96

Format: 145 pages, ebook

When crusading lawyer Vikram Pandey sets out in search of a missing youth, his investigations take … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Unfit to Print book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

16. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

By: Zen Cho

3.63

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial … read more

Similar categories in Zen Cho's The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • historical
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Nobody talks about it. It’s not that kind of war."

-Zen Cho, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

"You cannot stay rich in times like these without eating sin."

-Zen Cho, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Cover of Lady Avery and the False Butler (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #3) by Sofi Laporte

17. Lady Avery and the False Butler (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #3)

By: Sofi Laporte

4.24

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

When a hopeless spinster enlists her butler’s help to turn her life around, it leads to great troub… read more

Similar categories in Sofi Laporte's Lady Avery and the False Butler (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues #3) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

18. Navigational Entanglements

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.05

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard presents yet another innovative space opera that broadens th… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Navigational Entanglements book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. A Rose by Any Name

By: K.J. Charles

4.11

Format: 11 pages, ebook

An epilogue to The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting and A Thief in the Night. read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's A Rose by Any Name book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • historical romance
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) by K.J. Charles

20. The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't miss the second thrilling Regency romance in the Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series by KJ … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Tale of the Drunken Sword

By: Jeannie Lin

4.07

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

A new martial arts fantasy adventure from bestselling author Jeannie Lin Lu Yan is a hard-drin… read more

Similar categories in Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword book and Jeannie Lin's Tale of the Drunken Sword

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • magic
  • historical romance
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • china
  • fantasy

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Terry Pratchett

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4.13

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K.J. Charles

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Cat Sebastian

4.39

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4.06

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Annick Trent

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