25 Best fiction books like Royals by Emma Forrest

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Royals

By: Emma Forrest

3.61

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

July, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams…

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1. What Was Lost

By: Catherine O'Flynn

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A tender and sharply observant debut novel about a missing young girl - winner of the Costa First N… read more

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2. Lolly Willowes

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more

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3. The Camomile Lawn

By: Mary Wesley

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. Here, in t… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature

4. The Moon's a Balloon

By: David Niven

3.00

Format: None pages,

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5. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

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7. An Ideal Husband

By: Erica James

4.11

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

The Langfords are a perfectly happy family. Louisa and Kip, happily married for nearly forty years,… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Mayflies

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Go gently with people's pain. It's the same as yours."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

"He drank like that, too: as if oblivion was a perfect place to be by yourself."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

"He was a friend to friendship itself and never expected people to be better than they were."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

"It wasn’t a matter to fight over: some families are made up of strangers and nothing can change it."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

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9. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • british literature
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10. Games and Rituals

By: Katherine Heiny

3.82

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous and edgy to … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Some people say that migraines feel like bad hangovers. And some people say that migraines feel like headaches that pulse. And some people say that migraines feel like stomach flu in your head. But w…"

-Katherine Heiny, Games and Rituals

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11. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Her Pretty Face

By: Robyn Harding

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Frances Metcalfe is struggling to stay afloat. A stay-at-home mom whose troubled son is her full-ti… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Seeing Other People

By: Diana Reid

3.42

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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14. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant

By: Kayte Nunn

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A cache of unsent love letters from the 1950s is found in a suitcase on a remote island in this mys… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • british literature
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15. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way

By: Rebecca Wait

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Send Nudes

By: Saba Sams

3.53

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In ten dazzling stories, Saba Sams dives into the world of girlhood and immerses us in its contradi… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The sky was black, sprinkled with crystals of salt. The moon made polite conversation. The trees stood up and waved."

-Saba Sams, Send Nudes

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17. Milk Teeth

By: Jessica Andrews

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told love story set across Engla… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. The Shadow of Perseus

By: Claire Heywood

3.65

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Danae: Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one … read more

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  • fiction
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19. Night Train to Marrakech (Daughters of War #3)

By: Dinah Jefferies

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in the sweeping new historical series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.… read more

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  • fiction
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20. The Instant

By: Amy Liptrot

3.66

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Wishing to leave the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight … read more

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"In the simplest terms, the internet is made from pulses of light."

-Amy Liptrot, The Instant

"Hearts and futures can turn on a single afternoon or an accepted invitation - but more often lead to nothing but themselves."

-Amy Liptrot, The Instant

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21. A Place To Bury Strangers (Atticus Priest, #2)

By: Mark Dawson

4.43

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

A dog walker finds a human bone on lonely Salisbury Plain. DCI Mackenzie Jones investigates the gri… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • british literature
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22. The House in the Woods (Atticus Priest, #1)

By: Mark Dawson

4.30

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime. On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called… read more

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  • fiction
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23. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Berlin

By: Bea Setton

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Old Lovegood Girls

By: Gail Godwin

3.51

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Flora and Evensong comes the story of two remarkable … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We could all do with some silence, just sitting back in a dark theater and watching humans living and working and discovering their affinities without any words."

-Gail Godwin, Old Lovegood Girls

"Merry didn’t believe Feron had any idea of her homesickness. Now Ritchie was the complete opposite. He loved being away from home and at twelve was making plans for traveling the world. What made him…"

-Gail Godwin, Old Lovegood Girls

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26. Oh, Sister

By: Jodie Chapman

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meet Isobel, Jen and Zelda.Three women whose bodies and minds are not their own.They belong to the … read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • british literature
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27. The Outrun: A Memoir

By: Amy Liptrot

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more

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"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"

-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir

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28. Where the Truth Lies

By: Anna Bailey

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a teenaged girl disappears from an insular small town, all of the community’s most devastating… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"There are still people out there to whom we are not merely the sum of the bad things that have happened to us."

-Anna Bailey, Where the Truth Lies

"How do you do this?" she'd asked a man at the bar, who'd told her he was leaving his wife. "How do you decide which parts of your life you want to keep and which parts you want to leave behind foreve…"

-Anna Bailey, Where the Truth Lies

"Night is made for unspeakable longings. Night is made for not speaking at all, but for furtive glances under streetlamps on dusty back roads, for the scent of a lover's hair, for fingers brushing pas…"

-Anna Bailey, Where the Truth Lies

Cover of I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill

29. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. A History of Dreams

By: Jane Rawson

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In 1930s Adelaide, four women turn to witchcraft to undermine a new authoritarian government determ… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Royals by Emma Forrest

31. Royals

By: Emma Forrest

3.61

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

July, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams… read more

Similar categories in Emma Forrest's Royals book and Emma Forrest's Royals

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • british literature

20 Top contemporary books like Royals by Emma Forrest

Transform Your Habits

Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

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An Ideal Husband

Erica James

4.11

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Mayflies

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Absolutely and Forever

Rose Tremain

3.90

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28 Top fiction books like Send Nudes by Saba Sams

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Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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So Late in the Day

Claire Keegan

4.00

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Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

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Watching Women & Girls

Danielle Pender

3.69

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