6 must-read historical books like Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra

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Flower and Thorn

By: Rati Mehrotra

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A young flower hunter gets embroiled in the succession politics of the Sultanate when she must retr…

"Fardan bent to peer at her face. “What are you thinking?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

"His gaze narrowed. “Why do you think the Portuguese are here, so far from their own country?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

If you liked the historical plot in Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1) by S. Jae-Jones

1. Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1)

By: S. Jae-Jones

3.51

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy s… read more

Similar categories in S. Jae-Jones's Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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2. The Nameless Queen

By: Rebecca McLaughlin

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A ruffian thief, Coin, unwittingly inherits a kingdom; and the throne, power, and the danger that c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca McLaughlin's The Nameless Queen book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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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 Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • 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. A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft

3.53

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical … read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Fragile Enchantment book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"You're like a pint-sized hurricane of earnestness and good cheer."

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

"it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!"

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

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5. Song of the Six Realms

By: Judy I. Lin

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy got… read more

Similar categories in Judy I. Lin's Song of the Six Realms book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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6. These Deadly Prophecies

By: Andrea Tang

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A teenage sorcerer’s apprentice must solve her boss’s murder in order to prove her innocence in thi… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Tang's These Deadly Prophecies book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. Sinner's Isle

By: Angela Montoya

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding romantic fantasy about a powerful witch who will do anything to escape the remote is… read more

Similar categories in Angela Montoya's Sinner's Isle book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
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8. The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold a… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Your ducks weren't rude to me. I don't want to eat them." "I do." Yufei whispered..."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"I am offended,"" he said, making a show of crossing his arms and turning away. ""I may forgive you if you kiss me, though."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Ahead of us, a man was pulling a cart of cabbages out into the street. I grabbed three chunks of amethyst in one hand and slammed my other palm into the cart. It burst in to wood splinters, cabbage l…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Uncle Fan had busied himself making lots of míngqì to bury them with—soft baby lambs and tiny ponies and wise teachers. They will be well taken care of, where they’re going, he’d said. My cousins gre…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

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9. Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tin… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"We are not just gods walking around steering human bodies. We are also humans housing the souls of gods. Okay? And if it really matters that the Mountain is never a colonizer'--I brush my thumb again…"

-H.E. Edgmon, Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

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10. Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

By: Marie Lu

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New sparks. Old flames. And a mission that's playing with fire. A year has passed since supersta… read more

Similar categories in Marie Lu's Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Loyalty to a secret."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Let me stay." "Keep me in your songs."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Maybe love was not knowing and going ahead anyway."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Grief is love. It's the price we pay for the gift of someone meaningful in our lives."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

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11. The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1)

By: Kathryn Purdie

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Where fairy tales come to life with dark, deadly twists... "Tell me again, Grandmère, the story … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Purdie's The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Draw Down the Moon (Moonstruck, #1) by P.C. Cast

12. Draw Down the Moon (Moonstruck, #1)

By: P.C. Cast

3.41

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestsellers P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast return with a new duology set in a dark and m… read more

Similar categories in P.C. Cast's Draw Down the Moon (Moonstruck, #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of This Cursed Light (The Last Finestra, #2) by Emily Thiede

13. This Cursed Light (The Last Finestra, #2)

By: Emily Thiede

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: Sacrifice their love to save the world, or c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Thiede's This Cursed Light (The Last Finestra, #2) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga

14. For She Is Wrath

By: Emily Varga

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, Pakistani romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, where one girl seeks… read more

Similar categories in Emily Varga's For She Is Wrath book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment by Arushi Avachat

15. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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16. The Atlas of Us

By: Kristin Dwyer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Dwyer's The Atlas of Us book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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17. Artifacts of an Ex

By: Jennifer Chen

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Chloe Chang gets dumped via USPS after moving across the county from NYC to LA, her first inst… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chen's Artifacts of an Ex book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Your face right now is pure joy. Watching you study art is worthy of any painting in a museum."

-Jennifer Chen, Artifacts of an Ex

Cover of Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) by Amber Chen

18. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

Similar categories in Amber Chen's Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1) by Ehigbor Okosun

19. Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

By: Ehigbor Okosun

3.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new voice brings a brilliant new debut author Ehigbor Okosun’s first book in an action-… read more

Similar categories in Ehigbor Okosun's Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1) book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Fear is a strange master. It makes monsters from the simplest of men."

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

"Revenge is a poison, Dèmi. Drink it and you can destroy your enemies, but you will die long before you see them take their last breaths."

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

"My father once told me that truth has many faces, mouths that help us see more clearly. But justice has only one face—a sword for those who warrant it, whether they be the victims of yesterday or the…"

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

"The first queen spared the life of her brother, reasoning that a good ruler must be willing to die for the people and show mercy when needed. It’s a beautiful story . . . but this is an ugly day. The…"

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

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20. Castle of the Cursed

By: Romina Garber

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A delicious and dark gothic romance from bestselling author Romina Garber! THE HOUSE IS ALWAYS H… read more

Similar categories in Romina Garber's Castle of the Cursed book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra

21. Flower and Thorn

By: Rati Mehrotra

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A young flower hunter gets embroiled in the succession politics of the Sultanate when she must retr… read more

Similar categories in Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn book and Rati Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Fardan bent to peer at her face. “What are you thinking?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

"His gaze narrowed. “Why do you think the Portuguese are here, so far from their own country?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

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S. Jae-Jones

3.51

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Rebecca McLaughlin

3.00

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A Crane Among Wolves

June Hur

4.03

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Allison Saft

3.53

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Sophie Kim

4.12

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Judy I. Lin

3.58

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Eliza Chan

3.16

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Elizabeth May

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