Royal Reads

Royalty can refer to sovereignty or nobility, but it can also be used to describe the money that someone receives as payment for work or the use of their property. This list is a mix of both definitions of Royalty!

Updated March 30, 2025
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The lie maker : a novel
Barclay, Linwood
Paper Book
In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him. Your...
God rest ye, royal gentlemen
Bowen, Rhys
Paper Book
Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans and they find themselves invited to...
Good rich people
Brazier, Eliza Jane
Paper Book
Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a...
Royal wedding
Cabot, Meg
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries series, comes the very first adult installment, which follows Princess Mia and her Prince Charming as they plan their fairy tale wedding--but a few poisoned apples could turn this happily-ever-after into a royal nightmare. ...
God save the Queen!
Cannell, Dorothy.
Paper Book
The author of The Thin Woman and How To Murder the Man of Your Dreams takes her trademark lunacy to its absolute limit with an inspired whodunit that begins with an age-old grudge--and a new corpse.
Her majesty's royal coven
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
"Superb and almost unbearably charming, Her Majesty's Royal Coven... expertly launches an exciting new trilogy." --The New York Times Book Review   "Talk about a gut punch of a novel. ...A provocative exploration of intersectional feminism,...
One for the money
Evanovich, Janet
Paper Book
Meet Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of...
Payment in blood
George, Elizabeth
Paper Book
"The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mysteries now being published."--Entertainment Weekly The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an...
The kingmaker's daughter
Gregory, Philippa.
Paper Book
In this New York Times bestseller that inspired the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, Philippa Gregory tells the tale of Anne Neville, a beautiful young woman who must navigate the treachery of the English court as her father, known as the Kingmaker, uses her and...
Goodbye girl
Grippando, James
Paper Book
A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck's client--a pop music icon--is the accused killer. Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions. No one has been able to stop it. But that won't stop Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack...
Royal holiday
Guillory, Jasmine
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal and a "rising star in the romance genre" (Entertainment Weekly) comes a dazzling novel about a spontaneous holiday vacation that turns into an unforgettable romance. Vivian Forest has been out of the...
The heiress : a novel
Hawkins, Rachel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A January 2024 Indie Next Pick and LibraryReads Pick "The reigning queen of the Gothic thriller." --Entertainment Weekly THERE'S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD. When Ruby McTavish...
Crazy rich Asians
Kwan, Kevin
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The international sensation and blockbuster Hollywood rom com. * "A Pride and Prejudice-like send-up about an heir bringing his Chinese-American girlfriend home to meet his ancestor-obsessed family." --People   ...
Princess Elizabeth's spy : a Maggie Hope mystery
MacNeal, Susan Elia.
Paper Book
Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain's beloved royals against an international plot--one that could change the course of history.   As World War II...
A knight of the seven kingdoms
Martin, George R. R.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. ...
Red, white & royal blue
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller * * GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 * * BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! * What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the...
Kentucky rich
Michaels, Fern.
Paper Book
With each book she writes, Fern Michaels is becoming increasingly established as one of today's major bestselling authors. Plain Jane, her most recent Kensington Hardcover (March 2001), showed the strongest sales to date, ranking higher on more national bestseller lists than any of her previous...
The wealth of shadows : a novel
Moore, Graham
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "A thriller of a different kind--with an unlikely band of economists and bureaucrats working in the shadows to save the world."--Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring...
Private : the royals
Patterson, James
Paper Book
God save the Queen-but only Jack Morgan and Private can save the Royal Family. Private is the most elite detective agency in the world. But when kidnappers threaten to execute a Royal Family member in front of the Queen, Jack Morgan and his team have...
Queen Charlotte
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
Go beyond the original Shondaland series on Netflix, Queen Charlotte, with this lushly romantic Bridgerton prequel novel written by New York Times bestselling authors Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes as the marriage of Queen Charlotte and King George of England leads to an unexpected love...
The way of kings
Sanderson, Brandon.
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, Book One of the Stormlight Archive, begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion. Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky...
Royal : a novel
Steel, Danielle
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is lost forever. As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear,...
Margo's got money troubles : a novel
Thorpe, Rufi
Paper Book
"Margo's Got Money Troubles is the feel-good novel we need right now." --The Washington Post  "[An] enormously entertaining and lovable book." --Nick Hornby, New York Times Book Review    A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman...
The bird king
Wilson, G. Willow
Paper Book
From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post...

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