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
'Another perfect page-turner' The Times'A triumph from the master thriller writer' The SunIn this twisty thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author, a man desperately tries to track down his father in witness protection before his enemies can get to him. Your dad's not a good...
Murder most royal
Bennett, S. J.
Paper Book
A murder at her beloved Sandringham House threatens to ruin Christmas for the Queen in the third mystery in the Her Majesty The Queen Investigates series
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...
Good fortune
Chau, C. K.
Paper Book
A whip-smart and charming debut novel that brilliantly reimagines Pride and Prejudice, set in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity, and the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love. When...
Falling hard for the royal guard
Clawson, Megan
Paper Book
Despite living in an actual castle, happily ever after is evading Margaret 'Maggie' Moore. From her bedroom in the Tower of London, twenty-six-year-old Maggie has always dreamed of her own fairy-tale ending. Yet this is twenty-first century London, so instead of...
How to find a princess
Cole, Alyssa
Paper Book
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Cole's second Runaway Royals novel is a queer Anastasia retelling, featuring a long-lost princess who finds love with the female investigator tasked with tracking her down. Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend...
Her majesty's royal coven
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Juno Dawson is at the top of her game in this vibrant and meticulous take on witchcraft. Her characteristic wit and grit shine through' Samantha Shannon Hidden among us is a secret government department of witches known as...
One for the money
Evanovich, Janet.
Paper Book
Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She's lost her job at New Jersey's most down-market lingerie store, her car's on the brink of repossession, and her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free. Enter Cousin Vinnie, a low-life who runs a bail-bond company. If Stephanie can bring in vice cop...
The mystery writer : a novel
Gentill, Sulari
Paper Book
'A writer's writer, who never disappoints.' --Australian Women's Weekly 'It's the perfect cosy crime read!' --Woman's Day She needs to write the ending ... before she meets hers. ...
The kingmaker's daughter
Gregory, Philippa.
Ebook
THE COMPELLING FOURTH NOVEL IN THE COUSINS' WAR SERIES FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PHILIPPA GREGORY Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th century England, the Earl of Warwick, the 'Kingmaker', born with...
The heiress : a novel
Hawkins, Rachel
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins returns with a twisted new gothic suspense about an infamous heiress and the complicated inheritance she left behind. THERE'S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD When Ruby McTavish...
The royal governess : a novel of Queen Elizabeth II's childhood
Holden, Wendy
Paper Book
Before there was Elizabeth, there was Lilibet... 'A hugely entertaining, emotionally satisfying story of love and loyalty' DAILY MAIL 'A poignant, fictional reimagining of a woman condemned by history, with plenty of modern-day echoes' MAIL ON SUNDAY<...
Reefs, royals, reckonings
Keyse-Walker, John
Ebook
Constable Teddy Creque has to get to the bottom of a murder committed during a British royal reception in this lively and atmospheric mystery set in the sunny Caribbean.When Constable Teddy Creque is assigned to the security detail at a grand reception on the little island of Tortola for Princess...
Crazy rich Asians
Kwan, Kevin.
Paper Book
Thwarted love, scheming snobs, obscene wealth and haute couture - it's all here in a fabulous bestseller and now a groundbreaking and lavish movie. An absolutely wicked treat!
The ruin of kings
Lyons, Jenn
Paper Book
In this thunderously good read, prophecy and magic combine in an incredible epic fantasy of imperial politics, gods and demons. The Ruin of Kings is the first book in Jenn Lyons's extraordinary series, A Chorus of Dragons.When destiny calls, there's no fighting back . . .As a bard's apprentice,...
The Bombay prince
Massey, Sujata
Paper Book
The redoubtable Perveen Mistry makes her triumphant return to solve a shocking murder on the streets of 1920s Bombay
Red, white & royal blue
McQuiston, Casey
Ebook
A royal affair
Montclair, Allison
Ebook
More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair's delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London...
Battle royal : a novel
Parker, Lucy (Novelist)
Paper Book
"Lucy Parker writes deliciously fun enemies-to-lovers perfection!"  -- Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author Beloved author Lucy Parker pens a delicious new romantic comedy that is a battle of whisks and wits. Ready... Four years...
Private : the royals
Patterson, James
Paper Book
James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private. At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen's 90th...
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 royal secret : a novel
Riley, Lucinda
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorWhen Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five, he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, it could rock the English establishment to its core.Joanna Haslam, an up-and...
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,...
Ne'er duke well
Vasti, Alexandra
The empress of salt and fortune
Vo, Nghi
Paper Book
Winner of the 2020 Crawford Award! Winner of the 2021 Hugo Award! A Hugo Award-Winning Series! A 2021 Locus Award Finalist A 2021 Ignyte Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist A Book Riot Best Debut Fantasy of All...
The king's pleasure : a novel of Henry VIII
Weir, Alison
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Gets under the skin of the man who is so often dismissed as a much-married monster and gives us an altogether more nuanced, compelling and human portrayal' TRACY BORMANSix wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it's time to hear his.The...
The passionate Tudor : a novel of Queen Mary I
Weir, Alison
Paper Book
" The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poignant life of King Henry VIII's daughter--infamously known as Bloody Mary--who ruled England for five violent years. Born from young King Henry's...
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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