Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Red Queen

Across Feminist, Biographical, Royalty, and Medieval — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory.

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Top related books to The Red Queen

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Red Queen.

The White Princess

Philippa Gregory

Themes: Feminist • Biographical • Royalty

The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After

Julia Quinn

Themes: Feminist • Royalty • Medieval

My Theodosia A Novel

Anya Seton

Themes: Biographical • Royalty • Medieval

What She Wants

Lynsay Sands

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

A Court of Betrayal — Anne O’Brien

Anne O'Brien

Themes: Feminist • Royalty • Medieval

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics Feminine Pursuits

Olivia Waite

Themes: Feminist • Royalty • Women

The Welsh Girl

Peter Ho Davies

Themes: Feminist • Medieval • Women

Eating Mammals Three Novellas

John Barlow

Themes: Feminist • Medieval • Women

The Lost Diary of M A Novel

Paul Wolfe

Themes: Feminist • Biographical • Women

#10

Black Flower

Young-ha Kim

Themes: Feminist • Medieval • Women

#11

Unti Collection of Bridgerton Epilogues LP

Julia Quinn

Themes: Feminist • Royalty • Women

#12

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows Feminine Pursuits

Olivia Waite

Themes: Feminist • Royalty • Women

#13

Rapture

Emily Maguire

Themes: Feminist • Medieval • Women

#14

The Rakess Society of Sirens, Volume I

Scarlett Peckham

Themes: Feminist • Royalty • Women

#15

The Wrong Marquess

Vivienne Lorret

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Literary

#16

Island Queen A Novel

Vanessa Riley

Themes: Biographical • Royalty • Women

#17

The Clergyman’s Wife A Pride & Prejudice Novel

Molly Greeley

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

#18

The Reluctant Countess A Would-Be Wallflowers Novel

Eloisa James

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

#19

Love Is Blind

Lynsay Sands

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

#20

The Queen’s Secret A Novel of England’s World War II Queen

Karen Harper

Themes: Biographical • Royalty • Women

#21

Offshore

Penelope Fitzgerald

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

#22

Duke Most Wicked Wallflowers Vs. Rogues

Lenora Bell

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

#23

His Study in Scandal A School for Scoundrels Novel

Megan Frampton

Themes: Royalty • Medieval • Women

#24

Epitaph A Novel of the O.K. Corral

Mary Doria Russell

Themes: Biographical • Medieval • Literary

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory. Connected by Feminist, Biographical, Royalty. Authors featured include Philippa Gregory, Julia Quinn, Anya Seton, Lynsay Sands, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.