Books Like Fingersmith

Loved Fingersmith by Sarah Waters? If its historical fiction, literary fiction and mystery hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Kingdoms, Murder on Cold Street and The Countess Conspiracy. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Fingersmith: Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Victorian Era · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

The Kingdoms
Natasha Pulley

LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Forbidden Love · Slow Burn Romance · London

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Murder on Cold Street
Sherry Thomas

Victorian Era · Historical Fiction · Mystery · London · Slow Burn Romance

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The Countess Conspiracy
Courtney Milan

Victorian Era · Secret Relationship · Historical Fiction · London · Slow Burn Romance

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Almost Life
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Secret Relationship · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · London

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid

LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Secret Relationship · Historical Fiction · Twisty · Forbidden Love

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The Map of Time
Félix J. Palma

Victorian Era · Historical Fiction · Twisty · London · Literary Fiction

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A Perilous Undertaking
Deanna Raybourn

Victorian Era · Historical Fiction · Mystery · London · Slow Burn Romance

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The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips

Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Twisty · Psychological Manipulation · Unreliable Narrator

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The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz

Victorian Era · Historical Fiction · Mystery · London · Twisty

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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë

Literary Fiction · Unreliable Narrator · Forbidden Love · Historical Fiction · Victorian Era

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V E Schwab

LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Historical Fiction · London · Forbidden Love · Literary Fiction

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1984
George Orwell

Secret Relationship · Literary Fiction · London · Psychological Manipulation · Forbidden Love

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The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell

Psychological Manipulation · Mystery · London · Unreliable Narrator · Twisty

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This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar

LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Secret Relationship · Literary Fiction · Slow Burn Romance · Forbidden Love

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The Miniaturist
Jessie Burton

Secret Relationship · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Forbidden Love · Mystery

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Atonement
Ian McEwan

Unreliable Narrator · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Forbidden Love · Twisty

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Belladonna
Adalyn Grace

Victorian Era · Mystery · Slow Burn Romance · Forbidden Love · Historical Fiction

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Simply Lies
David Baldacci

Con Artists · Psychological Manipulation · Mystery · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke

Unreliable Narrator · Literary Fiction · Psychological Manipulation · Mystery · Twisty

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Plain Bad Heroines
Emily M. Danforth

LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Unreliable Narrator · Forbidden Love · Literary Fiction

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