Books Like Mortal Follies

🌶️🌶️ 2/5 WittyQueerRegency

A Regency romance narrated by an immortal fairy who finds human love affairs endlessly entertaining. When a young woman is cursed, she must team up with a scandalous lady soldier to break it — falling

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Finished Mortal Follies and immediately needed more? Same. The witty pull of this book doesn't come around every day, but we've spent hours finding reads that capture exactly what made Alexis Hall's writing hit so hard. Not surface-level genre matches — we're talking mood, trope, and vibe alignment. The kind of books that actually fill the void.

12 Books Matched to Mortal Follies

Grouped by the elements that made Mortal Follies unforgettable.

The Book That Made You Laugh Out Loud

Check and Mate

by Ali Hazelwood

🌶️ 1/5 · 384p

Looking for more witty and witty books after Mortal Follies? Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood is the book your TBR has been begging you for. Heat level: comfortable.

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Love on the Brain

by Ali Hazelwood

🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 368p

Love on the Brain hits the same witty and witty books notes that made Mortal Follies impossible to put down. Ali Hazelwood brings banter-filled and witty to every page.

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Assistant to the Villain

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

🌶️ 1/5 · 416p

The witty and witty books that made Mortal Follies unforgettable? Assistant to the Villain channels that exact energy. 416 pages of fun, witty that'll fill the void.

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The Fantasy World You'll Want to Move Into

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

by Nghi Vo

🌶️ 1/5 · 128p

The queer and queer books and queer love that made Mortal Follies unforgettable? When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain channels that exact energy. 128 pages of lyrical, mythic that'll fill the void.

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Witch King

by Martha Wells

🌶️ 1/5 · 432p

The queer and queer books that made Mortal Follies unforgettable? Witch King channels that exact energy. 432 pages of political, dual-timeline that'll fill the void.

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Some Desperate Glory

by Emily Tesh

🌶️ 1/5 · 440p

If Mortal Follies's queer and queer books energy had you one-clicking at midnight, Some Desperate Glory delivers the same rush. Emily Tesh knows exactly what you're craving.

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Our #1 Pick After Mortal Follies

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 128 pages

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Questions About Books Like Mortal Follies

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Mortal Follies include When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, Check and Mate, Love on the Brain. Each matches on specific elements like witty and queer that made Mortal Follies resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo — it shares Mortal Follies's core Witty energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Mortal Follies is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Mortal Follies has a spice level of 2/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Yes — several recommendations on this page have lower spice levels while keeping the same Witty energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.

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