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Finished Mortal Follies? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact witty feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Alexis Hall

🌶️🌶️ 2/5 WittyQueerRegency

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.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to Mortal Follies

Grouped by the elements that made Mortal Follies unforgettable.

Your romance matches

97%
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Check and Mate
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️ 1/5 · 384p
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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94%
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Love on the Brain
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 368p
If Mortal Follies left a void, Love on the Brain fills it — then digs a new one.
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91%
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Assistant to the Villain
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
🌶️ 1/5 · 416p
Same witty energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.
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Compatible reads for witty lovers

89%
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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
by Nghi Vo
🌶️ 1/5 · 128p
If you one-clicked Mortal Follies, your thumb is about to do it again.
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86%
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Witch King
by Martha Wells
🌶️ 1/5 · 432p
If Mortal Follies left a void, Witch King fills it — then digs a new one.
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84%
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Some Desperate Glory
by Emily Tesh
🌶️ 1/5 · 440p
The romance you didn't know you needed after Mortal Follies. Trust us.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

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

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

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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