🎭 High Society Scandal

Glittering ballrooms and whispered rumors — these stories thrive on the delicious tension between public propriety and private transgression among the wealthy and well-connected.

Entitled

by Andrew Lownie • 2025

He denied knowing her. Then came the photograph. Then the ten-million-pound settlement.

3.68

7k+

🇬🇧 British Monarchy 📰 Tabloid Scandal 💍 Royal Marriage 🏰 Palace Intrigue ⛓️ Sex Trafficking Exposé

Entitled 88%

He denied knowing her. Then came the photograph. Then the ten-million-pound settlement.

by Andrew Lownie 2025

3.68

7k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Monarchy 📰 Tabloid Scandal 💍 Royal Marriage 🏰 Palace Intrigue ⛓️ Sex Trafficking Exposé

Beautiful Things

by Emily Rath • 2022

Penniless at a duke's house party, she draws three suitors and refuses to choose.

3.81

13k+

🏰 Regency House Party 💕 Polyamorous Romance ⚡ Bastard Hero 👑 Scheming Dowager 🎨 Artist Heroine

Beautiful Things 87%

Penniless at a duke's house party, she draws three suitors and refuses to choose.

by Emily Rath 2022

3.81

13k+ ratings

🏰 Regency House Party 💕 Polyamorous Romance ⚡ Bastard Hero 👑 Scheming Dowager 🎨 Artist Heroine

Kushner, Inc.

by Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2k+

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc. 87%

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

by Vicky Ward 2019

3.53

2k+ ratings

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Hollywood Babylon

by Kenneth Anger • 1959

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

3.65

7k+

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Hollywood Babylon 87%

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

by Kenneth Anger 1959

3.65

7k+ ratings

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

One of Us

by Elizabeth Day • 2025

A lecturer orbiting a powerful family discovers the crime a sister's funeral was meant to bury.

3.74

12k+

🏚️ Class Outsider 👥 Obsessive Friendship 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🎭 Biting Social Satire 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

One of Us 87%

A lecturer orbiting a powerful family discovers the crime a sister's funeral was meant to bury.

by Elizabeth Day 2025

3.74

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Class Outsider 👥 Obsessive Friendship 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🎭 Biting Social Satire 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

Undone

by John Colapinto • 2015

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

3.39

356

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👁️ Gaslighting

Undone 87%

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

by John Colapinto 2015

3.39

356 ratings

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👁️ Gaslighting

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

by Anthony Trollope • 1875

A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.

4.09

14k+

📈 Financial Speculation 🏛️ London Society 💰 Fortune Hunter 🏰 Gilded Cage Heiress 🎲 Gambling Addiction

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope Summary

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope 87%

A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.

by Anthony Trollope 1875

4.09

14k+ ratings

📈 Financial Speculation 🏛️ London Society 💰 Fortune Hunter 🏰 Gilded Cage Heiress 🎲 Gambling Addiction

Lies and Weddings

by Kevin Kwan • 2024

Broke English heir must marry money, but his childhood love is a doctor with a secret past.

3.73

52k+

💬 Comedy Of Manners 📖 Satirical Family Saga 💰 Hidden Heiress 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👑 Manipulative Matriarch

Lies and Weddings 87%

Broke English heir must marry money, but his childhood love is a doctor with a secret past.

by Kevin Kwan 2024

3.73

52k+ ratings

💬 Comedy Of Manners 📖 Satirical Family Saga 💰 Hidden Heiress 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👑 Manipulative Matriarch

That Woman

by Anne Sebba • 2011

History cast her as the villain. The real story: a king who wouldn't let her leave.

3.44

5k+

👑 Royal Biography 📖 Revisionist Biography 🪜 Social Climbing 🔥 Royal Scandal 🫖 British High Society

That Woman 87%

History cast her as the villain. The real story: a king who wouldn't let her leave.

by Anne Sebba 2011

3.44

5k+ ratings

👑 Royal Biography 📖 Revisionist Biography 🪜 Social Climbing 🔥 Royal Scandal 🫖 British High Society

This Beautiful Life

by Helen Schulman • 2011

After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.

3.03

6k+

👁️ Public Shaming 🏚️ Family Crisis 🗽 Manhattan Elite 🔥 Teen Recklessness 💔 Marriage In Crisis

This Beautiful Life 87%

After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.

by Helen Schulman 2011

3.03

6k+ ratings

👁️ Public Shaming 🏚️ Family Crisis 🗽 Manhattan Elite 🔥 Teen Recklessness 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Becoming Brigitte

by Xavier Poussard • 2025

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

4.18

281

🏛️ French Politics 📰 Political Scandal 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 🚫 State Censorship

Becoming Brigitte 87%

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

by Xavier Poussard 2025

4.18

281 ratings

🏛️ French Politics 📰 Political Scandal 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 🚫 State Censorship

WASPS

by Michael Knox Beran • 2021

The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.

3.46

126

🏛️ American Aristocracy 💰 Old Money 🎩 Gilded Age 📊 Social Class 📉 Cultural Decline

WASPS 87%

The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.

by Michael Knox Beran 2021

3.46

126 ratings

🏛️ American Aristocracy 💰 Old Money 🎩 Gilded Age 📊 Social Class 📉 Cultural Decline

The Luxe

by Anna Godbersen • 2007

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

3.65

74k+

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

The Luxe 87%

An 1899 heiress trapped by a strategic engagement risks everything for the coachman she loves.

by Anna Godbersen 2007

3.65

74k+ ratings

📍 Gilded Age New York 💕 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Scheming Socialite

Razor Sharp

by Fern Michaels • 2009

A dead madam's client list puts D.C.'s powerful men at the mercy of a secret sisterhood.

4.25

5k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Political Scandal 🇺🇸 Washington DC 🎰 Las Vegas

Razor Sharp 86%

A dead madam's client list puts D.C.'s powerful men at the mercy of a secret sisterhood.

by Fern Michaels 2009

4.25

5k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Political Scandal 🇺🇸 Washington DC 🎰 Las Vegas

The Doorman

by Chris Pavone • 2025

A Manhattan doorman in debt opens his tower to armed robbers. Old secrets turn the heist lethal.

3.85

16k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 💰 Heist Thriller 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Class Tension

The Doorman 86%

A Manhattan doorman in debt opens his tower to armed robbers. Old secrets turn the heist lethal.

by Chris Pavone 2025

3.85

16k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 💰 Heist Thriller 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Class Tension

Loving Whiskey

by Brittanee Nicole • 2022

A broken engagement, a secret baby, and a billionaire groveling for the second chance he shattered.

4.08

7k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💰 Billionaire Family Saga 🙇 Groveling Hero 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🏚️ Dark Family Legacy

Loving Whiskey 86%

A broken engagement, a secret baby, and a billionaire groveling for the second chance he shattered.

by Brittanee Nicole 2022

4.08

7k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💰 Billionaire Family Saga 🙇 Groveling Hero 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🏚️ Dark Family Legacy

Payback

by Fern Michaels • 2005

A dying surgeon joins a secret sisterhood to destroy her husband and a corrupt HMO dynasty.

4.25

12k+

💪 Women's Revenge 🔒 Secret Society 🏠 Found Family 🏛️ Political Scandal 💰 Corporate Greed

Payback 86%

A dying surgeon joins a secret sisterhood to destroy her husband and a corrupt HMO dynasty.

by Fern Michaels 2005

4.25

12k+ ratings

💪 Women's Revenge 🔒 Secret Society 🏠 Found Family 🏛️ Political Scandal 💰 Corporate Greed

Trading Up

by Candace Bushnell • 2003

A model marries a CEO, seduces a billionaire, and owes a debt to a vengeful producer.

3.28

21k+

🪜 Social Climbing 👠 Ambitious Anti-Heroine 🏙️ Manhattan Elite 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Social Satire

Trading Up 86%

A model marries a CEO, seduces a billionaire, and owes a debt to a vengeful producer.

by Candace Bushnell 2003

3.28

21k+ ratings

🪜 Social Climbing 👠 Ambitious Anti-Heroine 🏙️ Manhattan Elite 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Social Satire

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy • 1878

A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.

4.10

941k+

🇷🇺 Russian Classic 🖤 Tragic Romance 🏛️ Aristocratic Society 💔 Societal Scandal 🥀 Tragic Heroine

Anna Karenina 86%

A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.

by Leo Tolstoy 1878

4.10

941k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Classic 🖤 Tragic Romance 🏛️ Aristocratic Society 💔 Societal Scandal 🥀 Tragic Heroine

The Fine Art of Lying

by Alexandra Andrews • 2026

An art historian's affair with a charismatic dealer ends with him dead and her covered in blood.

3.68

11k+

🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Illicit Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🖼️ Forgery Plot 💰 Class Divide

The Fine Art of Lying 86%

An art historian's affair with a charismatic dealer ends with him dead and her covered in blood.

by Alexandra Andrews 2026

3.68

11k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Illicit Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🖼️ Forgery Plot 💰 Class Divide

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds • 2020

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

4.46

55k+

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Stamped 86%

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

by Jason Reynolds 2020

4.46

55k+ ratings

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Bel-Ami

by Guy de Maupassant • 1885

Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.

3.86

50k+

🖋️ French Realism 🪜 Social Climbing 😈 Amoral Protagonist 🎭 Cynical Satire 🕰️ Belle éPoque

Bel-Ami 86%

Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.

by Guy de Maupassant 1885

3.86

50k+ ratings

🖋️ French Realism 🪜 Social Climbing 😈 Amoral Protagonist 🎭 Cynical Satire 🕰️ Belle éPoque

King of Pride

by Ana Huang • 2023

A bartender's no-dating rule and a media heir's CEO vote collide over a forbidden attraction.

3.90

371k+

💰 Billionaire Hero ⚖️ Class Divide 🔄 Opposites Attract 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

King of Pride 86%

A bartender's no-dating rule and a media heir's CEO vote collide over a forbidden attraction.

by Ana Huang 2023

3.90

371k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Hero ⚖️ Class Divide 🔄 Opposites Attract 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

Whispered Sins

by Rebecca Baker • 2025

A Brooklyn idealist mistakes a billionaire for his assistant. Her candor slips past his defenses.

4.14

5k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💼 Opposites Attract 💎 Class Difference

Whispered Sins 86%

A Brooklyn idealist mistakes a billionaire for his assistant. Her candor slips past his defenses.

by Rebecca Baker 2025

4.14

5k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💼 Opposites Attract 💎 Class Difference

Bad Summer People

by Emma Rosenblum • 2023

A storm unearths a body on Fire Island, and an exclusive summer colony's facades crack.

3.40

98k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🌊 Beach Noir 💬 Weaponized Gossip 💸 Rich People Problems 🎾 Country Club Secrets

Bad Summer People 86%

A storm unearths a body on Fire Island, and an exclusive summer colony's facades crack.

by Emma Rosenblum 2023

3.40

98k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🌊 Beach Noir 💬 Weaponized Gossip 💸 Rich People Problems 🎾 Country Club Secrets

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2024

Still in love with her cheating ex, Magnolia Parks discovers his affair was with her best friend.

4.3

76k+

💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 💋 Infidelity 🥂 High Society 😭 Angsty Drama

Magnolia Parks 86%

Still in love with her cheating ex, Magnolia Parks discovers his affair was with her best friend.

by Jessa Hastings 2024

4.3

76k+ ratings

💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 💋 Infidelity 🥂 High Society 😭 Angsty Drama

The Spider Network

by David Enrich • 2017

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

4.07

7k+

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

The Spider Network 86%

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

by David Enrich 2017

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

by Zoë Heller • 2003

A lonely teacher documents a friend's affair with a student to forge a permanent bond.

3.74

26k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🚫 Taboo Affair ☣️ Toxic Friendship 🏫 Campus Novel ⚖️ Power Imbalance

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] Summary

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] 86%

A lonely teacher documents a friend's affair with a student to forge a permanent bond.

by Zoë Heller 2003

3.74

26k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🚫 Taboo Affair ☣️ Toxic Friendship 🏫 Campus Novel ⚖️ Power Imbalance

The Buccaneers

by Edith Wharton • 1938

Snubbed by New York, Nan St George sails to England to hunt a title, whatever the price.

3.85

9k+

🏙️ Gilded Age 🎭 Social Satire 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Forbidden Love 🏰 Gilded Cage

The Buccaneers 86%

Snubbed by New York, Nan St George sails to England to hunt a title, whatever the price.

by Edith Wharton 1938

3.85

9k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age 🎭 Social Satire 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Forbidden Love 🏰 Gilded Cage

The Panama Papers

by Frederik Obermaier • 2016

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

4.08

5k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The Panama Papers 86%

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

by Frederik Obermaier 2016

4.08

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

England's Mistress

by Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

3.91

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress 86%

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

by Kate Williams 2006

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

Appointment in Samarra

by John O'Hara • 1934

One drunken insult at the country club: a Cadillac dealer learns his small town never forgets.

3.81

16k+

🏘️ American Small Town 📋 Social Realism 📉 Downward Spiral 💰 Class Anxiety 💔 Marriage Under Strain

Appointment in Samarra 86%

One drunken insult at the country club: a Cadillac dealer learns his small town never forgets.

by John O'Hara 1934

3.81

16k+ ratings

🏘️ American Small Town 📋 Social Realism 📉 Downward Spiral 💰 Class Anxiety 💔 Marriage Under Strain

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

4.21

4k+

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City 86%

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

All That Life Can Afford

by Emily Everett • 2025

An American tutor in London slips into a wealthy family's world, borrowing their life like a dress.

3.63

38k+

🪜 Social Climbing 🤔 Imposter Syndrome 🎭 Double Life 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance

All That Life Can Afford 86%

An American tutor in London slips into a wealthy family's world, borrowing their life like a dress.

by Emily Everett 2025

3.63

38k+ ratings

🪜 Social Climbing 🤔 Imposter Syndrome 🎭 Double Life 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Scandals of Classic Hollywood

by Anne Helen Petersen • 2014

Hollywood scandals were never just gossip. They were the culture's ugliest arguments, in public.

3.48

3k+

🎬 Hollywood History 🎞️ Classic Cinema ⭐ Star System 💥 Celebrity Scandal 🚫 Film Censorship

Scandals of Classic Hollywood 86%

Hollywood scandals were never just gossip. They were the culture's ugliest arguments, in public.

by Anne Helen Petersen 2014

3.48

3k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🎞️ Classic Cinema ⭐ Star System 💥 Celebrity Scandal 🚫 Film Censorship

Mean Moms

by Emma Rosenblum • 2025

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

3.50

25k+

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

Mean Moms 86%

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

by Emma Rosenblum 2025

3.50

25k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

Behold the Thief

by Laura Landon • 2019

Her double life protects women. His art shop hides a family conspiracy. Love could expose both.

4.39

170

🎭 Secret Identity 🏙️ Victorian London 💔 Class Divide Romance 🎨 Art Forgery 🫂 Found Family

Behold the Thief 86%

Her double life protects women. His art shop hides a family conspiracy. Love could expose both.

by Laura Landon 2019

4.39

170 ratings

🎭 Secret Identity 🏙️ Victorian London 💔 Class Divide Romance 🎨 Art Forgery 🫂 Found Family

The Devil at His Elbow

by Valerie Bauerlein • 2024

Three generations of prosecutors. Two bodies at the kennels. A video that ended a century of rule.

4.46

14k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👑 Family Dynasties 🏛️ Small Town Corruption ⚖️ Abuse Of Power 💊 Opioid Crisis

The Devil at His Elbow 86%

Three generations of prosecutors. Two bodies at the kennels. A video that ended a century of rule.

by Valerie Bauerlein 2024

4.46

14k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👑 Family Dynasties 🏛️ Small Town Corruption ⚖️ Abuse Of Power 💊 Opioid Crisis

Workhorse

by Caroline Palmer • 2025

At a glossy magazine, an ambitious outsider borrows the insiders' clothes and codes. The debt grows.

3.56

12k+

🏢 Magazine World 💼 Workplace Fiction 🪜 Social Climbing 😰 Class Anxiety ⚖️ Moral Compromise

Workhorse 86%

At a glossy magazine, an ambitious outsider borrows the insiders' clothes and codes. The debt grows.

by Caroline Palmer 2025

3.56

12k+ ratings

🏢 Magazine World 💼 Workplace Fiction 🪜 Social Climbing 😰 Class Anxiety ⚖️ Moral Compromise

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Legacy 86%

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

The Social Graces

by Renée Rosen • 2021

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

3.98

16k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Social Graces 86%

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

by Renée Rosen 2021

3.98

16k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Trade Off

by Sandie Jones • 2023

A young journalist uncovers the lies behind a tabloid scandal that left a woman dead.

3.24

3k+

🖤 Newsroom Thriller 📰 Tabloid Culture 🏢 Toxic Workplace ⚔️ Mentor Rivalry 🔦 Exposing Corruption

The Trade Off 86%

A young journalist uncovers the lies behind a tabloid scandal that left a woman dead.

by Sandie Jones 2023

3.24

3k+ ratings

🖤 Newsroom Thriller 📰 Tabloid Culture 🏢 Toxic Workplace ⚔️ Mentor Rivalry 🔦 Exposing Corruption

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh • 1934

His wife's betrayal sends a country squire into the Amazon, where rescue becomes a life sentence.

3.88

29k+

🎭 Satire Of Manners 🏰 English Country House 🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Doomed Marriage 🕰️ Interwar England

A Handful of Dust 86%

His wife's betrayal sends a country squire into the Amazon, where rescue becomes a life sentence.

by Evelyn Waugh 1934

3.88

29k+ ratings

🎭 Satire Of Manners 🏰 English Country House 🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Doomed Marriage 🕰️ Interwar England

Twilight

by Mark Cotta Vaz • 2008

Behind every media empire is a family at war. Lessons in power, loyalty, and survival.

4.20

451k+

🏢 Corporate Dynasties 📺 Media Empires 💔 Family Dysfunction 📋 Corporate Governance 📰 Media Manipulation

Twilight 86%

Behind every media empire is a family at war. Lessons in power, loyalty, and survival.

by Mark Cotta Vaz 2008

4.20

451k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dynasties 📺 Media Empires 💔 Family Dysfunction 📋 Corporate Governance 📰 Media Manipulation

China Rich Girlfriend

by Kevin Kwan • 2015

Rachel Chu's engagement comes with a hidden father and a world of luxury that can kill.

3.84

229k+

💎 Satire Of The Ultra-Rich 🧧 Chinese Family Saga 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌏 Cross-Cultural Identity 📈 Social Climbing

China Rich Girlfriend 86%

Rachel Chu's engagement comes with a hidden father and a world of luxury that can kill.

by Kevin Kwan 2015

3.84

229k+ ratings

💎 Satire Of The Ultra-Rich 🧧 Chinese Family Saga 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌏 Cross-Cultural Identity 📈 Social Climbing

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2021

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

3.64

274k+

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

Magnolia Parks 86%

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

by Jessa Hastings 2021

3.64

274k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory

by Tilly Bagshawe • 2013

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

3.91

7k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory Summary

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Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

by Tilly Bagshawe 2013

3.91

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

Meant to Be

by Emily Giffin • 2022

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

3.91

98k+

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Meant to Be 86%

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

by Emily Giffin 2022

3.91

98k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Pineapple Street

by Jenny Jackson • 2023

Three women in a wealthy Brooklyn family learn that money buys everything except belonging.

3.55

212k+

🏛️ Old Money Family 🍸 Comedy Of Manners 💎 Marrying Into Wealth 🎨 Art As Refuge 👯 Unlikely Family Bond

Pineapple Street 86%

Three women in a wealthy Brooklyn family learn that money buys everything except belonging.

by Jenny Jackson 2023

3.55

212k+ ratings

🏛️ Old Money Family 🍸 Comedy Of Manners 💎 Marrying Into Wealth 🎨 Art As Refuge 👯 Unlikely Family Bond

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton • 1913

A small-town beauty carries herself into old New York, where acceptance only sharpens her appetite.

4.07

16k+

🎭 Novel Of Manners 🥂 Gilded Age New York 🏙️ Social Climber 💔 Doomed Marriage 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris

The Custom of the Country 85%

A small-town beauty carries herself into old New York, where acceptance only sharpens her appetite.

by Edith Wharton 1913

4.07

16k+ ratings

🎭 Novel Of Manners 🥂 Gilded Age New York 🏙️ Social Climber 💔 Doomed Marriage 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris

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