Books like Outlawed by Anna North

Name: Outlawed
Author: Anna North

In a gritty reimagining of the American frontier, "Outlawed" places the narrative amid the spread of influenza, a crisis that threatens the lives and livelihoods of settlers. The novel foregrounds the struggles of midwives and the fraught experience of infertility as essential roles in a society that is already marginalized by disease, outlaws, and social exclusion. The book examines the social aspects of a world where the frontier is as much a virus‑infested landscape as it is a place of opportunity and conflict. Through its depiction of outcasts and the everyday heroics of women who care for pregnancies, the story interrogates the stakes of community resilience, public health, and the fragile line between lawlessness and survival.

First publish date: 2021

Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western

Authors: Anna North

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 0.0 (0 community ratings)

All books by Anna North

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for Outlawed by Anna North are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to Outlawed (17 similar books)

📘 Circe

by Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller’s retelling follows Circe, daughter of Helios, as she discovers her witchcraft powers, encounters mythic heroes on an isolated island, and battles the wrath of gods to decide her place between divinity and humanity.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (87 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Circe

📘 Uprooted

by Naomi Novik

A tale of magic, friendship, and survival in a fantasy world.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (46 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Uprooted

📘 The Power

by Naomi Alderman

ix, 340 pages : 20 cm

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (37 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Power

📘 The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (33 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Nightingale

📘 Dragon Teeth

by Michael Crichton

In 1876, two paleontologists battle for dinosaur fossils during the Bone Wars, while a Yale student named William Johnson becomes entangled in their rivalry in the lawless West.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (13 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Dragon Teeth

📘 The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

Twin African American sisters flee their hometown after their father's murder—one chooses to pass as white while the other stays true to her identity, exploring race, family, and the complexities of self through generations.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (13 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Vanishing Half

📘 World Without End

by Ken Follett

Four young children discover a mysterious letter buried by a knight during a mass killing in the woods in 1327, but its secrets threaten the future of their lives and the kingdom of England.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (7 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like World Without End

📘 Streets of Laredo

by Larry McMurtry

★★★★★★★★★★ 2.8 (5 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Streets of Laredo

📘 Hija de la fortuna

by Isabel Allende

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Hija de la fortuna

📘 The revenant

by Michael Punke

When a brutal grizzly attack and abandonment leave him for dead, former trapper Hugh Glass fights one goal: survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The revenant

📘 Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (3 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Evvie Drake Starts Over

📘 The silence of the girls

by Pat Barker

Pat Barker reimagines the final days of the Trojan War through the eyes of Briseis, the captured concubine of Achilles, revealing the voices of the women walled in the Greek camp.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The silence of the girls

📘 The book of longings

by Sue Monk Kidd

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The book of longings

📘 The outcasts

by Kathleen Kent

In the 19th‑century Gulf Coast, imperative freedom draws Lucinda Carter from a Texas brothel to chase pirate treasure, while Texas cop Nate Cannon hunts a ruthless killer—both paths collide in a tense fight for survival.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The outcasts

📘 Goodness had nothing to do with it

by Mae West

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Goodness had nothing to do with it

📘 Too Long a Stranger (Women of the West #9)

by Janette Oke

After her husband's death, Sarah Perry faces a difficult choice that could leave her and her daughter without a home. Struggling to survive on the frontier, she must decide what path will secure her family’s future.

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Too Long a Stranger (Women of the West #9)

📘 Ghost town

by Robert Coover

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Ghost town

Some Other Similar Books

The City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Female Persuasion by Meghan Daum

Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!

Please login to submit books!