Books like An ordinary woman by Cecelia Holland

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

Three white women in 1962 Mississippi team up with their Black maids to write a forbidden book that challenges the town’s rigid social order.

Jeannette Walls' memoir chronicles her turbulent childhood in a dysfunctional, itinerant family, detailing poverty, alcoholism, and homelessness across the United States as she seeks stability and personal growth.

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.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

Princess Amy of Phantasmorania, gifted with ordinariness, abandons palace expectations and becomes a kitchen maid, where she finds an equally ordinary prince and an adventure that defies royal norms.

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

Eleven-year-old Harriet "Duck" Scott braves an 1852 wagon‑train journey from Illinois to the Oregon Territory, tackling loss, quicksand and horse theft while discovering adventure beyond her sisters’ expectations.

In December 1792, Elizabeth Middleton leaves an English estate for a remote New York mountain village, where she encounters Nathaniel Bonner—known to the Mohawk as Between‑Two‑Lives—and fights to educate the village’s children amid conflict with slave owners and her own family.

From bestselling author, Donna Hill comes an evocative, unforgettable novel about love, friendship, marriage, adultery... Asha and Lisa have been best friends since grade school and they have always shared everything. A beautiful and accomplished photographer, Asha never seems to lack excitement or a man to share it with. Yet, for a woman who appears to have it all there is always "that something" she needs to make her feel whole. Lisa, "the good girl," has always dreamed of the perfect marriage to the perfect husband. Now she has both with Ross Davis and she has their future planned to the last, perfect detail. Ross didn't want to believe that he and Lisa had married too soon. He didn't want to believe that each day the man he thought himself to be was being stripped away by the woman he loved--leaving him feeling like a kept man instead of the man of the house. And then--betrayal. No one knows how it happened, how they could have done this to each other. But now, they each want to tell their side of the story. An Ordinary Woman is about the betrayal of the most sacred of trusts. It is about the that one moment when a single choice will change lives forever. It is a cautionary tale that dares to look deep inside the hearts and minds of the characters involved. Most importantly, An Ordinary Woman attempts to answer the question: How?

In California’s Central Valley, six friends form a Jane Austen book club, spending six months debating her novels while navigating marriages, affairs, and new love.

Eight‑year‑old Sarah brings laughter to her family's overland journey from Missouri to Oregon, but her spirited adventures also stir trouble for her and her best friend Almira Ann.

When Papa moves from Iowa to Oregon, his family must tackle perilous trails, hail, and drought while he tries to preserve his beloved apple orchard ahead of the new frontier.

A New England lady elopes with a cowboy to Montana, confronting the rugged challenges of frontier life.

In 1802 New York, the Bonner family serves as the heart of a tense frontier tale where a young healer daughter, Hannah, confronts disease, slavery, and her own identity amid the rugged wilderness.

Susan Sontag’s expansive novel, *In America*, follows a woman's quest for self‑transformation amid the landscape of frontier life, theater, and idealism, weaving together stories and the power of storytelling itself.

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