Books like The Best of Sisters by Dilly Court

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Alice Walker's 1982 novel, The Color Purple, won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, exploring the lives of black women in the South and their experiences of abuse and struggle for independence.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

A daring examination of love and desire set against the backdrop of early twentieth‑century England, where complex relationships between women and the struggle of coal‑miners illuminate social change and intimate psychological conflict.

In East London's gritty streets, Phoebe Giamatti confronts family loyalty and looming danger when her protective instincts clash with a perilous secret involving the ruthless Paxman brothers.

Five single women in Victorian London confront choices about work, marriage, and independence, revealing the era's social roles and gender dynamics.

An Oxford student interviews a 93‑year‑old London Blitz survivor, 93‑year‑old artist Isabel MacFarland, who reveals long‑kept secrets about her wartime experiences and identity.

In turn‑of‑the‑twentieth‑century London, Hetty Huggins vows to protect her younger siblings after their mother dies, fighting poverty, a predatory tallyman and a long‑stride dream of entrepreneurship amid harsh social realities.

The compelling new saga set in turn-of-the twentieth-century London by the author of The Cockney Angel.Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world.But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.

The illustrious Harte family saga continues as Emma Harte’s great-granddaughter, Evan Hughes, navigates love, loyalty, and a looming family rival while uncovering secrets that reshape her future.

When a family crisis forces her into domestic service, Stella Barry leaves her London home to work at a country estate. Years later, she must escape a hostile household and resolve her family's disappearance, driven by loyalty and determination.