Books like Something red by Jennifer Gilmore

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.

A Little Life follows four college friends in New York as they confront trauma, love and the enduring scars of their pasts, weaving themes of friendship, family, and identity into a profound coming‑of‑age story.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

The Goldfinch chronicles the life of thirteen‑year‑old Theo Decker, who survives a museum attack that kills his mother and carries an art piece that becomes a lifelong obsession, exploring loss, identity, and art in contemporary America.

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.

After a celebrated Seattle architect mysteriously disappears, her daughter Bee searches for her by piecing together emails, documents, and family secrets. The novel blends humor and heart as it explores a mother‑daughter bond in a quirky, modern world.

When a mysterious psychic arrives in 1969 Lower East Side, New York, four siblings learn the day they will die, setting off a life‑long quest that tests fate, choice, family and the search for meaning.

James McBride’s memoir chronicles his upbringing among twelve siblings in Brooklyn’s Red Hook, revealing his mother’s hidden Jewish heritage and their shared journey of race, identity, and faith.

Philip Roth’s autobiographical novel follows the life of a New York commercial artist as he confronts death, family tensions, and the decline of his own health.

Ronit, a career woman in New York, is forced to confront her Jewish upbringing when her father dies and she returns to North London.

Set in 1930s New York, Henry Roth’s debut novel follows a Jewish family as a boy navigates the challenges of ordinary life, growth, and the weight of memory.

After being adopted by a quirky Dublin couple who treat him only as a house‑guest, Cyril embarks on a life‑spanning quest to discover his origins, his place in Ireland, and the meaning of true belonging.

Two newcomers—an older man and a boy—arrive in a new land, learn Spanish, and are assigned new names. They navigate a desert camp, a relocation center, and the city of Novilla while the man searches for the boy’s mother, all amid themes of immigration, family, and fate.

It is 1974 when Leni Allbright's impulsive father Ernt decides the family is moving to Alaska. But the Alaskan winter is just as unforgiving as Ernt, and life quickly becomes a struggle for survival.

Lily, a Brooklyn mother and writer, balances family and desire while confronting political pressure; centuries later, Esther in ancient Persia faces a life‑ending sacrifice that reshapes her people.

A complex love story set against the fading world of privilege that blends romance, family life, and historical detail with a touch of Pygmalion flair for readers seeking nuanced drama.

Red Mother, the life story of Pretty‑Shield, a revered Crow medicine woman, recounts her experiences on the Plains, the transition to reservation life, and the daily roles and rituals of Crow women.

A mesmerizing story of faith, secrets, and love in a small Polish village, where the lines between myth and reality blur as a midwife's pregnancy challenges the town's rigid social norms.

My Little Red Book is an anthology of stories about first periods, collected from women of all ages from around the world. The accounts range from lighthearted (the editor got hers while waterskiing in a yellow bathing suit) to heart-stopping (a first period discovered just as one girl was about to be strip-searched by the Nazis). The contributors include well-known women writers (Meg Cabot, Erica Jong, Gloria Steinem, Cecily von Ziegesar), alongside today's teens. Ultimately, My Little Red Book is more than a collection of stories. It is a call for a change in attitude. By revealing what it feels like to undergo this experience firsthand and giving women the chance to explain their feelings in their own words. My Little Red Book aims to provide support, entertainment, and a starting point for discussion for mothers and daughters everywhere.

Francesca Segal’s debut follows Adam and Rachel, a London Jewish couple whose long‑awaited marriage is threatened when Rachel’s reckless American cousin returns, stirring family secrets and cultural tensions in their tight‑knit community.