Books like The Countess's Calamity by Sally Gardner

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.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

A reimagining of the epic tale of the Mahabharat, told from the perspective of Panchaali, the wife of the Pandavas, as she balances her wives' kingdoms and faces the threats of war and betrayal.

Two best‑friend dolls, Annabelle and Tiffany, embark on a whirlwind school adventure when they hide in their owner’s backpack and accidentally get mixed up with classmates and a threat from Princess Mimi, a mischievous doll who endangers all dolls.

When Lord Peter Truesdale proposes to Lorna Jarrett’s young cousin, she intervenes, only to later wed the same man by circumstance. Though previously sparring, the couple gradually falls in love as Peter’s great-aunt urges realization of their true feelings.

Set in a crumbling Georgian manor in rural Warwickshire, *The Little Stranger* follows a doctor arriving at a long‑standing family home where a death‑bed patient and chilling supernatural forces intertwine against the backdrop of post‑war Britain.

A concise historical exploration of Mary Boleyn, the lesser-known sister of Anne, set within the Tudor court of 1508–1543.

Mouse goes boating to a dance festival with her grandparents but gets in trouble.

When Ernest the bear offers help after Celestine the mouse breaks a cup, she insists on cleaning up herself, teaching gentleness and responsibility.

Middle mouse Nora feels overlooked, so she creates a ruckus that finally brings her family’s attention to her—showing that a noisy little mouse can be the heartbeat of a home.

Caught in a compromising situation, Colleen MacGregor marries a man she barely knows to save her reputation. Sebastian Ware thinks he'll never see the sharp-tongued spinster again. He never planned on becoming the next Earl of Penwyth.or falling in love. But, before he can declare his feelings, he must protect her against an enemy who wants them both dead.

When the wealthy Countess Diana Wentbridge hides in Regency London as plain Miss West, she falls for a man whose wealth is not the sole reason for his love—until visits to a Cornish estate uncover revelations about her brother and the man she loves.

Evie Duggan, once a celebrated courtesan and countess, faces scandal and exile to a manor in Pennyroyal Green, where her path crosses Vicar Adam Sylvaine. Their forbidden attraction threatens love and reputation in Regency England.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

When the Duchess of Harborough offers Harriet Treene a chance to model for one of her alluring paintings, Harriet accepts. Beautiful, witty, and bold, Harriet is a lowborn orange-seller in St. James Park. Can this diamond-in-the-rough be polished enough to find a place in the genteel ton -- and in the heart of London's most enigmatic rake? Devilishly irresistible William Manderville, Earl of Bonnington, refuses to take a wife because the covert risks he takes for the sake of his country put him in constant danger. A painting by his friend the duchess -- of a woman who looks like the goddess Venus -- could change his mind, however. As the duchess plays matchmaker between the enamored earl and the mysterious beauty, William finds himself caught up in a maelstrom of powerful emotions and desires he has never felt before. But can he finally take the risk of loving a woman when his love of danger and excitement will put her in harm's way?

When Emily Merriweather Harding rescues a wandering woman, she discovers the girl is a missing countess living among the streets.

Fish (Felicity Imogen Stanley-Holme) and her big sister Roberta have inherited the Fairholme Castle, Roberta being the new Countess, since their father, the Heir, and his wife died in a motor smash when they were little. So, Roberta and Fish go to live in the castle. Roberta's friend (who she is in love with), Leutenant Jim Hammond, who Roberta met in the WRNS, thinks that she won't need him anymore (he being in love with her, too). Fish befriends Mr Land's (a famous author) guardian, a boy from Singapore called John, who falls in love with her. Though, their happiness (which on Roberta's part is limited because Jim is not there) is not to last for very long. Mrs Redly Boscombe, and her daughter Primrose, recommend a maid of theirs, Hicks, secretly to listen in and report back to them. Hicks overhears Fish telling John that he might be the Heir after all, not Roberta, because his grandfather, George, was the third son of the seventh Earl of Fairholme. Roberta and Fish's grandfather was the fourth. John's father, the third son of George, (also called George) went missing in Singapore, and nobody could trace him until Mr Land, John's guardian, got the lawyers working. The Redly Boscombes spread the rumour around that Roberta is not the real Countess, but an imposter. Jim comes back on the scene, and Fish meets him and keeps in touch with him while he stays in an inn (he doesn't want Roberta to see him). Meanwhile, John thinks Mr Land has finally traced his father, and it sounds like he is the Heir, because Mr Land was "awfully bucked". John doeesn't want to be the tenth Earl at all, for he doesn't want to replace Roberta and it's not the kind of life for him. So he runs away to Wheatley, outside Oxford, to earn a bit of cash before going bak to Singapore. At the ball which happened after the fete (which was on a week after they arrived at Fairholme), Jim proposes, and Mr Land comes, and Fish at first thinks he has come to ruin Roberta's joy, to depose her. But, he has only come to ask her if she had seen John, because he had news. George Stanley-Holme, John's father, was actually his stepfather. John's mother had him by a previous marriage. He wasn't the soon-to-be Earl at all! Mr Land was "awfully bucked" because he had a son! Fish runs away to Wheatley to find him, and succeeds, and tells John. The story ends on a happy note, for it is Roberta's wedding day.

Sophie’s second birthday is a chaotic adventure as she awakens with mischief in tow, only to be guided by her grandmother’s clever idea.