Books like Girl, Woman, Other
If you liked Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Olive Kitteridge
Because shares tags: fiction, stories.
Thirteen linked stories orbit blunt Crosby teacher Olive, husband Henry and son Christopher through love, aging and Maine small-town life.
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Untamed
Because shares tags: feminism, identity.
Glennon Doyle leaves a strained marriage, falls for Abby Wambach, and rebuilds life around honesty and desire.
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Wish You Were Here
Because shares tag: fiction.
Diana goes to the Galapagos alone when Covid keeps her boyfriend in New York, and being stranded there forces her to rethink her job and…
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Where the Heart Is
Because shares tag: fiction.
Pregnant teen Novalee Nation is abandoned at a Sequoyah, Oklahoma Wal-Mart, where she gives birth to Americus and rebuilds life with town…
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The Storyteller
Because shares tag: fiction.
Baker Sage Singer is asked by old Josef Weber to kill him for his SS past, while her grandmother Minka's war story weighs on her.
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Because shares tag: feminism.
In 1990s Charleston, book club mom Patricia Campbell suspects charming newcomer James Harris is a vampire preying on neighborhood children.
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The Power
Because shares tag: feminism.
Girls gain electric skeins and the world reorders through four witnesses.
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The Other Hand
Because shares tag: fiction.
Nigerian Little Bee leaves detention after two years and reunites with Sarah O'Rourke, linked by a violent beach meeting in Nigeria.
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The Measure
Because shares tag: fiction.
Small wooden boxes arrive for every adult, each holding a string that shows life length. Eight people decide if they will open theirs.
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Remember Me?
Because shares tag: fiction.
Lexi wakes after an accident missing three years, with a polished new life and a husband she does not recall, and must work out which parts…
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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Because shares tag: fiction.
Seven-year-old Elsa loses her granny and best friend, then delivers apology letters to neighbours while holding onto fairy tales of Miamas…
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Girl, Interrupted
Because shares tag: feminism.
In 1967, 18-year-old Susanna enters McLean Hospital for two years on a ward, probing sane versus insane.
