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Books Like The Red Tent

by Anita Diamant · about this book

Loved The Red Tent by Anita Diamant? If its female lead, historical fiction and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Bookbinder, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and Clytemnestra. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Red Tent: Female Lead · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Feminism · Female Friendship

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   The Bookbinder

   Pip Williams

   Feminism · Sisters · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Friendship

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   The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

   Nadia Hashimi

   Women's Fiction · Arranged Marriage · Feminism · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction

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   Clytemnestra

   Costanza Casati

   Arranged Marriage · Feminism · Tragic · Mythology Retelling · Sisters

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   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Large Family · Mother and Daughter · Sisters · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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   The Nightingale

   Kristin Hannah

   Women's Fiction · Sexual Assault Content · Historical Fiction · Sisters · Tragic

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   Hamnet

   Maggie O'Farrell

   Healer · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Character-Driven

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   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

   Rebecca Wells

   Women's Fiction · Female Friendship · Mother and Daughter · Multigenerational Family · Character-Driven

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   The Miniaturist

   Jessie Burton

   Arranged Marriage · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Sisters · Feminism

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   I, Medusa

   Ayana Gray

   Sisters · Feminism · Tragic · Sexual Assault Content · Mythology Retelling

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    The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

    Holly Ringland

    Sisters · Mythology Retelling · Bittersweet · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven

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    Corrag

    Susan Fletcher

    Healer · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Multigenerational Family · Lyrical Prose · Female Friendship · Character-Driven · Mother and Daughter

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    Looking for Jane

    Heather Marshall

    Reproductive Health · Women's Fiction · Feminism · Mother and Daughter · Historical Fiction

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    Sabrina & Corina

    Kali Fajardo-Anstine

    Multigenerational Family · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Lyrical Prose · Mother and Daughter

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    The Seven Daughters of Dupree

    Nikesha Elise Williams

    Mother and Daughter · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Multigenerational Family · Literary Fiction

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    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Bittersweet · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Feminism · Emotional

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17. 

    The Things We Cannot Say

    Kelly Rimmer

    Women's Fiction · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet · Emotional

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18. 

    Nineteen Steps

    Millie Bobby Brown

    Large Family · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Bittersweet · Sisters

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    The Seamstress

    Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Sisters · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Feminism · Bittersweet

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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    V E Schwab

    Lyrical Prose · Arranged Marriage · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Mother and Daughter

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