Recs if you like The Zookeeper's Wife...

This is my least favourite book naming convention. (Also, stop defining them by anyone they know might be more accurate; I just added a book that sounds great but the title fits this annoying trend, but I can't tell the gender of the botanist in the title from the description.)

Inspired by Women's history month and my local library! Ever get annoyed when headlines include the man's full name and then 'so&so's wife'? Then this is the list for you! These are books that include "wife" in the title and are often about a lot more complex and dynamic women than just 'someone's wife'. open to recommendations

Tried to include a range of diverse genres/culture/background/time period! Though I haven't read them all, I did look up every book and evaluated for consideration.

Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!

(going to only add the first book in a series)

Holocaust / world war 2 books about the stories of people inside the camps, in the resistance, or living their lives in occupied territory and similar stories