Chick lit books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen FieldingDefined the genre's self-deprecating first-person voice and adapted Pride and Prejudice into modern London dating culture.
Watermelon
Marian KeyesPioneered the combination of irreverent humor with serious life events, starting Keyes's influential Walsh Family series.
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic Series, Book 1)
Sophie KinsellaCodified the comedic subgenre focused on modern consumer culture, personal debt, and workplace misadventures.
The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren WeisbergerEstablished the workplace roman à clef within high-prestige industries as a major chick-lit formula.
Something Borrowed
Emily GiffinExplored moral ambiguity in female friendship and romance, moving away from purely slapstick conventions.
Chosen and described with AI from our notes on the genre.
More chick lit books
- Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to ExhaleTerry McMillan - Good in Bed
Good in BedJennifer Weiner - Sex and the City
Sex and the CityCandace Bushnell - Jemima J
Jemima JJane Green - Sushi for Beginners
Sushi for BeginnersMarian Keyes - I Don't Know How She Does It
I Don't Know How She Does ItAllison Pearson - In Her Shoes
In Her ShoesJennifer Weiner - The Boy Next Door
The Boy Next DoorMeg Cabot - Bergdorf Blondes
Bergdorf BlondesPlum Sykes - Can You Keep A Secret?
Can You Keep A Secret?Sophie Kinsella - Little Lies
Little LiesLiane Moriarty2014 - Call It What You Want
Call It What You WantAlissa DeRogatis2023