 | The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Buy new: £9.11 / Used from: £7.16 One must begin with Austen, the unparalleled queen. I found this annotated edition helpful for understanding period detail..
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 | The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £2.32 Heyer's Regency novels are delightfully crafted, witty, entertaining and highly addictive.
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 | Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 Lipman is a veteran of chick lit, and this is her best book. Great characters, dialogue and plot.
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 | My Life on a Plate by India Knight
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £0.01 Knight has a tremendous gift for producing belly laughs from everyday material. "Don't you want me" is also very good.
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 | Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 I have purchased and read every book Keyes has written. The woman is a gem. I guarantee you'll be hooked after this one.
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 | High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderfully observed and very funny "guy lit". "About a Boy" is very good, too.
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 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.00 The sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary is funnier and deeper that the first book. The scenes where Bridget sings Madonna in prison or interviews Colin Firth are some of the funniest I've ever read.
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 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Persephone Classics) by Winifred Watson
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £4.20 Forget about the film - the book is seriously good!
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 | The Bad Mother's Handbook (TV tie-in) by Kate Long
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 This is a sweet story about a teenage Mom.
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 | The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Buy new: £4.93 / Used from: £0.31 Not chick lit per se, but written by a woman, about women and for women - and very good!
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