If you like Jane Austen

Janeites, unite! We all know there's nothing just like a Jane Austen novel. The books on this list share some of the appealing characteristics of Austen's work - deep feelings, charming romance, family life, wry social commentary, a great deal of wit, and intelligent characters yearning for happiness. There are lots of things you could do with your time, but as Austen herself said, "there is no enjoyment like reading!" Give one of these books a try!

Updated June 29, 2026
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If you like Jane Austen

Janeites, unite! We all know there's nothing just like a Jane Austen novel. The books on this list share some of the appealing characteristics of Austen's work - deep feelings, charming romance, family life, wry social commentary, a great deal of wit, and intelligent characters yearning for happiness. There are lots of things you could do with your time, but as Austen herself said, "there is no enjoyment like reading!" Give one of these books a try!

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Anne of the island
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
Anne Shirley is off to college in this artfully packaged edition of the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Anne is finally off to Redmond College! While she's sad to be leaving Marilla and the twins, she's excited to finally become a full-fledged BA, and to embark on...
Arabella
Heyer, Georgette
Paper Book
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes . . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'One of my perennial...
The benevolent society of ill-mannered ladies
Goodman, Alison
Paper Book
The Blue Castle
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
A timeless, heartwarming classic from the author of Anne of Green Gables, this delightful and witty romance will sweep readers away Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only...
I capture the castle
Smith, Dodie
Paper Book
'This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met' J K Rowling 'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink' is the first line of this timeless, witty and enchanting novel about growing up. Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished...
Cold Comfort Farm
Gibbons, Stella
Paper Book
When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders- cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and...
The country diary of an Edwardian lady : a facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906
Holden, Edith
Paper Book
Cranford
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Paper Book
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural...
Daniel Deronda
Eliot, George
Paper Book
Daniel Deronda, the last of Eliot's novels, is the most complete expression of her idealism. Its main concerns are those of personal morality, of dedication to tradition and roots, and of spiritual identification and sympathy--all set in an era of considerable national and international awareness....
Diary of a Provincial Lady
Delafield, E. M.
Paper Book
A very funny and acutely observed account of Edwardian domestic lifeE. M. Delafield's largely autobiographical novel takes the form of a journal written by an upper-middle-class lady living in a Devonshire village. Written with tongue-in-cheek humour, this charming novel is full of the peculiarities...
Doctor Thorne
Trollope, Anthony
Paper Book
Son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne, despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to save the family's mortgaged estate by making a good marriage to a...
Excellent women
Pym, Barbara.
Paper Book
Frederica
Heyer, Georgette
Paper Book
Frederica is one of readers' favorite Heyers, with a young woman burdened with the responsibilities of being the head of her family, and a hero whose jaded boredom is transformed by an accident with a hot air balloon...
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann.
Paper Book
It's January 1946, and London is emerging from the shadow of World War II. Author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book when she gets a letter from Dawsey Adams from Guernsey, a British island that had been occupied by the Nazis. He found her address in an old...
A heart worth stealing
Barker, Joanna L.
Paper Book
Sowerby, England, 1802 Miss Genevieve Wilde--a magistrate's daughter and independent heiress--is determined to meet life's challenges all on her own, just as her late-father had taught her. So when her father's pocket watch is stolen, she will do anything to get it back,...
An inconvenient letter
Wright, Julie
Paper Book
Complications arise when Marietta's secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man.  1828, the London countryside For years, Marietta Stone has harbored a secret infatuation for the handsome Frederick Finch and has...
Jane Eyre
Brontë, Charlotte
Paper Book
'The masterwork of a great genius' William Makepeace Thackeray A novel of intense emotional power, heightened atmosphere and fierce intelligence, Jane Eyre dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom on her own...
The ladies rewrite the rules
Allain, Suzanne
Paper Book
From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England about a widow who takes high society by storm. Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her...
Little women
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
One of the best loved books of all time. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through...
The making of a marchioness
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Paper Book
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so...
Miss Buncle's book
Stevenson, D. E.
Paper Book
Can one quiet woman's imagination shake an entire village? In this delightful classic of British fiction, the pen truly is mightier than the gossip. Originally published in 1934 and newly embraced by modern readers, Miss Buncle's Book is a timeless novel of quiet rebellion, unexpected...
Miss Marjoribanks
Oliphant, Mrs.
Paper Book
Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least in...
Miss Newbury's list
Walker, Megan
Paper Book
England, 1820 Rosalind Newbury is counting down the days until her wedding to the Duke of Marlow, a man she has only met twice. The marriage is more an agreement between two families and less a romantic connection between two hearts, but Rosalind becoming a...
Miss Pettigrew lives for a day
Watson, Winifred
Paper Book
A governess is sent by an employment afency to the wrong address, where she encounters a glamourous night-club singer, Miss LaFosse.
Mrs. Budley falls from grace
Chesney, Marion.
Paper Book
The murder of Mr. Wickham : a novel
Gray, Claudia
Paper Book
A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen's Mr. Wickham--one of literature's most notorious villains--meets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery from a New York Times bestselling author featuring Austen's leading...
Pat of Silver Bush
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
Born and raised on Prince Edward Island at Silver Bush, Pat experiences many changes as she and her friends grow older and finds that the one thing that does not change is the beauty of Silver Bush.
Rilla of Ingleside
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
Read the timeless classic about Anne Shirley's high-spirited fourteen-year-old daughter Rilla, behind the hit Netflix series Anne with an E-now celebrating a hundred years of this children's favorite. Anne's children are almost all grown up, except for spirited and fun...
A room with a view
Forster, E. M.
Paper Book
'My first intimation of the possibilities of fiction' Zadie Smith More than a love story, A Room with a View is a penetrating social comedy and a brilliant study of contrasts - in values, social class, and cultural perspectives - and the ingenuity of fate. Its heroine, Lucy...
Sorcerer to the crown
Cho, Zen
Paper Book
In this sparkling debut, magic and mayhem clash with the British elite... The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, one of the most respected organizations throughout all of England, has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the...
Stardust
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
An enchanting fairy tale by master storyteller Neil Gaiman, full of unexpected adventures, true love, whimsy, wonder, and plenty of magic. Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria Forester--even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky....
Summer at Fairacre
Read, Miss.
Paper Book
After a long winter, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her village friends. SUMMER AT FAIRACRE charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees. Joseph Coggs...
Sylvester, or, The wicked uncle
Heyer, Georgette
Paper Book
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers ... the permanent glister of...
Unmarriageable
Kamal, Soniah
Paper Book
A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages. Alys, the second of five daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature. As schoolgirls learn about her literary heroes, she hopes they will dream of more. When the...
The unselected journals of Emma M. Lion. Vol. 1
Brower, Beth
Paper Book
"I've arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident."The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a...
The wind in the willows
Grahame, Kenneth
Paper Book
Walker Illustrated Classics is a series which brings together some of the best-loved stories ever told, illustrated by some of today's finest artists. These exquisitely designed books, with their magnificent words and glorious pictures, are a pleasure to read - and re-read. The classics have...
The wrong Lady meets Lord Right
Allain, Suzanne
Paper Book
When a young woman trades places with her noble cousin, their innocent ruse leads to true love in this sparkling new Regency-era romantic comedy of manners from the author of Mr. Malcolm's List. When Arabella Grant's wicked aunt dies suddenly, both Arabella and her cousin...
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