Jane Austen Book Club

Celebrating Jane Austen's 250 Anniversary by reading her six most popular titles. Included in the list are recommended reads of Jane Austen inspired fiction.

Updated May 27, 2025
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Sense and sensibility
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young women in love, Sense and Sensibility is the answer to those who believe that Jane Austen's novels, despite their perfection of form and tone, lack strong feeling. Its two heroines, Marianne and Elinor--so utterly unlike each...

April 25th meeting.

Mansfield Park
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
When Fanny Price comes to live with her well-to-do cousins at Mansfield Park, the modest, retiring ten-year-old is treated condescendingly by members of the Bartram family. A poor relation, dependent on the goodwill of her aristocratic relatives, the sweet, sensitive, and frequently ignored...

May 23rd meeting

Emma
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
'I wonder what will become of her!'So speculate the friends and neighbours of Emma Woodhouse, the lovely, lively, wilful,and fallible heroine of Jane Austen's fourth published novel. Confident that she knows best, Emma schemes to find a suitable husband for her pliant friend Harriet, only to...

June 27th meeting

Persuasion
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Of all Jane Austen’s great and delightful novels,Persuasionis widely regarded as the most moving. It is the story of a second chance. Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish, spendthrift Sir Walter Elliot, is a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she was nineteen, she fell in love with...

July 28th meeting

Northanger Abbey
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Jane Austen's first novel, Northanger Abbey-published posthumously in 1818-tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her...

August 15th meeting.

Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
The text of Pride and Prejudice is the 1813 first edition text.

September 26th meeting.

Ladies of the house : a novel
Edmonson, Lauren
Paper Book
Set in high-society Georgetown, an irresistible family drama about two sisters and the public scandal that just may lead them to rewrite the rules... "A stellar novel that celebrates sisterhood and the way women can step out of flawed men's shadows. I delighted in every...

Sense & Sensibility inspired.

Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice
Firth, Colin
DVD
JANE AUSTEN'S CLASSIC NOVEL ABOUT THE PREJUDICE THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE 19TH CENTURY CLASSES AND THE PRIDE WHICH WOULD KEEP LOVERS APART.

Librarian's pick - best adaptation of the book.

Mansfield Park
Davidtz, Embeth, 1966-
DVD
Based on Jane Austen's classic novel. Fanny Price, a poor rural girl, is sent to live at Mansfield Park with her rich and privileged relations.
Sense and sensibility
Lee, Ang, 1954-
DVD
Bringing Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility to the screen was a labor of love for writer/actress Emma Thompson. Featuring the complete award-winning script, Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries also showcases Thompson's unreserved, often hilarious diaries that capture the unique...
Sense & sensibility
Davies, Andrew, 1936-
DVD
Jane Austen's celebrated and most romantic novel of two devoted sisters is brought to life in this classic BBC production and adapted for the screen by acclaimed writer Andrew Davies. Added bonus: Miss Austen Regrets, a Jane Austen biopic.
I have found it
Menon, Rajiv.
DVD

Sense & Sensibility inspired.

Austenland
Hess, Jerusha
Paper Book
Austenland a novel
Shannon Hale
Paper Book
For readers of Waiting for Tom Hanks and Well Met, a "gloriously satisfying" (Glamour) romantic comedy set at a Jane Austen fantasy resort from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale. Now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell and produced by Stephenie...
Confessions of a Jane Austen addict a novel
Laurie Viera Rigler
Paper Book
Read Laurie Viera Rigler's posts on the Penguin Blog. After nursing a broken engagement with Jane Austen novels and Absolut, Courtney Stone wakes up and finds herself not in her Los Angeles bedroom or even in her own body, but inside the bedchamber of a woman in Regency England....
Emmett
Lev AC Rosen
Paper Book
★ "A smoothly written, highly readable--no, make that irresistible romance...There is not a false note in this expert effort, and Emmett is a character to treasure." -Booklist, starred review ★ "An optimistic read that...

Emma inspired.

Emma a modern retelling
Alexander McCall Smith
Paper Book
The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane Austen's beloved, meddlesome heroine into the twenty-first century in this delightfully inventive retelling.   The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury...
Emma
McGrath, Douglas
DVD
Emma brings to life Jane Austen's novel about a woman who makes it her goal to 'fix' the lives of all her friends while ignoring her own problems.
Pemberley, or, Pride and prejudice continued
Emma Tennant
Paper Book
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a son and heir... Thus begins Emma Tennant's inspired sequel to Jane Austen's most beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice. With wit and style and genuine insight into character,...
Mr. Darcy takes a wife Pride and Prejudice continues
Linda Berdoll
Paper Book
Hold on to your bonnets! This sexy, epic, hilarious, and romantic sequel to Pride and Prejudice goes far beyond Jane Austen fanfiction to give the curious reader a titillating taste of how it would feel to be Mrs. Darcy. Every woman wants to be Elizabeth Bennet Darcy--beautiful, gracious,...

Librarian's pick - a steamy look at Darcy & Elizabeth's marriage.

Persuasion
Root, Amanda
DVD
Adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about lost and found love. Anne is persuaded to reject a proposition of marriage from the man she loves do to his lack of fortune. Years later she is made the offer again.
Becoming Jane
Broadbent, Graham
DVD
Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work. Twenty-year-old Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) is the daughter of Rev. Austen (James Cromwell), a minister who looks after a...
Becoming Jane Austen a life
Jon Spence
Paper Book
Jon Spence's fascinating biography of Jane Austen paints an intimate portrait of the much-loved novelist. Spence's meticulous research has, perhaps most notably, uncovered evidence that Austen and the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy fell in love at the age of twenty and that the relationship...

Highly recommended Jane Austen biography.

Pride
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Paper Book
In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous...
Pride and prejudice and zombies : the classic Regency romance -- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem!
Grahame-Smith, Seth.
Paper Book
TheNew York Timesbest selleris now a major motion picture starring Lily James and Sam Riley, with Matt Smith, Charles Dance, and Lena Headey. Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses,Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<...

Librarian's Pick - a fun read!

Pride and prejudice
Leonard, Robert Z., 1889-1968
DVD
Mr. Darcy sets all fair maidens' hearts aflutter, except for that of Elizabeth Bennett. Based on the 1813 novel by Jane Austen.
Pride & prejudice
Wright, Joe, 1971 or 2-
DVD
Elizabeth Bennet, who upon meeting the handsome Mr. Darcy, believes him to be the last man on earth she could ever marry. But as their lives become intertwined, she finds herself captivated by the very man she swore to loathe for all eternity.
Sense and sensibility and sea monsters
Winters, Ben H.
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller An uproarious tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem inspired by the classic Jane Austen novel--from the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies   Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the...
Bride & prejudice
Nayar, Deepak.
DVD
Based on Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice, with a Bollywood twist. In an Indian village, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four daughters. Second sister Lalita meets American Will Darcy - is it love?
Flirting with Pride & prejudice : fresh perspectives on the original chick-lit masterpiece
Crusie, Jennifer.
Paper Book
One of fiction's most well-loved novels, this 19th-century classic continues to capture the hearts of contemporary readers with its notions of marriage, dating, and romance. Leading authors in the area of women's literature and romance contribute to this fresh collection of essays on everything from...
Imaginary men
Banerjee, Anjali.
Paper Book
'I specialise in hooking up American-born Indian women with their princes', admits twenty-nine-year-old Lina Ray. 'I have an uncanny ability to see connections between potential mates, like silvery threads.' But when it comes to her own life, this talented matchmaker hasn't seen any silvery threads...
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy : : two shall become one : Pride and prejudice continues
Lathan, Sharon.
Paper Book
Sharon Lathan presents Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy, A fascinating portrait of a timeless, consuming love -- and the sweetest, most romantic Jane Austen sequel. It's Darcy and Elizabeth's wedding day, and the journey is just beginning as Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice characters...
Classics Reimagined, Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane
Ebook
Experience this amazing reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's classic story of love and misunderstanding--featuring the colorful and contemporary illustrations of Alice Pattullo, now in paperback. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...

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