9 Best nonfiction books like The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love by Rachel Feder

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The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

By: Rachel Feder

3.25

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

“A wildly entertaining read.”—The Washington PostWhat if we've been reading Jane Austen and romanti…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love by Rachel Feder , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani, Leland Purvis

1. The Imitation Game

By: Jim Ottaviani , Leland Purvis

3.61

Format: 197 pages, ebook

Today, Alan Turing is considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intellig… read more

Similar categories in Jim Ottaviani's The Imitation Game book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • adult
  • nonfiction
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2. No Cats in the Library

By: Lauren Emmons

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A stray cat follows her love of books all the way to a new library home in this charming debut pict… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Emmons's No Cats in the Library book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • books about books
Cover of The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

3. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Montell's The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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4. The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

By: Claudia Gray

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney re… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2) book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • audiobook
"...she said to Brandon, "If I am found out in Scotland - or if George and I decide Edinburgh is not to our taste - we might always set out for the United States of America." "You need not stoop to ba…"

-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

"...Willoughby had sequestered himself in his room. Jonathan half wondered if he had pushed heavy furniture against the door to keep himself safe, then realized this could not be so. That would keep o…"

-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

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5. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

By: Shannon Reed

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Reed's Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"I think, therefore, I cry..."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"Life is so much better with books than without."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"

-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

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6. The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

By: Melinda Taub

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesom… read more

Similar categories in Melinda Taub's The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

7. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

Similar categories in John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

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8. Earls Trip

By: Jenny Holiday

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The first in a sparkling Regency-era series with a delightfully modern feel, set against the irresi… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Holiday's Earls Trip book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

Cover of Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah Ditum

10. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s

By: Sarah Ditum

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, expl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ditum's Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1) by Samantha  Larsen

11. A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1)

By: Samantha Larsen

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When Miss Tiffany Woodall assumes the identity of her half-brother after his death, she realizes sh… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Larsen's A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1) book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2) by Samantha  Larsen

12. Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2)

By: Samantha Larsen

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Miss Tiffany Woodall must sleuth the slaying of a footman to clear her beloved's name in the second… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Larsen's Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2) book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

13. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

By: Marion Gibson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more

Similar categories in Marion Gibson's Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • feminism
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

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14. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

Similar categories in John O’Connor's The Secret History of Bigfoot book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Ladies Rewrite the Rules

By: Suzanne Allain

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England abo… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Allain's The Ladies Rewrite the Rules book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love by Rachel Feder

16. The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

By: Rachel Feder

3.25

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

“A wildly entertaining read.”—The Washington PostWhat if we've been reading Jane Austen and romanti… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • literature
  • feminism
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • sociology
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

17. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

By: Claudia Gray

4.10

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It by Jessie Daniels

18. Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It

By: Jessie Daniels

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named a Best Book of 2021 by  Kirkus An acclaimed expert illuminates the distinctive role that whi… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Daniels's Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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19. The Wilderness of Girls

By: Madeline Claire Franklin

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching YA debut about a troubled teen who discovers a pack of feral girls in the woods and … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Claire Franklin's The Wilderness of Girls book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • audiobook
Cover of Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust

20. Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair

By: Mercury Stardust

4.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller Don’t panic—Mercury Stardust, AKA The Trans Handy Ma’am is here to he… read more

Similar categories in Mercury Stardust's Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • adult
  • nonfiction
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21. The Story of Silence

By: Alex Myers

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A knightly fairy tale of royalty and dragons, of midwives with secrets and dashing strangers in dar… read more

Similar categories in Alex Myers's The Story of Silence book and Rachel Feder's The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

  • adult
  • audiobook

14 must-read adult books like The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love by Rachel Feder

Transform Your Habits

The Imitation Game

Jim Ottaviani , Leland Purvis

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

Melinda Taub

3.81

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11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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