7 must-read books about books books like The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

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The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel! Just after the S…

"Saved by Jane Austen"

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"Saved by Jane Austen"

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"But one can always read Austen."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"But one can always read Austen."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

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1. The Jane Austen Book Club

By: Karen Joy Fowler

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Extraordinary New York TimesBestsellerIn California's central valley, five women and one man jo… read more

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2. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

By: Syrie James

3.71

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

Many rumors abound about a mysterious gentleman said to be the love of Jane's life--finally, the tr… read more

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3. The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

"Just because the men have gone to war, why do we have to close the choir? And precisely when we ne… read more

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4. The Jane Austen Project

By: Kathleen A. Flynn

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

England, 1815: Two travelers--Rachel Katzman and Liam Finucane--arrive in a field, disheveled and w… read more

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5. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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8. The Underground Library

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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9. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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10. The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

By: Claudia Gray

3.69

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious vil… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What I believed Willoughby to be, you truly are."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"What a relief - he was referring only to the murder."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"How unfortunate for public morals that being unladylike feels so... exciting."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"Doing what is right may be painful to us," she said, "but doing what is painful to others is rarely right."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

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11. The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

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12. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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13. The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel! Just after the S… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Saved by Jane Austen"

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"But one can always read Austen."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"You read too much. You read her to much."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"Reading, she now understood, had been her own choice of rebellion."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

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14. Miss Austen

By: Gill Hornby

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"To surrender one's books, well: it is to surrender part of one's soul."

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

"Oh, marriage!' Jane retorted. 'Marriage! Always the excuse for all failures of character. One does so long for it to bring some improvements, but more often it appears the root cause of all poor beha…"

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

"Well ...' Cassie thought for a moment, and found she could not disagree. 'I suppose she is very happy to be married to James. And, perhaps, for the moment, yes, a little ... bumptious with it.' Jane …"

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

"Was I terribly rude?' It was almost as if she might care a jot. 'Yes! You were frightful!' Cassy tugged at her locks playfully. 'As rude as I was to Mr Blackall?' 'No,' Cassy conceded, laughing. 'Nob…"

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

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15. The Spies of Shilling Lane

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.71

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Love is the most crucial thing we have. Above reputation, above beauty, above our kindest actions."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"I realize that death isn’t the part of life to fear the most. It is the fear of not living up to our true potential."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Why do people get so caught up in their own senseless struggle for status that they forget to enjoy the beauty in others?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

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16. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.09

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

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17. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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18. The Last Bookshop in London

By: Madeline Martin

4.15

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Books… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"You can't save the world, but keep trying in any small way you can."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"...his mistreatment had nothing to do with her, and everything to do with him."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word by word, page by page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never expected and walked in the footsteps of a person she'd never been. (p. 107)"

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

"Word after word, page after page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never experienced and walked in the footsteps of a person she's never been."

-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

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19. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. La librairie ambulante

By: Christopher Morley

3.68

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

La Librairie ambulanteest un délicieux roman d'aventures, un voyage incroyable.Roger Mifflin, vende… read more

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21. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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