Jane Austen

I love Jane Austen's novels, and I also love the various spin-off novels, movies, biographies, and other novels set during the Regency Period.  Below I've compiled Austenesque Reviews I've posted through the years.  It was amazing going back through all of my reviews.  I have read a lot of great Austenesque books and watched a lot of great movies over the years.  I have other books that sadly predate this blog that I should review at some point and I also noticed I don't have review of some of my favorite movies /mini series (1995 Pride and Prejudice I'm looking at you!).  If you are looking for something new to read, there are a lot of great ideas on this list!


Original Novels

• Emma by Jane Austen (Blackstone audiobook, Nadia May narrator)
• Lady Susan by Jane Austen
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Blackstone audiobook, Johanna Ward narrator)
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• Persuasion by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Blackstone audiobook, Carolyn Seymour narrator) 
• Sense and Sensibility (Wanda McCaddon narrator)  

Audiobooks

• Emma by Jane Austen (Blackstone Audio, narrated by Nadia May)
• Emma by Jane Austen (British Classic Audio, Alison Larkin narrator) 
• Emma by Jane Austen (British Classic Audio, Alison Larkin narrator, 2021 review)
• Emma by Jane Austen (Prunella Scales Narrator)
• Emma by Jane Austen (Naxos Audio, Juliet Stevenson narrator)
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Blackstone audiobook, Johanna Ward narrator)
• Mansfield Park (Wanda McCaddon narrator)
• Northanger Abbey and the History of England (British Classic Audio, Alison Larkin narrator)
• Northanger Abbey (Tantor Media, Donada Peters narrator)
• Persuasion & Poems by Jane Austen (British Classic Audio, Alison Larkin narrator) 
• Persuasion (Juliet Stevenson narrator)
• Persuasion (Juliet Stevenson narrator, 2021 Review)
• Persuasion (Greta Scacchi narrator)
• Persuasion (full cast recording, 2025 review)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Adapted for the Stage by Christina Calvit 
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Blackstone audiobook, Carolyn Seymour narrator) 
• Pride and Prejudice and Regency Songs by Jane Austen (British Class Audio, Alison Larkin narrator)  Reread.
• Pride and Prejudice (Cover to Cover Edition, Irene Sutcliffe narrator)
• Pride and Prejudice (Dreamscape Media, Rosalyn Landor)
• Sense and Sensibility (Wanda McCaddon narrator) 
• Sense and Sensibility (Naxos Audiobook, Juliet Stevenson narrator) 
• Sense and Sensibility (Alison Larkin narrator)
• Sense and Sensibility (Audible, Rosamund Pike narrator)
• Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mystery #6) by Stephanie Barron
• Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
• The Real Jane Austen:  A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
• A Jane Austen Christmas:  Regency Christmas Traditions by Maria Grace
• Pemberley:  Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace
• The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
• Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner
• Finding Jane Fairfax by Robbin J. Peterson
• The Secret Life of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick 

• Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan by Ted Scheinman 

Modern Retellings

• The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelini
• Persuade Me by Juliet Archer 
• Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
• The Austen Sisters by Dee Blankenship
• Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev 
• Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
• Pride and Preston Lin by Christina Hwang Dudley
• Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
• Pride and Papercuts by Staci Hart
• Pickering Place by H.M. Jones (Northanger Abbey Retelling)
• Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid 
• Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
• Persuaded:  A Great Lakes Story by Inez Ross
• Emma:  A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith 
• The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice by Abigail Reynolds
• The Secret Life of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick
• Pride and Puppies by Lizzie Shane
• Eligible:  A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope  
• The Jane Austen Dating Agency by Fiona Woodifield
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Austen Lovers Fiction

• A Weekend with Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
• Dreaming of Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
• Mr. Darcy Forever by Victoria Connelly
• Austenland by Shannon Hale
• Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
• Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner
• Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Patillo 
• The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay
• Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
• Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler 

Variations

• Longbourn by Jo Baker 
• Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall 
• Cake and Courtship by Mark Brownlow 
• Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell
• Dangerous Magic (Book #1) by Monica Fairview
• Threads of Magic (Book #2) by Monica Fairview
• Fortune and Felicity by Monica Fairview
• Mr. Darcy's Pledge by Monica Fairview
• Mr. Darcy's Challenge by Monica Fairview 
• Mr. Darcy's Pride and Joy by Monica Fairview 
• Mysterious Mr. Darcy by Monica Fairview 
• Pemberley:  Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
• Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange
• Edmund Bertram's Diary by Amanda Grange
• Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange 
• Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
• Mr. Knightley's Diary by Amanda Grange 
• The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
• Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley
• Darcy's Voyage by Kara Louise
• An Affectionate Heart by Heather Moll
• An Appearance of Goodness by Heather Moll
• A Hopeful Holiday by Heather Moll
• Loving Miss Tilney by Heather Moll
• Mr. Darcy's Valentine by Heather Moll
• My Dear Friend by Heather Moll
• Rising Courage by Heather Moll
• Without Undue Pride by Heather Moll
• Darcy's Hope:  Beauty from Ashes by Ginger Monette 
• Mr. Darcy's Secret by Jane Odiwe
• Mr. Darcy's Obsession by Abigail Reynolds
• Mr. Darcy's Undoing by Abigail Reynolds 
• What Would Mr. Darcy Do?  by Abigail Reynolds 
• The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen
• A Wife for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen
• Love and Friendship by Whit Stillman 
• The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub
• Darcy and Fitzwilliam by Karen V. Wasylowski
• Stranded with Mr. Darcy by Lin Mei Wei

Continuations

• Darcy in Wonderland by Alexa Adams 
• The Watsons by Jane Austen and Joan Aiken
• Pride and Prescience by Carrie Bebris
• Charlotte Collins by Jennifer Becton
• Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall
• The Three Colonels:  Jane Austen's Fighting Men by Jack Caldwell
• Expectations of Happiness:  A Companion Novel to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by Rebecca Ann Collins
• The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowley
• The True Confessions of a London Spy by Katherine Cowley
• The Lady's Guide to Death and Deception by Katherine Cowley
• The Other Mr. Darcy by Monica Fairview
• Mr. Darcy's Cousins by Monica Fairview 
• The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
• The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray
• The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
• The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray
• The Clergyman's Wife by Molly Greeley
• The Heiress by Molly Greeley
• The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
• Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 
• Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly
• In the Arms of Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan
• Loving Miss Tilney by Heather Moll
• Willoughby's Return by Jane Odiwe 
• Mr. Darcy's Little Sister by C. Allyn Pierson
• Sanditon by Jane Austen and Kate Riordan 
• Catharine or the Bower by Jane Austen and Leo Rockas
• Lady Vernon and her Daughter by Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway

Prequel

• Finding Jane Fairfax by Robbin J. Peterson

Mystery

• The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen by Lindsay Ashford
• Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mystery #6) by Stephanie Barron
• Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Jane Austen Mystery #12) by Stephanie Barron
• Jane and the Waterloo Map (Jane Austen Mystery #13) by Stephanie Barron 
• Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Jane Austen Mystery #14) by Stephanie Barron
• Jane and the Final Mystery (Jane Austen Mystery #15) by Stephanie Barron
• Pride and Prescience (Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery #1) by Carrie Bebris
• The Matters at Mansfield (or the Crawford Affair) (Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery #4) by Carrie Bebris 
• Miss Austen Investigates (#2):  A Fortune Most Fatal by Jessica Bull
• The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowley
• The True Confessions of a London Spy by Katherine Cowley
• The Lady's Guide to Death and Deception by Katherine Cowley
• The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
• The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray
• The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
• The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray
• What Happened on Box Hill by Elizabeth Guilliland
• The Portraits of Pemberley by Elizabeth Guilliland
• Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 
• Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly
• An Appearance of Goodness by Heather Moll
• Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

Short Stories

• Yuletide:  A Jane Austen Collection of Stories Edited by Christina Boyd 
• A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathon, and Carolyn Eberhart
• Jane Austen Made Me Do It edited by Laurel Ann Nattress

 
Jane Austen - Time Travel / Time Slip / Fantasy

• Darcy in Wonderland by Alexa Adams
• Pemberley:  Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace
• Dangerous Magic (Book #1) by Monica Fairview
• Threads of Magic (Book #2) by Monica Fairview
• The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn 
• Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith 
• Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange 
• Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith (prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)
• Project Darcy by Jane Odiwe 
• Searching for Captain Wentworth by Jane Odiwe
• Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
• Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
• The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

Jane's Life - Nonfiction

• The Real Jane Austen:  A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
• Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly
• Young Jane Austen:  Becoming a Writer by Lisa Pliscou 

Jane's Life - Fiction

• The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen by Lindsay Ashford
• Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mystery #6) by Stephanie Barron
• Jane and the Waterloo Map (Jane Austen Mystery #13) by Stephanie Barron
• Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Jane Austen Mystery #14) by Stephanie Barron
• Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie Barron (Jane Austen Mystery #15)
• Miss Austen Investigates (#2):  A Fortune Most Fatal by Jessica Bull
• The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
• Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
• Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
• Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
  
• Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James 
• Cassandra and Jane by Jill Pitkeathly

Non-Fiction

• A Jane Austen Year curated by Jane Austen's House
• The Lost Books of Jane Austen by Janine Barchas
• Fashionable Goodness:  Christianity in Jane Austen's England by Brenda S. Cox
• A Jane Austen Education:  How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter by William Deresiewicz
• A Jane Austen Christmas:  Regency Christmas Traditions by Maria Grace
• What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew:  From Fox Hunting to Whist - The Facts of Daily Life in 19th Century England by Daniel Pool

• Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan by Ted Scheinman 

• The World of Sanditon by Sara Sheridan
• The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries by Emma Thompson 
• Living with Jane Austen by Janet Todd

Devotionals

• Praying with Jane:  31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen by Rachel Dodge

Children's / Young Adult Books

• Little Miss Austen Emma:  An Emotions Primer by Jennifer Adams
• Little Miss Austen Pride and Prejudice:  A Counting Primer by Jennifer Adams
• Persuasion: A BabyLit® Colors Primer by Jennifer Adams, Art by AlisonOliver 
• Pies & Prejudice (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #4) by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Young Jane Austen:  Becoming a Writer by Lisa Pliscou  

Characters

• Who is Your Favorite Literary Romantic Hero?
• The Sexiest Literary Hero of All Time 
• Your Favorite Literary Couple 
• The Wonders of Elizabeth Bennet  

Books Jane Austen Read

• The Heroine by Eaton Stannard Barrett
• Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

Guest Posts

• The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen by Lindsay Ashford 
• What Draws me to Austen's Novels by Jack Caldwell
• What Elements of Sense and Sensibility Make it Ripe for a Sequel by Rebecca Ann Collins 
• Mr. Darcy's Pride and Joy Blog Tour with Monica Fairview
• My Visit to Goodnestone Park by Syrie James 
• Jane Austen Made Me Do It:  It's a Like a Box of Chocolates by Laurel Ann Nattress 
• Mr. Darcy's Secret by Jane Odiwe
• Searching for Captain Wentworth by Jane Odiwe 
• Why I Chose to Write About Georgiana by C. Allyn Pierson
• A Rival for Mr. Darcy by Abigail Reynolds
• How I Became Interested in History, Jane Austen, and Reading by Mary Ann Simonsen
• Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam by Karen V. Wasylowski

Interviews

• Interview with Jennifer Becton, author of Charlotte Collins
• Interview with Jack Caldwell, author of The Three Colonels
• Interview with Victoria Connelly, author of A Weekend with Mr. Darcy
• Interview with Victoria Connelly, author of Dreaming of Mr. Darcy
• Interview with Victoria Connelly, author of Mr. Darcy Forever
• Interview with William Deresiewicz, author of A Jane Austen Education
• Interview with Elizabeth Guilliland, author of What Happened on Box Hill
• Interview with Kara Louise, author of Darcy's Voyage
• Interview with Ginger Monette, author Darcy's Hope:  Beauty from Ashes 
• Interview with Abigail Reynolds, author of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World
• Interview with Abigail Reynolds, author of Mr. Darcy's Obsession
• Interview with Abigail Reynolds, author of What Would Mr. Darcy Do? 
• Interview with Abigail Reynolds, author of Mr. Darcy's Undoing (A Rival for Mr. Darcy)
• Interview with Mary Lydon Simonsen, author of A Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy

Movies/Mini-Series

• Becoming Jane (2007) 
• Clueless (1995)
• Emma (1996)
• From Prada to Nada (2011) The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
• Lost in Austen (2008)
• Mansfield Park (1999)
• Mansfield Park (2008)
• Northanger Abbey (2008)
• Persuasion (1971)
• Persuasion (2008)
• Pride and Prejudice (1940) 
• Pride and Prejudice (1980)
• Pride and Prejudice (2005) 
• Sense and Sensibility (1981)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995 - 2009 Laura's Review)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995 - 2011 Laura's Review)
• The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries by Emma Thompson
• Sense and Sensibility (2008)

If You Like Jane Austen, You'll Enjoy These Novels

• The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain
• Under the Mistletoe by Mary Balogh
• The Inns of Devonshire by Sally Britton, Annette Lyon, and Deborah M. Hathaway
• Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally
• Counting on Love by Carol Coventry
• Blackmore by Julianne Donaldson
• An Unsuitable Heiress by Jane Dunn
• An Unlikely Proposition by Rosalyn Eves
• A Merry Christmas Chase by Monica Fairview
• Belgravia by Julian Fellowes 
• Promised by Leah Garriot
• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Benevolent Society of Ill Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
• The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
• Georgana's Secret by Arlem Hawks
• Tahira in Bloom by Farah Heron
• The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer
• The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
• Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
• Sylvester by Georgette Heyer 
• Sylvester by Georgette Heyer (2019 Review) 
• The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
• To Kiss a Knight by Grace Hitchcock
• To Win Her Hand by Jen Geigle Johnson
• The Barrister and the Letter of the Marque by Todd M. Johnson
• Rakes and Roses by Josi S. Kilpack
• Love and Lavender by Josi S. Kilpack
• A Seaside Summer by Josi S. Kilpack, Martha Keyes, Heather B. Moore
• The Widow by Mary Kingswood
• A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie Klassen
• The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen 
• The Ladies of Ivy Cottage by Julie Klassen
• The Bride of Ivy Green by Julie Klassen
• Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen 
• Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen (2025 Review)
• The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen 
• Shadows of Swanford Abbey by Julie Klassen
• The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen (Eltons are characters)
• A Winter by the Sea by Julie Klassen
• The Seaside Homecoming by Julie Klassen
• The Cloverton Charade by Sarah E. Ladd
• The Curiosity Keeper by Sarah E. Ladd
• Dawn at Emberwilde by Sarah E. Ladd 
• A Stranger at Fellsworth by Sarah E. Ladd
• In the Shelter of Hollythorne House by Sarah E. Ladd
• The Light at Wyndcliffe by Sarah E. Ladd 
• Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose by Stephanie Laurens
• Lady Osbaldestone's Plum Puddings by Stephanie Laurens
• When Tomorrow Came by Hannah Lindor
• The Girl from the Hidden Forest by Hannah Lindor
• Valentine's from Bath by the Bluestocking Belles 
• Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews
  
• Dusk's Darkest Shores by Carolyn Miller
• Midnight's Budding Morrow by Carolyn Miller
• Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose
• Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
• Island Queen by Vanessa Riley
• Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley
• Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman
• A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
• Kissing Kate by K. Lyn Smith
• A Yuletide Bride by Kasey Stockton
• No Match for Love by Karen Thornell
• The Debutante's Code by Erica Vetsch
• Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch
• The Lady Glass by Anneka R. Walker
• Lakeshire Park by Megan Walker
• The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
• To Marry and to Meddle by Martha Waters
• To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters
• To Swoon and to Spar by Martha Waters
• The Matter of the Secret Bride by Darcie Wilde
• The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation # 9) by Lauren Willig
• A Captain for Caroline Gray by Julie Wright

Jane Austen Referenced

• The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot
• Cyanide and Sensibility by Katie Oliver