Names My Sisters Call Me, by Megan Crane

Youngest sister Courtney just got engaged to Lucas – and one thing she wants to do before her wedding is reconnect with her free-spirited sister Raine, who hasn’t had contact with her since their older sister Norah’s wedding six years ago.
Complicating matters is Norah’s reaction to Courtney’s decision to find Raine – how could Courtney [...]

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Suite Scarlett, by Maureen Johnson

Scarlett Martin’s family lives in the Jazz-age historic hotel they run in New York City, complete with vintage furnishings and a bootlegger’s laundry drop. Like all of her siblings, Scarlett becomes responsible for a suite on her 15th birthday.
Family finances being what they are—scraping rock bottom—the last of the staff have been let go and [...]

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Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella

One of the pleasures of reading books in series is the chance to enjoy spending more time with characters that you really enjoy. This is true whether you are reading crime fiction, literary fiction, or any other genre. Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series has many of the same appeals as the chick lit fiction of Meg [...]

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Lost & Found, by Jacqueline Sheehan

I made the mistake of picking up Lost & Found to read while waiting for a doctor’s appointment. Within the first few pages, I was crying and getting strange looks in the waiting room. It wasn’t the sort of impression I wanted to give strangers – but I was quickly drawn into Rocky’s [...]

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The Last Time I Was Me, by Cathy Lamb

My sister recommended this book, and I loved it! It’s got all the great elements of a fantastic chick lit – friends, career, personal growth, a dead body, parties, humor, romance… all tied up in likable characters.
Jeanne Stewart isn’t a twenty-something looking for her first career. She’s a successful PR rep who works too [...]

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The Queen of Babble, by Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, the Mediator series and various other popular young adult books, is also a funny, entertaining author of adult contemporary fiction.
Cabot introduces us to Lizzie Nichols in Queen of Babble. Lizzie is a recent college grad – well, she thought she was a grad. She found out at [...]

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The Little Lady Agency, by Hester Browne

Melissa Romney-Jones has mastered the unappreciated art of planning a party, buying the right present, and dressing well. She has used her talents to work in various jobs, but she downplays her contributions and frequently is the one to get canned when companies lay off staff. After the latest administrative job goes down [...]

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The Spellman Files, by Lisa Lutz

Chick Lit meets Mystery in this clever debut by Lisa Lutz about Izzy Spellman, 28-year-old private investigator in her family’s firm, Spellman Investigations.
The story is an interesting, entertaining mix of family relationships, mystery, romance, friendships, coming of age… and I didn’t realize it was complicated until I started trying to write about it here. [...]

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The Spell Book of Listen Taylor, by Jaclyn Moriarty

Listen Taylor’s magical spell book, which the rising 7th-grader discovers just before the start of the school year, isn’t a very good example of its kind. If you’re going to work magic, you want spells that actually do something, preferably right away, maybe a poof of colored smoke. Listen’s book contains spells for things like [...]

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My Desperate Love Diary by Liz Rettig

If you are looking for a light, very funny Chick Lit read, you may want to give Liz Rettig a try with her debut novel, My Desperate Love Diary. I couldn’t put it down! It is written in the first person in diary format, and tells of the ups and downs of sixteen year old [...]

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