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Books Like The Jane Austen Book Club

by Karen Joy Fowler · about this book

Loved The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler? If its bookish, multiple pov and female friendship hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, How to Read a Book and Other Birds. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Jane Austen Book Club: Bookish · Multiple POV · Female Friendship · Ensemble Cast · Character-Driven

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   The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Bookish · Starting Over · Charming · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   How to Read a Book

   Monica Wood

   Starting Over · Bookish · Women's Fiction · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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   Other Birds

   Sarah Addison Allen

   Women's Fiction · Starting Over · Ensemble Cast · Contemporary Fiction · Charming

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   The Wedding People

   Alison Espach

   Starting Over · Female Friendship · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Shelby Van Pelt

   Charming · Character-Driven · Starting Over · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV

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   Bookshops & Bonedust

   Travis Baldree

   Bookish · Charming · Female Friendship · Starting Over · Character-Driven

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   The Lost Bookshop

   Evie Woods

   Bookish · Women's Fiction · Starting Over · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV

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   Becoming Ted

   Matt Cain

   Starting Over · Charming · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Second Chances

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   Uncommon Type: Some Stories

   Tom Hanks

   Charming · Contemporary Fiction · Ensemble Cast · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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    Death of a Bookseller

    Alice Slater

    Bookish · Female Friendship · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Multiple POV

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    No Offense

    Meg Cabot

    Starting Over · Bookish · Contemporary Fiction · Charming · Multiple POV

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    The Spellshop

    Sarah Beth Durst

    Bookish · Starting Over · Charming · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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    Wreck

    Catherine Newman

    Women's Fiction · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Midlife Crisis

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    The Atlas Paradox

    Olivie Blake

    Ensemble Cast · Bookish · Multiple POV · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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15. 

    Story of My Life

    Lucy Score

    Starting Over · Contemporary Fiction · Bookish · Ensemble Cast · Multiple POV

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    The Pumpkin Spice Café

    Laurie Gilmore

    Starting Over · Charming · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV · Ensemble Cast

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    The Other Bennet Sister

    Janice Hadlow

    Character-Driven · Bookish · Charming · Literary Fiction · Heartwarming

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18. 

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells

    Female Friendship · Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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19. 

    The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

    Melissa Bank

    Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Bookish

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20. 

    On Beauty

    Zadie Smith

    Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Ensemble Cast · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction

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