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  • Polite Society

    Big Trouble, Little Sister

    A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan as she attempts the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood with the…
    Blu-ray Disc, 2023Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2023] — BLU-RAY POLITE
  • "Jane Austen fans will delight in Gray's 19th-century whodunit featuring the key players of Austen's works. Did all the couples from her novels live happily ever after?" Find out in the captivating historical mystery!
    Book, 2022New York : Vintage Books, 2022. — MYSTERY GRAY
  • Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder in the second book of this YA series, "Jane Austen Murder Mystery." *also available in e-formats
    Book, 2022New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — TEEN FICTION PRICE
  • Inspired by "Persuasion," this novel presents a romantic, mesmerizing story of first love and second chances, all to the tunes of sweet soca music. *also available in e-formats
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — TEEN FICTION DASS
  • Most Ardently

    a Pride & Prejudice Remix

    Novoa, Gabe Cole,
    "Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : A Feiwel and Friends Book, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2024. — TEEN FICTION NOVOA
  • DasGupta's YA debut reimagines Pride and Prejudice, "centering two Desi protagonists in the high-stakes world of high school forensics. Studded with references to U.S. and South Asian pop culture as well as Jane Austen--related Easter eggs, it's…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. ; 2022. — TEEN FICTION DASGUPTA
  • "Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly irresistible Jane Austen inspired rom coms. Series fans won't want to miss this." *also available in e-formats
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — FICTION DEV
  • Once Persuaded, Twice Shy

    a Modern Reimagining of Persuasion

    Edwards, Melodie,
    "This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel."
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — FICTION AUSTEN
  • "In second half of the book, Yamashita imagines how Jane Austen's seven novels might look 'in a small provincial armpit of postwar sunshine' in sixties and seventies Japanese America. These buoyant and inventive stories ask what the act of…
    Book, 2020Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2020. — FICTION YAMASHITA STORIES
  • "A witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane, Miss Austen is the untold story of the most important person in Jane's life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra…
    Book, 2020New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. — FICTION HORNBY
  • "An enchanting debut romance featuring classic Austen character archetypes, banter, and sexual tension shaken together to create a perfectly delicious contemporary romance. Darcy and Elle's simmering attraction comes alive and nods to Pride and…
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — FICTION BELLEFLEUR
  • "Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice's five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices of her own. They do not involve broad acres or landed gentry. But does include a man; and, as in…
    Book, 2020New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — FICTION HADLOW
  • Zuri Benitez has pride, but it might not be enough to save her rapidly changing neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. This timely update of "Pride and Prejudice" skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — TEEN FICTION ZOBOI
  • Based on "Pride and Prejudice," this feel-good movie has a musical twist!. In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets American Will Darcy - is it love?" *also available on…
    DVD, 2005[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005] — DVD BRIDE
  • Best Friends, Backups & Something More

    A Sweet Sports Romance Inspired by Jane Austen

    Clark, Ranee S.
    "A sweet sports romance inspired by Sense & Sensibility. Can the new QB take them from friend zone to the end zone? Or is it game over for them both?"
    eAudiobook, 2026Sweetly Us Press, 2026
  • "Like Crazy (not) Rich Asians meets Jane Austen, Pride and Preston Lin is a delightful retelling of a beloved classic. This warm, sweet story with all the witticisms Austen fans savor is a sparkling contemporary riff on Pride and Prejudice." *also…
    eBook, 2024Third State Books, 2024
  • "Author of the best-selling The Jane Austen Society (2020) returns to Austen territory with two pairs of siblings who find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, Jane's last surviving brother and keeper of a…
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. — FICTION JENNER
  • "Jane Austen's story of the Bennet sisters, as told from the perspective of Lydia, the wild child, who pursues the handsome, but irresponsible Lieutenant George Wickham, and finally catches him." *also available as an ebook
    Book, 2016New York : Scholastic Inc., 2016. — TEEN FICTION FARRANT
  • "Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work." *also available on hoopla and Kanopy
    DVD, 2008Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008] — DVD Becoming