Some websites of interest
The Jane Austen Society of North America
Jane Austen’s House Museum and Chawton House
Some Jane Austen Blogs, Twitter feeds, etc.
Sharp Elves Society: Jane Austen’s Shadow Stories
Jane Austen Books
Fan Site for Jane Austen Movies and Television Shows , ranked by Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB page for Austen
YouTube: Oh, so very many! Have fun. Some favorites: Black Girl in a Big Dress, Getting Dressed: Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra, Mr. Bingley’s Drunken Texts, Thug Notes on Emma and Pride and Prejudice
Webseries: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012), Welcome to Sanditon (2013), Emma Approved (2013-2014)
Jane Austen merchandise: On Etsy and Cafe Press
Press Coverage of Austen’s 250th Birthday (2025): “The Essential Jane Austen“, “250 Years of Jane Austen in 25 Things“, “250 years of Austen, 200 million TikTok views, and one very skeptical fifth-grader“, “Why we’re still ‘bewitched body and soul’ with Pride and Prejudice, on Jane Austen’s 250th birthday,” “Everyone is Invited to Jane Austen’s Birthday Party“, and “Can you Ace this Jane Austen 250th Birthday Trivia Quiz?”
A very incomplete bibliography of texts of interest, including biographies, academic studies, and a brief selection of sequels, prequels, mashups, and fictional recreations of Austen’s life. You’ll quickly discover that certain writers (and presses) have made a career from the materials of Austen’s life and work. Some of the authors I prefer include Julia Barrett, Joan Aiken, Stephanie Barron, Claudia Gray, and Amanda Elyot.
Popular Jane Austen-inspired books from GoodReads
Biographies, and some of my favorite works of accessible literary criticism
Janine Barchas, The Novel Life of Jane Austen (2025)
Paula Byrne, The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things (2014)
David Cecil, A Portrait of Jane Austen (1979)
Kate Evans, Patchwork: A Graphic Biography (2025)
Helena Kelly, Jane Austen: The Secret Radical (2016)
Deirdre Le Faye and William Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen, a Family Record (2004)
Devoney Looser, The Making of Jane Austen (2017) and Wild for Austen (2025)
David Nokes, Jane Austen: a life (1997)
Carol Shields, Jane Austen (2005; reprint 2001)
Kathryn Sutherland, Jane Austen in 41 Objects (2025)
Janet Todd, Living with Jane Austen (2025)
Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: a life (1999)
Lucy Worsley, Jane Austen at home: a biography (2017)
Nina Auerbach, “O Brave New World: Evolution and Revolution in Persuasion.” ELH vol. 39, no. 1, 1972, pp. 112–28.
Inger Brody, Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness (2024)
William Deresiewicz, Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets (2004)
Natasha Duquette and Elisabeth Lenckos, Jane Austen and the Arts: Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony (2014)
Mary Favret, “Everyday War” ELH 72 (3) Fall 2005: 605-33.
Frances Ferguson, “Jane Austen, Emma, and the Impact of Form.” MLQ, vol. 61, no. 1, 2000, pp. 157-80.
Casey Finch and Peter Bowen, “‘The Tittle-Tattle of Highbury’: Gossip and Free Indirect Style in Emma,” Representations vol. 31, Summer 1990, pp. 1-18.
Claudia Johnson, Jane Austen : Women, Politics, and the Novel (1988)
Lisa Hopkins, ed. After Austen: Reinventions, Rewritings, Revisitings (2018)
Susan Lanser, “Aging with Austen.” PMLA, vol. 133, no. 3, 2018, pp. 654-660.
Anthony Mandal, Jane Austen and the popular novel: the determined author (2007)
Rebecca Romney, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf (2025)
Gabrielle White, Jane Austen in the context of abolition: a fling at the slave trade (2006)
Lush Annotated Editions Edited by Eminent Scholars from Harvard University Press
Emma (Ed. Bharat Tandon, 2012), Persuasion (Ed. Robert Morrison, 2011), Pride and Prejudice (Ed. Patricia Meyer Spacks, 2010), Northanger Abbey (Ed. Susan Wolfson, 2014), Sense and Sensibility (Ed. Patricia Meyer Spacks, 2013), and Mansfield Park (Ed. Deirdre Lynch, 2015)
The Austen Phenomenon
Roy and Lesley Adkins, Jane Austen’s England (2014)
Emily Auerbach, Searching for Jane Austen (2006)
Rachel Brownstein, Why Jane Austen? (2011)
Rachel Cohen, Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels (2011)
Jenny Davidson, Reading Jane Austen (2017)
William Deresiewicz, A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels taught me about Love, Friendship and the Things that Really Matter (2011)
Claire Harman, Jane’s Fame (2009)
Devoney Looser, The making of Jane Austen (2017)
Deirdre Lynch, Janeites: Austen’s disciples and devotees (2000)
Gabrielle Malcom, ed. Jane Austen: Fan Phenomena (2015)
Daniel Pool, What Jane Austen Knew Ate and Charles Dickens Knew (1994)
Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray, et. al, eds. Jane Austen for Dummies (2006)
Lori Smith, Jane Austen’s Guide to Life (2014)
Jon Spence, Becoming Jane Austen (2000)
Kathryn Sutherland,Jane Austen’s Textual Lives (2005)
Emma Campbell Webster, Lost in Austen: Create your own Jane Austen Adventure (2007)
Fay Weldon, Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen (1994)
Juliette Wells, Reading Austen in America ( 2017)
Deborah Yaffe, Among the Janeites: a journey through the world of Jane Austen fandom (2013)
Fictional Accounts of Austen’s life
Paula Byrne, Six Weeks by the Sea (2025)
Sarah Emsley, The Austens (2025)
Gill Hornby, Miss Austen: A Novel of the Austen Sisters (2021)
Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (2007)
Natalie Jenner, Austen at Sea (2025)
Barbara Ker Wilson, Lost Years of Jane Austen (2009)
Carolyn V. Murray, Jane by the Sea: Jane Austen’s Love Story (2015)
Jane Austen’s World
Penelope J. Corfield, The Georgians: the deeds and misdeeds of 18th-century Britain (2023)
Hilary Davidson, Jane Austen’s Wardrobe (2023) and A Guide to Regency Dress (2025)
John Mullen, What Matters in Jane Austen? Twenty Crucial Problems Solved (250th Birthday Edition, 2025)
Jo Ann Staples, Jane Austen’s Games & Pastimes: Games History, Instructions for Play, and Three Full Game-Day Menus with Recipes (2025)
Amanda Vickery, The Gentleman’s Daughter (1998)
Molly Williams, Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels (2025)
Jane Austen and film
Paula Byrne, The genius of Jane Austen: her love of theatre and why she works in Hollywood (2017)
Linda Troost, et. al. eds. Jane Austen in Hollywood (2000)
Sue Parill, Jane Austen on Film and Television (2002)
Suzanne Pucci and James Thompson, Jane Austen and Co. (2003)
Emma Thompson, The Sense and Sensibility Diaries (2007)
Sequels and Retellings
Joan Aiken, Jane Fairfax: Jane Austen’s Emma, through Another’s Eyes (1997); Aiken also has sequels of the other Austen novels, I particularly like Eliza’s Daughter and Mansfield Revisited
Marsha Altman,The Darcys and Bingleys (2008), a continuing series
Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy’s Daughters (2003), a continuing series
Julia Barrett, The Third Sister (on Sense and Sensibility) (1996); Barrett has also written other Austen sequels as well
Jo Baker, Longbourn (2013)
Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife (originally The Bar Sinister) and Darcy and Elizabeth: Days and Nights at Pemberley ( 2004; 2006)
Diana Birchall, Mrs. Darcy’s Dilemma ( 2008)
Katherine J. Chen, Mary B. (2018)
Rebecca Ann Collins, The Legacy of Pemberley: The Acclaimed Pride and Prejudice Sequel Series. (Collects all 10 books in the series; Sourcebooks Landmark, 2010)
Jane Dawkins, Letters from Pemberley (1999)
Molly Greeley, The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh (2021) and The Clergyman’s Wife: Charlotte Collins’ Heartfelt Story (2019)
P.D. James, Death Comes to Pemberley (2011)
Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister (2020) (about Mary Bennet)
Laura Hile, Mercy’s Embrace: So Rough a Course (about Elizabeth Elliot) (2009)
Colleen McCullough, The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett (2009)
Lara S. Ormiston, Unequal Affections: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling (2013)
Laaleen Sukhera, ed. Austenistan ( 2017)
Emma Tennant, Pemberley: or, Pride and Prejudice Continued (2006); Tennant also has some other Austen sequels as well]
The Austen Project from HarperCollins
Curtis Sittenfield, Eligible (HarperCollins, 2016)
Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling (HarperCollins, 2015)
Val McDermid, Northanger Abbey (HarperCollins, 2014)
Joanna Trollope, Sense and Sensibillity (HarperCollins, 2014)
From the Hero’s Perspective
Amanda Grange, Captain Wentworth’s Diary (Penguin, 2008)
Amanda Grange, Colonel Brandon’s Diary (Penguin, 2009)
Amanda Grange, Mr. Darcy’s Diary (Sourcebooks, 2007))
Amanda Grange, Mr. Knightley’s Diary (Penguin, 2007)
Susan Kaye, Frederick Wentworth, Captain (2 vols)
Mashups and Parodies
Northanger Abbey and Angels and Demons (2011)
Mansfield Park and Mummies (2009)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2008)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (2010) [
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After (2011)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel (2010)
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (2008)
Abigail Reynolds and Susan Mason-Milks, Pride and Prejudice: the scenes Jane Austen never wrote (2013)
The Unusual
Marjolein Bastin, The Jane Austen Escape Room Book (2023)
Jack Caldwell, Pemberley Ranch (2010)
Beth Overmyer, Lady Catherine Says: 365 Tweets of Condescension (2017)
Michelle Pillow, Pride and Prejudice: the Wild and Wanton Edition ( 2011)
Heather Lynn Rigaud, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star (2011)
Stefan Scheurmann, Say it Like Miss Austen: A Jane Austen Phrase Thesarus (2015)
Margaret Sullivan, The Jane Austen Handbook: Proper Life Skills from Regency England (2011)
Austen in the Modern Period
Elizabeth Aston, Writing Jane Austen (2010)
Karen Boomebos, Undressing Mr. Darcy (2013)
Paula Marantz Cohen, Jane Austen in Boca and Jane Austen in Scarsdale (2003)
Somali Dev, Pride and Prejudice and Other Flavors (2019) and Recipe for Persuasion (2020), other books in the series as well
Victoria Connelly, Happy Birthday, Mr. Darcy (2013)
Melissa de la Cruz, Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe (2017)
Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary (1999), Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason (2001), Bridget Jones’s Guide to Life (2001), and Bridget Jones: Mad About a Boy (2013)
Karen Joy Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club (2005)
Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society (2020)
CindyJones, My Jane Austen Summer: a season in Mansfield Park (2011)
Shannon Hale, Austenland (2007) and Midnight in Austenland (2012)
Mary Jane Hathaway, Pride, Prejudice, and Cheese Grits (2013) and Emma, Mr. Knightley and Chili-Slaw Dogs (2014), from a series entitled Jane Austen Takes the South.
Farah Heron, Kamila Knows Best (2022)
Laurie Horowitz, The Family Fortune (2007) [Retelling of Persuasion]
Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha at Last (2018)
Syrie James, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen (2012)
Eden Appiah-Kubi, The Bennet Women (2021)
Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable (2019)
Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility (2017)
Melissa Nathan, Pride and Prejudice and Jasmin Field (2000) and Persuading Annie (2001)
Beth Patillo, Jane Austen Ruined My Life ( 2009) and Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart (2010)
Nikki Payne, Pride and Protest (2022), Sex, Lies and Sensibility (2024), and The Princess and the P.I. (2025)
Alexandra Potter, Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel (2007)
Mahesh Rao, Polite Society (2019)
Katherine Reay, The Austen Escape (2017)
Debra White Smith, Possibilities (The Jane Austen Series: A Contemporary Retelling of Persuasion ( 2018)
Julia Sonneborn, By the Book (2018)
Rosalie Stanton, A Higher Education: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice (2018)
Time Travel
Madeline Bell, The Austen Affair (2025)
Ada Bright and Cass Grafton, The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen (2016) and The Unexpected Past of Miss Jane Austen (2019)
Laurie Brown, What Would Jane Austen Do? ( 2009)
Rachel Dacu, Jane Austen, Time Traveler (2022)
Amanda Elyot, By a Lady (2006)
Kathleen Flynn, The Jane Austen Project (2017)
Rachel Givney, Jane in Love (2020)
SallySmith O’Rourke, The Man Who Loved Jane Austen (2009)
Laura Viera Rigler, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict (2007; 2009)
Samantha Whitman, Ditching Mr. Darcy (2017)
Fantasy Jane Austen
Galen Beckett, The Magicians and Mrs. Quent ( 2008)
Alexa Donne, The Stars We Steal (2020)
Maria Grace, Jane Austen’s Dragons Book Series (White Soup Press)
Abigail Reynolds, Mr. Darcy’s Enchantment ( 2018)
Elle Katharine White, Heartstone (2017) and Dragonshadow (2018)
Vampires
Amy Elizabeth Davis, Darcy Bites: Pride and Prejudice with Fangs (2015)
Michael Thomas Ford, Jane Austen Bites Back (2009) and Jane Goes Batty (2011)
Amanda Grange, Mr. Darcy, Vampyre ( 2009)
Regina Jeffers, Vampire Darcy’s Desire (2009)
Janet Mullany, Jane and the Damned (2010) and Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion (2011)
Wayne Josephson, Emma and the Vampires (2010)
Completed Unfinished Works
Charlotte (continued by Julia Barrett)
Sanditon (completed by Juliette Shapiro and Anne Telscombe)
Mysteries
Stephanie Barron, Jane Austen and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (1996), with 14 more in the series following
Carrie Bebris, Pride and Prescience (2016), first in a series of Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries
Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, Miss Caroline Bingley: Private Investigator (2025)
Claudia Gray, The Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney Mystery Series, beginning with The Murder of Mr. Wickham (2022)
Laura Levine, Killing Cupid: a Jaine Austen Mystery (2003), twelfth in the Jainie Austen Series, contemporary setting
Tirzah Price, Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, beginning with Pride and Premeditation (2021), contemporary setting, as well as a second Lizzie and Darcy Mystery Duology set in the nineteenth century
Young Adult Titles
Veronica Bennett, Cassandra’s Sister: Growing up Jane Austen (2007)
Sarah Dass, Where the Rhythm Takes You (2021)
Cora Harrison, I was Jane Austen’s Best Friend (2011)
Deborah Hopkinson, Ordinary, extraordinary Jane Austen: the story of six novels, three notebooks, a writing box, and one clever girl ( 2018)
Mandy Hubbard, Prada and Prejudice (2009)
Rosie Rushton, The Dashwood Sister’s Secrets of Love (2005) and Love, Lies, and Lizzie (2009)
Gill Hornby, The Girl with the Magic Pen (2005)
Marcia Williams, Lizzy Bennet’s Diary: Inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (2014)
Jennifer Yen, Love, Decoded (2022)
Ibi Zoboi, Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix ( 2018)
Titles for Children
Pride and Prejudice: A BabyLit Counting Primer(2011) and Sense and Sensibility: A BabyLit Opposites Primer (2013), Goodnight Mr. Darcy (2014), Little People, Big Dreams: Jane Austen (2018)
Awesomely Austen — Illustrated and Retold, from Hatchette Children’s Group
Catherine Little, Jane and the Blue Willow Princess (2025)
Graphic Novels
Marvell Illustrated Classic Editions of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Northanger Abbey. Link to copies of Pride and Prejudice available on AbeBooks.com
Cover Art and Edition History
Janine Barchas, The Lost Books of Jane Austen (2019)
Margaret Sullivan, Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Covers (Quirk Books, 2014)
Multiple coloring books, including this one
Audio Austen
The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, and Julie McKenzie)
Board Games and Toys
Jane Austen’s Matchmaker
The Jane Game
Marrying Mr. Darcy Board Game (with expansion packs)
Jane Austen Trivia (2024)
Jane Austen: a Literary Card Game (2023)
Lego Tribute to Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Game
Good Society: A Jane Austen Roleplaying Game
Endearment
