Women's Fiction

[louisenew]

What are some of the best women's fiction books you've read? Do you consider women's fiction "Chick Lit?" Who are some of your favorite authors?

 

[louisenew]

Now that I started this thread, here are my thoughts:

I am excited to read "The Whole Package" by Cynthia Ellingsen. It's about three women who open a restaurant staffed by scantily clad men. A comedy, obviously. It's up for pre-order.

My favorite chick lit book is "Bridget Jones Diary" by Helen Fielding. Super fun, super quick read and something that I go back to again and again - and this is even before Colin Firth won an Oscar!

My favorite women's fiction author is... that's more of a debate. I love everyone from Maeve Binchy to Wendy Wax to Louise Bagshawe to Nora Roberts. Who are your favorites?

 

[Abecedarius]

Could you be more specific? Do you mean fiction for women, fiction by women?

 

[brk_3]

yea please clarify. I read fiction and some of the authors are women (Grafton, Cornwell, Johansen, etc.)
I would hate to think that work written by these authors is considered "Chick Lit" This would make me unsecure in my masculinity.

 

[louisenew]

Fiction for women. It's often called women's fiction but sometimes, Chicklit. This was a popular term back in the 90's that many of the publishing houses have tried to move away from because it implies that the writing is light and fluffy, when that's not always the case.

 

[Prairie_Girl]

personally I think the term "women's fiction" applied to these books is a bit anti-feminist and insulting. it implies that this is the only fiction that women are going to be interested in and it tends to be badly written, materialistic and focuses solely on relationship drama, fashion and... well that's about it isn't it?

Chic Lit I find far less insulting, maybe because it doesn't assign this have the "these are the books that are written for women and this is all that women read" connotation of "women's fiction"

I admit that these types of books can be a guilty pleasure for me though.

 

[Abecedarius]

I haven't read much ChikLit, but I did read Julie and Julia, as well as How to Cook a Tart. But were very entertaining. Those kind of books are great for plane rides or overnight hotel stays. Fun, easy and quick.

 

[Abecedarius]

Huh?