Can you recommend some smart chick lit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the vein of Crazy Rich Asians (what I call "ethnic chick lit") there's Dirty Girls Social Club and the sequel, and anything by Terry McMillan.

So regular old chick lit is just about white women? Got it. ?

Yeah, I caught that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Marian Keyes' books, particularly Watermelon and Rachel's Holiday. Also really liked Trade Wind by M.M. Kaye - learned some interesting things about Zanzibar's history.

ie, NOT "smart chick lit"

[Anonymous]

If you like fantasy, I'd recommend the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series.

Sleeping Giants has strong women, but isn't explicitly chick lit.

A Court of Thorns and Roses is borderline smutty, but still really fun.

Obelisk Gate is kind of heavy, but also a must-read.

[Anonymous]

J Courtney Sullivan's books are good ( The engagements, Maine, Saints for all Occasions)

The interestings was terrible, but all of Meg Wolitzers other books are really good. Her book The Wife was just made into a movie.

Any books by Julia Glass

[Anonymous]

Modern Lovers by Emma Staub is good but the Vactioneers was better.

[Anonymous]

The Luckiest Girl
The Adults
Exquisite (currently reading)

[Anonymous]

The Wedding Date, by Jasmine Guillory, is both fluffy and smart, with a “realistic” female protagonist. It leans romance, which is not a genre I usually read, and I loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:J Courtney Sullivan's books are good ( The engagements, Maine, Saints for all Occasions)

The interestings was terrible, but all of Meg Wolitzers other books are really good. Her book The Wife was just made into a movie.

Any books by Julia Glass

I was going to recommend Sains for All Occassions

[Anonymous]

Me times three
by Alex Witchel

The Dive from Clausens pier
by Ann Packer

[Anonymous]

Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog

[Anonymous]

Silver Sparrow
A Place for Us
The Leavers
The Mothers

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who loves Jodi Picoult?

All the ugly and wonderful things

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who loves Jodi Picoult?

All the ugly and wonderful things

She's become too predictable for me. Ripped from the headlines plot lines, and the twist for an ending...

[Anonymous]

Tia Williams (originally from Fairfax) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/author-tia-williams-incredibly-fashionable-world-romantic-escapism-n798816

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me times three
by Alex Witchel

The Dive from Clausens pier
by Ann Packer

I loved "dive from clausens pier."