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Lost in Austen MODERN/ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: MORE MODERN/ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: Austenland and Midnight in Austenland Lost in Austen: Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen by Shannon Hale Adventure by Emma Campbell Webster Works based on Jane Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith & Jane Austen Austen’s Novels Definitely Not Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos Dreaming of Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connely Sense and Sensibilty and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters Enthusiasm by Polly Shukman Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict: A Novel and The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler Rude Awakening of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler Jane Austen in Boca and Jane Austen in Scarsdale, or Love, Death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen Bespelling Jane Austen by Various Authors The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo by Literature’s Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart edited by Laurel Ann Nattress Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel by Alexandra Potter By a Lady: Being the Adventures of an Enlightened The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen American in Jane Austen’s England by Amanda Elyot Jonesin’ for Jane? Look no further. by Syrie James Mr. Darcy’s Guide to Courtship: The Secrets of Austen’s original books may be in Murder Most Austen by Tracy Kiely Seduction, from Regency England’s Most Eligible finite supply , but works based on Pemberley by the Sea: A Modern Love Story, Pride Bachelor by Fitzwilliam Darcy, as dictated to Miss and Prejudice Style by Abigail Reynolds Emily Brand her characters are still in demand. This list gives Austen-oholics what Pride, Prejudice, and Cheese Grits and Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Chili-Slaw Dogs by Mary Jane they’re craving: new titles with Hathaway familiar faces and places. Get your Pride, Prejudice, and Jasmin Field by Melissa Nathan fix with one of these intoxicating Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg (YA) novels. Searching for Pemberley by Mary Lydon Simonsen Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope Created by your Vanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice Twin Falls Public Titles with an * are not carried by TFPL, but by Kate Fenton Library Reference may be available through Interlibrary Loan. Department. Writing Jane Austen by Elizabeth Aston 09/14 INFLUENCED BY PRIDE & PREJUDICE: Darcy Series by Elizabeth Aston INFLUENCED BY SENSE & SENSIBILITY 1 - Mr. Darcy’s Daughters: A Novel * Pride and Prejudice Continues Series by Linda Berdoll 2 -The Exploits and Adventures of Miss Alethea Brightsea by Jane Gillespie 1 – Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Darcy Continues Eliza’s Daughter by Joan Aiken 3 - The True Darcy Spirit 2 - Darcy and Elizabeth: Nights and Days at 4 - The Second Mrs. Darcy* Pemberley The Third Sister by Julia Barrett 5 - The Darcy Connection 6 – Mr. Darcy’s Dream* Willoughby’s Return: A Tale of Almost Irresistible Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman Trilogy Temptation by Jane Odiwe by Pamela Aidan 1 - An Assembly Such as This: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman STANDALONE TITLES: INFLUENCED BY EMMA 2 - Duty and Desire The Bad Miss Bennett by Jean Burnett 3 - These Three Remain Highbury Series by Joan Austen-Leigh A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon 1 - A Visit to Highbury: Another View of Emma Lathan, Carolyn Eberhart Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Series by Carrie Bebris 2 - Later Days at Highbury 1 - Pride & Prescience, or a Truth Universally The Darcys Give a Ball: A Gentle Joke, Jane Austen Acknowledged Style by Elizabeth Newark STANDALONE TITLES: 2 - Suspense and Sensibility, or First Impressions Jane Fairfax, A Sequel to Emma by Joan Aiken Darcy’s Temptation by Regina Jeffers 3 - North by Northanger, or The Shades of Death Comes to Pemberley by Elizabeth George Mr. Knightley’s Diary by Amanda Grange Pemberley 4 - The Matters at Mansfield, or The Crawford Affair The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet 5 – Intrigue at Highbury by Colleen McCullough 6 – The Deception at Lyme INFLUENCED BY MANSFIELD PARK Lady Catherine’s Necklace by Joan Aiken Longbourn by Jo Baker Pride and Prejudice Series by Emma Tennant The Youngest Miss Ward by Joan Aiken 1 - Pemberley, or Pride and Prejudice Continued Lydia Bennet’s Story: The Continuing Adventures of Mansfield Park Revisited by Joan Aiken 2 - An Unequal Marriage, or Pride and Prejudice Mrs. Darcy’s Youngest Sister by Jane Odiwe Twenty Years Later Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride by Helen HalsteadMr. Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd Darcy’s Diary by Amanda Grange The Pemberley Chronicles by Rebecca Ann Collins Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World 1 - The Pemberley Chronicles: A Companion Volume to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by Abigail Reynolds INFLUENCED BY LADY SUSAN 2 - The Women of Pemberley The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy by Mary Simonsen 3 - Netherfield Park Revisited Lady Vernon and Her Daughter by Jane Rubino The Plight of the Darcy Brothers: A Tale of Siblings 4 - The Ladies of Longbourn and Surprises by Marsha Altman 5 - Mr. Darcy’s Daughter The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy by Maya Slater 6 – My Cousin Caroline* INFLUENCED BY ALL OF AUSTEN’S NOVELS 7 – Postscript from Pemberley* Presumption by Julia Barrett 8 – Recollections of Rosings* The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennett by Bernie Su Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel 9 – A Woman of Influence* to the Novels of Jane Austen by Sybil G. Brinton Unequal Affections by Lara S. Ormiston 10 – The Legacy of Pemberley* .
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