Jane Austen

Still Swooning After 250 Years: Jane Austen’s Greatest Heartthrobs

How do you prefer your Jane Austen heroes? Dashing? (Captain Frederick Wentworth.) Disarming? (Henry Tilney.) Discerning? (George Knightley.) Dreamy? (Charles Bingley.) Dedicated? (Fitzwilliam Darcy.) Doting? (Colonel Brandon.) December 16, 2025 celebrates the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and yet her men remain as appealing as when they were first…

BookTribDecember 16, 2025

Fiction

Joanna Cantor on Her Debut Novel, Yoga, and Writing About Grief

This year, we've had some pretty standout books that have been published across the genres, but debut author Joanna Cantor's novel Alternative Remedies For Loss has become one of the most talked about and beloved books, even though it was released just a few weeks ago. Though this is her debut,…

BookTribJune 4, 2018

Fiction

Debut Author Julia Sonneborn Talks Jane Austen, First Drafts and Adaptations

Over the years, there have been some pretty interesting retellings and adaptions of our favorite books. Sometimes they work and other times they don't, but it's always fun to read another author's take on the original work. Now Julia Sonneborn, English professor and debut author, has written our favorite adaptation…

BookTribFebruary 8, 2018

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Stepping into the Austen-Verse: Claudia Gray on Reinventing the Classics

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisJune 7, 2023

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Exploring the Marvelous Genius of Jane Austen in “Jane on the Brain”

Therapist and Cornell English Professor Wendy Jones brings her dual career paths to bear on Jane Austen in her fascinating book, Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence (Pegasus Books). The emotional resonance of Austen’s work accounts for her legions of devoted fans across time. Enraptured, we…

Jessica McEnteeApril 26, 2021

BooksToScreen Miscellany

Celebrate Bridgerton Release Day with Jane Austen

BookTrib is proud to introduce the latest Shop Bookish partner, The Unemployed Philosophers Guild. We love their quirky literary-themed items, so in their honor, we've asked the fractious younger sister of Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown, the ever-entertaining Lady Hollaback, to recommend some of her personal favorites. Not surprisingly, it's all Jane Austen-related. Enjoy!…

BookTribJune 13, 2024

Book Club Network Miscellany

1,000 Books To Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List

If you visit the BookTrib.com website primarily for book discovery, we’re here to tell you about a book that can only be described as the consummate book discovery source. What’s so much fun about 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (Workman Publishing) is you can start…

Jim AlkonOctober 2, 2018

Romance Young Adult

Gender-Bent Retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma in Queer YA Romance

Emmett by L.C. Rosen is a joyful romp from start to finish. It’s queer, it’s gender-bent, it’s Jane Austen’s Emma turned on its head and dressed in the canary yellow and robin’s egg blue of Highbury Academy, the high school that titular character Emmett attends. Inspired by Austen’s matchmaker, Emmett…

Kiersten BjorkNovember 7, 2023

Miscellany

Study Reveals Which Female Novelists US College Students Are Reading

Women have contributed countless acclaimed novels to the world of literature. And yet the majority of books that schools teach are from male writers, with just one out of three assigned readings written by women. It’s not much of a shock, considering this is an age in which women are…

BookTribAugust 10, 2023

Fiction

Inspirational Quotes from Jane Austen’s Most Beloved Novels

Jane Austen is one of the most popular female writers in history, best known for her stories of love, loss, and hope, which are cleverly intertwined with her witty insights into the traits and expectations of English Georgian society. In a new stunning little book, Jane Austen’s Little Book of Wisdom…

BookTribMarch 2, 2023

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When Plans Go Awry: 5 Captivating Tales of Unplanned Vacations

This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating Women’s Fiction titles that showcase unplanned vacations. Getting stuck on the road, at the airport, on a boat, at a house for the weekend. Stories where the character is unable to leave a location and has to deal with the situation. It may…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJuly 27, 2022

Miscellany

The 115 Best Books of All Time According to Reedsy

The folks over at Reedsy Discovery have compiled this incredible list and given us permission to share it with our readers. Check out their website to discover yet more books for your TBR list! —∞— The written word is a pillar of human civilization — it signals complex thinking, it’s…

Reedsy DiscoveryJune 12, 2020

Miscellany

Why Contemporary Novels Can’t Resonate with All

Is it possible to write about a book you’ve read and didn’t viscerally respond to without discouraging that book’s other potential readers? Is it possible to recognize a book’s many qualities and still say that your experience reading it wasn’t exactly satisfying? I am going to try and do this…

Joseph OlshanOctober 1, 2018

Miscellany

Ten awesome literary-themed wedding cakes

Now that summer is in full swing, so is wedding season. You can’t even open up Facebook these days without getting bombarded by pictures of white dresses and perfectly tiered cakes. Well—maybe not totally perfect. Because why would you pick a traditional wedding cake when you can have one with…

BookTribAugust 1, 2014

Nonfiction

Remembering Alan Rickman in His Best Literary Film Roles

It’s been a rough week for art and culture. Alan Rickman, beloved veteran of the stage and screen, passed away early January 14, 2016, just days after the similarly shocking passing of rock god David Bowie. Rickman, whose trademark sonorous voice was scientifically proven to be one of the most…

Katie HiresJanuary 14, 2016

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Sonali Dev’s New Austen-Inspired Release “The Emma Project” Is Sublime Romance at Its Best

I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of The Emma Project (Avon), Sonali Dev’s fourth book in her Jane Austen retellings series. With each book in the series — from Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors to A Recipe for Persuasion to Incense and Sensibility — Dev treated readers…

Priscilla OliverasMay 19, 2022

Still Swooning After 250 Years: Jane Austen’s Greatest Heartthrobs

Joanna Cantor on Her Debut Novel, Yoga, and Writing About Grief

Debut Author Julia Sonneborn Talks Jane Austen, First Drafts and Adaptations

Books & Looks Podcast: Stepping into the Austen-Verse: Claudia Gray on Reinventing the Classics

Exploring the Marvelous Genius of Jane Austen in “Jane on the Brain”

Celebrate Bridgerton Release Day with Jane Austen

1,000 Books To Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List

Study Reveals Which Female Novelists US College Students Are Reading

When Plans Go Awry: 5 Captivating Tales of Unplanned Vacations

The 115 Best Books of All Time According to Reedsy

Why Contemporary Novels Can’t Resonate with All

Ten awesome literary-themed wedding cakes

Remembering Alan Rickman in His Best Literary Film Roles

Sonali Dev’s New Austen-Inspired Release “The Emma Project” Is Sublime Romance at Its Best

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