Books like “Pride and Prejudice”

What to read after “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Grand Sophy
Georgette Heyer · 1950
Similar atmosphere: “Comedy of Manners”
When Sophy Stanton-Lacy comes to stay with her cousins in London, she finds the household tangled in debts, broken engagements and bad tempers. Cheerful and managing, she sets out to arrange everyone's happiness, clashing with her proud cousin Charles along the way.
2
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
Sarah MacLean · 2010
Similar atmosphere: “Comedy of Manners”
Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has spent her life being proper and unremarkable. She draws up a list of scandalous things she longs to try and asks Gabriel St. John, the notorious Marquess of Ralston, to help her. As he escorts her through each escapade, an old acquaintance deepens into love.
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Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848
Similar atmosphere: “Comedy of Manners”
- Comedy of Manners
Becky Sharp, clever and poor, leaves school determined to climb London society by any means available. Beside her is her gentle friend Amelia, whose love for a vain soldier leads her toward ruin. The novel follows the two women through marriages, debts and reversals, always with an ironic eye on ambition.
4
Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan · 2013
Similar atmosphere: “Comedy of Manners”
- Comedy of Manners
Rachel Chu, an economics professor in New York, travels to Singapore for the summer wedding of her boyfriend's best friend. There she learns that Nick's family is one of the wealthiest in Asia, and that his mother has already judged her unsuitable. A comic look at money, family and the marriage market.
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The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton · 1920
Similar atmosphere: “Comedy of Manners”
- Comedy of Manners
Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland in old New York society when May's cousin, the Countess Olenska, returns from Europe after leaving her husband. Newland and the Countess are drawn to each other, but the rules of their world demand that he marry May and hide what he feels.
6
Lord of Scoundrels
Loretta Chase · 1995
Same genre: “Regency romance”
Jessica Trent comes to Paris to drag her foolish brother away from Sebastian Ballister, the Marquess of Dain, a notorious rake. Their battle of wills ends in a scandal, a duel and a marriage neither wanted, and two proud, guarded people slowly learn to trust each other.
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Persuasion
Jane Austen · 1817
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded to refuse the man she loved, Captain Frederick Wentworth returns from the sea, wealthy and still unmarried. Quiet, overlooked Anne must watch him court other women while her own feelings remain as strong as they ever were.
8
Venetia
Georgette Heyer · 1958
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Venetia Lanyon has spent her life dutifully running her family's estate. Her scandalous neighbour, the rake Lord Damerel, becomes an unexpected friend and ally. As gossip spreads and society disapproves, Venetia must weigh propriety against her own heart.
9
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons · 1932
Similar atmosphere: “Comedy of Manners”
- Comedy of Manners
Practical Flora Poste, newly orphaned, moves in with her gloomy rural relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. Armed with common sense and a strong will, she sets about tidying their tangled lives, one absurd cousin at a time, in a comic send-up of romantic country novels.
10
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn · 2000
Same genre: “Regency romance”
Anthony Bridgerton has decided to marry, but only a woman he cannot fall in love with, and Kate Sheffield's sister looks ideal. Kate is set on protecting her sister from the charming rake, and the more the two argue, the harder it becomes to ignore what they feel.
11
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell · 1855
Similar plot moves: “Enemies to Lovers” and “Slow Burn”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Margaret Hale leaves the rural south for the northern mill town of Milton, where she clashes with John Thornton, a mill owner she finds harsh and proud. As a workers' strike divides the town, the two slowly come to respect each other's struggles and see past their first impressions.
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Slightly Married
Mary Balogh · 2003
Same genre: “Regency romance”
- Regency England
- Slow Burn
Colonel Aidan Bedwyn promises a dying soldier that he will protect the man's sister. To honour that vow he marries Eve Morris in name only, keeping her home safe. What begins as a cold bargain between two strangers slowly softens into affection and love.