IBP - Books Inspired by Jane Austen and Her Novels

[Charlynn]

There are many contemporary books which offer references to classic works. For example, The Twilight Series draws many parallels to Wuthering Heights. I know through my own observation that this has caused students to pick up the Bronte classic, for they were curious as to how it connected to their favorite books. In fact, because of this reason, many classics have been given a facelift... so to speak. They have been reprinted with covers that reflect The Twilight Series' look. Just as with this case, many other contemporary novels draw inspiration from classic books.

Unfortunately, though, there is no 'master list' so to speak which offers a comparison of these works. So, though originally I wanted to compile a list of books like Wuthering Heights to Twilight, I had to compromise and, instead, compile a list of all the books inspired by and related to Jane Austen and her novels. Though I adore her work myself and knew that she had a very devoted following, I was shocked by how many books relate back to her classic works. Someday, perhaps, a list like the one I original sought will be available, but, until then, this is a start. (At the end of the posting, there will also be links to lists which were inspired by Shakespeare and Wuthering Heights.)


* Refers to books written expressly for young adult readers.

Books Inspired by Jane Austen and her Novels

Accidental Bride, The: A Romantic Comedy by Janice Harayda
According to Jane by Marilyn Brant
Assembly Such as This, An by Pamela Aidan
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
Colonel Brandon's Diary by Amanda Grange
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen by Lane Ashfeldt
Darcy and Anne: It is a Truth Universally Acknowledged that Lady Catherine will Never Find a Husband for Anne... (Pride and Prejudice Continues) by Judith Brocklehurst
Darcy and Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemperley: Pride and Prejudice Continues by Linda BerdollDarcy Connection, The by Elizabeth Aston
Darcy's Temptation: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Regina Jeffers
Darcy's Give a Ball, The: A Gentle Joke, Jane Austen Style by Elizabeth Newark
Desire and Duty: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Teddy F. Bader
Duty and Desire by Pamela Aiden
Eliza's Daughter by Joan Aiken
Emma Watson: The Watsons Completed by Joan Aiken
* Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, The by Elizabeth Aston
Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, The by Colleen McCullough
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery by Stephanie Barron
Jane Austen and Marriage by Hazel Jones
Jane Austen Book Club, The by Karen Joy Fowler
Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz Cohen
Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death, and SAT's by Paula Marantz CohenJane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
Jane Austen's Charlotte: Her Fragment of a Last Novel, Completed by Julie Barrett
Jane Austen: An Unrequited Love (Essential Biographies) by Andrew Norman
Jane Bites Back: A Novel by Michael Thomas Ford
Jane Fairfax: Jane Austen's Emma through Another's Eyes by Joan Aiken
Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman
Lady Catherine's Necklace by Joan Aiken
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan by Jane Rubino
Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure by Emma Campbell Webster
* Love, Lies, and Lizzie by Rosie Rushton
Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemperley (Pride and Prejudice Continues) by Sharon Lathan
Lydia Bennet's Story: The Continuing Adventures of Mrs. Darcy's Youngest Sister by Jane Odiwe
Mansfield Revisited by Joan Aiken
Man Who Loved Jane Austen, The by Sally Smith O'Rourke
Match for Mary Bennett, A: Can a Serious Young Lady Ever Find Her Way to Love? by Eucharista Ward
Matters at Mansfield or the Crawford Affair, The by Carrie Bebris
Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One (Mr & Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy) by Sharon Lathan
Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Helen Halstead
Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston
Mr. Darcy's Dream by Elizabeth Aston
Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues by Linda Berdoll
Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
Mr. Knightley's Diary by Amanda Grange
Murder at Longbourn: A Mystery by Tracy Kiely
My Cousin Caroline: The acclaimed Pride and Prejudice sequel series The Pemberley Chronicles Book 6 by Rebecca
Ann Collins
* Northanger Alibi by Jenni James
North by Northanger or The Shades of Pemberley: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery by Carrie Bebris
Other Mr. Darcy, The: Did You Know Mr. Darcy Had an American Cousin? by Monica Fairview
Pemberley Manor: Darcy and Elizabeth, for better or for worse by Kathryn L. Nelson
Pemberly or Pride and Prejudice Continued by Emma TennantPlight of the Darcy Brothers, The: A tale of the Darcys & the Bingleys (Pride & Prejudice Continues) by Marsha Altman
* Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
Presumption by Julie Barrett
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prescience or A Truth Universally Acknowledged: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery by Carrie Bebris
Pride, Prejudice, and Jasmin Field by Melissa Nathan
Private Diary of Mr. Darcy, The: A Novel by Maya Slater
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
Remarkably Jane: Notable Quotations on Jane Austen by Jennifer Adams
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
Searching for Pemberley by Mary Lydon Simonsen
Second Mrs. Darcy, The by Elizabeth Aston
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H Winters
Sex and Sensibility: The Adventures of a Jane Austen Addict by Rosemarie Santini
Suspense and Sensibility or First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery by Carrie Bebris
These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
Third Sister, The: A Continuation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by Julie Barrett
Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelini
True Darcy Spirit, The by Elizabeth Aston
Unequal Marriage, An: or Pride and Prejudice Twenty Years Later by Emma Tennant
Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation by Regina Jeffers
Vanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice
Visit to Highbury, A by Joan Austen-Leigh
What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown
Willoughby's Return: A Tale of Almost Irresistible Temptation by Jane Odiwe
Youngest Miss Ward, The by Joan Aiken


Books Inspired by Shakespeare

Books Inspired by Wuthering Heights