If you love chick lit or want to start reading chick lit, then Jane Green books should be in your collection. In my opinion, she is one of the best chick lit authors in the market today. Admittedly, her books always involve a love story. But, unlike other authors, it’s never just about a girl who meets a boy, who she doesn’t like, but falls in love with him nonetheless, and they get together in the end and live happily ever after. Her books always tries to explore different issues of love stories, from the good to the bad to unavoidable.

Let’s explore some of her books.

1. Jemima J

Jemima J is about very large British lady, who finally decides to conquer her weight and become a new girl. Jemima Jones is a twenty-something single British gal who always has been heavy. One day, she decides to take charge of her life and win the war with her weight. She enrolls in the gym and she cuts back on her food and pretty soon, she has dropped more than a hundred pounds to become a slimmer girl not a lot of people recognize. She starts to reinvent herself but realizes that things are never always what they seem.

2. Babyville

Babyville is the story of three completely different ladies who have one problem in common: babies. Julia wants a baby with her boyfriend but could learn to live without the boyfriend. Maeve doesn’t want babies but suddenly finds herself pregnant after one moment of passion. And Samantha has both the husband and the baby but finds herself resenting every moment of it. How will they cope now?

3. The Other Woman

Ellie and Dan are getting married. Everything is fine until their situation becomes a little overcrowded when Dan’s mother starts taking over everything about their relationship, starting from the wedding to their marriage to taking care of their son. Things take a turn for their worse when tragedy strikes. Now Ellie and her mother-in-law must settle matters once and for all and decide who the two people in the marriage are going to be.

These are just some of the books and issues that Jane Green tackles in her books. It’s light but every woman relates to it. And even if you can’t, Jane Green writes in a very light tone that makes you feel that you know the stories she’s been writing.

So, if you haven’t done it yet, grab a copy of any Jane Green book. It’s just one of those books that you will love to read over and over again.

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we like to let go of the award-winning, critically-acclaimed books, books that tug at your heart and force you into action. Sometimes it gets too much. And those are the times when we turn to the book that will make us laugh and giggle and make our hearts warm and help us escape even for awhile. These are the chick lit books.

I admit I have a weakness for chick lit. I love the tried-and-tested romantic angle, where girl meets boy, boy gives her a hard time, girl eventually falls in love with him, they kiss and the love story is complete. Or the angle where the girl gives up everything, goes somewhere alone and re-discovers herself. It’s not original, but it works because it gives “chicks” hope.

There are some chick lit books, though, where the formula becomes tiring, and it doesn’t work. It just fails throughout. But there are a lot of chick lit books that have succeeded everytime. If you’d like to read a chick lit, I suggest reading books from these authors:

1. Jane Green

She has tried to evolve and expanded her books to include other woman issues, including aging, fertility and the like. She knows she is writing chick lit, so she doesn’t try to be intellectual in any of her books, which works better anyway.

Notable Jane Green Books: Jemima J, Second Chance, The Other Woman, Swapping Lives

2. Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes and Jane Green are two of the authors leading the pack when it comes to chick lit. They invented what chick lit is all about. Marian Keyes, however, at first decided to concentrate on one family with five sisters and decided to create stories about three of the sisters. She later evolved to writing stories about different females that reflected the issues women are going through today.

Notable Marian Keyes Books: Rachel’s Holiday, Angels

3. Jane Austen

The ultimate female author who unofficially started the trend for chick lit. Even though her books were set in the 19th century, a lot of the issues back then are still the issues women are going through today. She has served as the inspiration of chick lit authors worldwide because she captures the emotions and the trials of a woman accurately all the time.

Notable Jane Austen Books: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion

Do you like reading chick lit? What’s your favorite chick lit book?