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Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 · Romance The original story it riffs on, wittier and quieter.
Confessions of a Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 · Romance Another laugh-out-loud chick-lit heroine making a mess of her life.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman 2017 · Literary Another funny first-person heroine, with a bigger emotional undercurrent.