Jane Austen Books

05/26/2026

Did you vote for Sarah Emsley's book 'The Austens' for the Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers' Choice Awards? This awesome book made it to Round #2!

To advance the book to Round 3, vote for Sarah's book again by midnight Monday May 31st. One vote per email, and you don't have to be located in Canada to vote.

VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/yK3BDAwXfi7BtmS2A

While we are discussing Sarah's book, if you loved the way she brought Jane Austen's young sister-in-law to life, don't forget that Sheila Johnson Kindred wrote a moving biography of this young woman: 'Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of F***y Palmer Austen.' Reading these two books together is a real treat. Check your local library, bookstore, or you can shop with us for this non-fiction book about the wife of Jane's youngest sibling Charles Austen, who followed her heart married the most handsome Austen, and like Mrs. Croft, braved sea travel with her husband. Link in comments.

Who do you think should win the 2026 Readers' Choice Award? Let your voice be heard – vote for your favourite Atlantic Canadian book from the last year. Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers’ Choice Award, now in its third year and with a new name. The Atlantic Independent Booksellers have jo...

05/22/2026

Folks, if you love Sarah Emsley's book The Austens as much as we do, consider voting for it in the Readers' Choice Award at this link! One per email - but they are due tomorrow! So do hurry.

The Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers’ Choice Award is chosen by readers through two rounds of online voting. Eligible books are books of any genre (fiction, non-fiction, children’s, YA, poetry) written by an Atlantic Canadian author and published in the previous year. Thanks to the gener...

04/29/2026

Inger Brodey's new book coming this September is now available for pre-order on our website! Shop now to reserve your copy.
https://www.janeaustenbooks.net/products/18190?_pos=1&_psq=18190&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Are you coming to the 2026 JASNA AGM in Tucson? The JASNA AGM is a wonderful opportunity to meet Inger Brodey and many other people in Jane Austen World, including other authors whose books you may have on your shelf. Everyone should go to an AGM at least once in their lives. Join JASNA now and sign up for AGM emails! See the comments for links.

PRE-ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 RELEASE. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Harriet Wu, this book arrives just in time for Christmas shopping and will make a lovely gift for both long-term Austen fans and newbies. Austen scholar Inger Brodey selected 26 terms that seem innocent enough at first g...

04/07/2026

I can't imagine having to make so many things at home, including all the medicines and toiletries and such.

First published in 1747, then revised and republished many times, this book was a bestseller in England and the United States for over 100 years. The book was revolutionary because Grasse dismissed fussy French cooking as impractical and wasteful. She focused on straightforward preparation of standa...

03/18/2026

Hi friends, check out this awesome new book! All Austen scholars and fans will love this one.

Elaine Ba**er teaches Austen anew by sharing the background of novel-reading in Austen's time and showing how she worked with the conventions of this popular art form to mess with the minds of her readers. It's a chance to get a little closer to the real Jane Austen. While serious and scholarly, this is a fun read for fans, and helps us understand why reading Austen is still so addictive 250 years after she was born.

And makes us want to read the novels again!

01/17/2026

Do you subscribe to Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine? It's such a treat - scholars, historians, latest research, book reviews, JA and related theatre and film news, famous Jane Austen fans, news from JA world in Britain, delivered to your door 6 times a year.

You can subscribe directly at the JARW website (in comment below) or through our bookstore Jane Austen Books (in US dollars). Anyone with an interest in the Georgian and Regency period will enjoy the magazine, but of course, Janeites will love it most.

We sell back issues on this side of the pond! We just posted the special 250th birthday edition with John Mullan, Caroline Jane Knight, Collins Hemingway on Deirdre le Faye's collected research, Brenda Cox, Gabrielle Malcolm, Sue Wilkes, information on events in England, and more.

250th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE. Why is She So Good? Professor John Mullan on Austen. Descended from Edward Knight: Jane's fifth-great-niece. Important Archive Donation: Deidre Le Faye's research legacy. Not a subscriber? Don't miss your opportunity to get this special edition with fantastic articles while....

12/18/2025

A fun new book from our fellow Janeite Susannah Fullerton. I had a hard time putting it down today! These stories reveal hidden sides to famous authors of history.

11/13/2025

If you LOVED Nikki Payne's prior spicy books as much as we do, you must check out her new book, a page-turning thriller. A murder that needs to be solved, detectives who clash at first sight, loveable characters, and don't these two remind you just a little bit of Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney? - what more can a reader want?

Fiona Addai, known on Reddit as detective Princess_PI, plans to honor the anniversary of her brother's death by stealing back his invention from the ruthless corporation that originally stole it from him. When the plan goes awry, she finds herself charged with murder. Jaded Private Investigator Maur...

11/07/2025

Great Austen-inspired fiction choices for holiday gifts this year! These are actually historical novels, based on real people and real events.

Sarah Emsley's touching historical novel was a huge hit at the 2025 JASNA AGM. We highly recommend it!

See comments for more suggestions for your Austen-loving friends.

A beautifully imagined novel that shows an author building her art within a sisterhood not previously explored in fiction. Austen scholar Emsley brings us into the relationship between Jane and F***y Palmer Austen. The women made different choices - one writing, the other becoming a loving wife to J...

09/21/2025

A new romance novel from Vanessa Riley! See comments for some of her intriguing historical novels that bring to life strong women we should have learned about in school!

A clever duke makes a wager with the woman he loves, a Viscontess recently widowed. If he can find husbands for her two sisters, she'll give him another chance; if not, he'll give her up forever. In the meantime, Scarlett Wilcox doesn't see how she can marry. What husband will allow her to attend me...