Relationships Advisory

Chick Lit - Often set in urban areas, the chick lit genre is written for and marketed to young women, especially single, working women in their 20s.

Candace Bushnell

Helen Fielding

Wendy Holden

Marian Keyes

Sophie Kinsella

Sue Margolis

Men’s Lives - This genre doesn’t have a catchy name, but it’s designated for novels that follow men as they negotiate complicated lives and relationships.

Michael Chabon

K. C. Constantine

W. E. B. Griffin

John Jakes

Barbara Kingsolver

Michael Malone

Richard Russo

Anne Tyler

Multicultural Fiction - The multicultural fiction genre features individuals or families who must bridge the gaps between cultures.  They sometimes involve an immigrant experience, spanning several generations.

Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni

Pearl S. Buck

Fiona Cheong

Arthur Golden

Gish Jen

Amy Tan

Women’s Lives and Relationships - As opposed to chick lit, which focuses more on a younger generation, this genre expands to the tragedies and triumphs of women of all ages.

Elizabeth Berg

Pearl Cleage

J. California Cooper

Barbara Delinsky

Anita Diamant

Kathleen Eagle

Julie Ellis

Patricia Gaffney

Eileen Goudge

Jennifer Greene

Kristin Hannah

Ann Hood

Sheneska Jackson

Elinor Lipman

Dinah McCall

Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Gloria Naylor

Belva Plain

Anna Quindlan

Jeanne Ray

Luann Rice

JoAnn Ross

Barbara Samuel

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

Lavylre Spencer

Danielle Steel

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Joanna Trollope

Sheri Whitefeather

Women with that Special Something -This genre features stories about women with extra-sensory gifts, and other tricks of the paranormal persuasion.

Sandra Dallas

Laura Esquivel

Alice Hoffman

Alice McDermott

Women’s Lives, Southern Style - When it comes to love, grief and resiliency, Southern women are at the tops of their games, as books from this genre are sure to prove.

Fannie Flagg

Kaye Gibbons

Robert Harling

Sue Monk Kidd

Jill McCorkle

Carson McCullers

Lee Smith

Eudora Welty

Rebecca Wells

Michael Lee West