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Austen Calling
Happy Friday, PW Picks subscribers! Pride and Prejudice is back in theaters, and our editors are at the ready with two sparkling recommendations for Austenites: a whimsical graphic biography about Jane Austen herself, and a tender sapphic romance about a bookish Bennet sister. Regency romances not your thing? No problem. We've also got a dazzling short story collection from Guadalupe Nettel, a pair of graphic memoirs, and a mermaid-centric love story. Happy reading!
April 25, 2025
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Editors’ Picks
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The Accidentals

By Guadalupe Nettel, trans. from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey (Bloomsbury)

One of the things I love about fiction is its elemental question: what if? The characters in this astute and cosmopolitan collection from Mexican writer Nettel ask that question themselves, as in “Life Elsewhere,” about a man who begins lurking outside the Barcelona apartment he’d tried to rent, then inserts himself into the lives of the new tenants. —David Varno, literary fiction reviews editor
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The Novel Life of Jane Austen

By Janine Barchas and Isabel Greenberg (Black Dog and Leventhal)

Cartoonist Isabel Greenberg's delightful paper-doll style figures make a perfect fit with Austen scholar Barchas's anecdotes from the beloved novelist's life. Together they spin up a biography told like one of Austen's own comedy of manners. It's a perfect comic for classic novel lovers. —Meg Lemke, comics and graphic novels reviews editor
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The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet

By Lindz McLeod (Carina Adores)

I was utterly charmed by the premise of this novel, imagined as a sequel to Pride and Prejudice in which the most bookish Bennet sister goes to stay with Charlotte Lucas following the death of Mr. Collins. What follows is a sweet sapphic love story that's full of heart. —Phoebe Cramer, SFF, horror, and romance reviews editor

Summer Reads 2025
Top 10 Bestsellers
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You're My Little Honey Bunny
Nicola Edwards, Author, Natalie Marshall, Illustrator
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Jeneva Rose, Author
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Watch Me Deluxe Limited Edition
Tahereh Mafi, Author
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Fearless
Lauren Roberts, Author
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How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
Hannah Berner, Author, Paige Desorbo, Author
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David Baldacci, Author
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It's Not Easy Being a Bunny
Marilyn Sadler, Author
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Wild and Wrangled: A Rebel Blue Ranch Novel
Lyla Sage, Author
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