Hi readers!
I’m excited to share a new Austenesque Top Ten list with you today! 🤗
6️⃣ years ago I shared a list of my Top Ten Favorite Modern Pride and Prejudice Adaptations.
Well, since then I read just a few more modern Pride and Prejudice adaptations – to be exact, I’ve read 3️⃣3️⃣ more modern Pride and Prejudice adaptations since the last list was made.
And as a result I have some more favorites to share! 📚
Today’s list is: my favorite Pride and Prejudice Modern Adaptations Part 2!
* These lists are based only on the novels I have read and reviewed on this blog and are my top ten favorites.
**These lists are subject to change.
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(in alphabetical order)
A Good Name
Author: Sarah Courtney
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“A Good Name is a wonderfully pure and heart-touching tale about love. And not just romantic love, but love between friends, parents and children, and siblings. I greatly admire Sarah Courtney’s unique premise, her real and endearing characters, and her well-constructed execution full of delightfully surprising twists.”
A Higher Education
Author: Rosalie Stanton
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“The unexpected interactions, brilliantly-charged tension, and emotional discoveries between Will and Elizabeth in this story made for a wonderfully riveting and fresh read. Sharp, stirring, and sensational – A Higher Education is a perfect choice for readers who love seeing Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in a contemporary setting.”
A Searing Acquaintance
Author: Jan Ashton
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“A Searing Acquaintance is a poignant and powerful debut release that beautifully explores overcoming your past, rising above difficult relationships, and discovering the precious powers of unconditional love. I applaud J. L. Ashton for her sensitive adaptation and her skillful yet plausible addition of a bit of shade to Jane Austen’s beloved masterpiece.”
An Unexpected Harvest
Author: Cat Andrews
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“Cat Andrews demonstrates once again that she is quite masterful at playing with role reversals. Similar to Sanctuary this story is P&Pish – an original tale that borrows some characters and themes but that doesn’t closely follow the plot events of Jane Austen’s story. And in this story, readers see the situations swapped.”
Dance the Tide
Author: Car Andrews
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“Dance the Tide is a wonderfully authentic tale about wading through the challenging and treacherous waters of life. A beautiful Pride and Prejudice homage that doesn’t focus primarily on mistaken pride or overcoming prejudices, but instead brings about a splendidly rewarding tale of healing, deep love, forgiveness, and emotional well-being.”
First and Then
Author: Emma Mills
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“This fresh and compelling story swept me up with its high school realities, humor, and heart. For Jane Austen fans who enjoy Austenesque stories that take place in different environments or Janeites who love to see subtle echoes of Jane Austen cleverly worked into a plot, First and Then is a brilliant choice!”
Green Card
Author: Elizabeth Adams
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“I loved seeing how things developed between Liz and Will. How they grew from business partners to roommates, from friends to lovers. It was quite lovely to witness. In addition, I enjoyed observing how both characters dealt with some personal/family issues throughout this story. There is a surprising amount of emotional healing and growth in this tale.”
President Darcy
Author: Victoria Kincaid
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“From their very first embarrassing encounter together I fell in love with President Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Their electric chemistry, their mutual desire to not have a relationship, and their overwhelming feelings for each other had me swooning. I absolutely loved how emotionally invested I felt with these characters and how the twists and turns in their paths consumed my thoughts all day long. These reincarnations of Darcy and Lizzy are captivating, sympathetic, and ones I greatly admire.”
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Author: Sonali Dev
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors is an inventive, remarkable, and perceptive homage to Jane Austen’s characters that I thoroughly admired. This savory and vibrant tale is appetizing enough to tempt readers who enjoy contemporary stories, dynamic family sagas, and compelling fiction.”
Sanctuary: Volumes 1-3
Author: Cat Andrews
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars (for each book!)
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“An incredibly romantic and exquisitely-crafted contemporary Pride and Prejudice romance. For readers who crave stories with heartfelt connections, inspiring growth, charming small-town vibes, and a deeply ardent romance, I cannot recommend this trilogy enough!”
Unwrapping Mr. Darcy
Author: L.L. Diamond
Type of Novel: Modern Adaptations
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My Review I Add to Cart I Add to Shelf
“Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, an adorable and sincere gift-giving Mr. Darcy is a present every reader should receive this holiday season! Unwrapping Mr. Darcy is a delightful, inventive, and festive homage to Pride and Prejudice that held me enthralled!”
Are you 10 for 10* with this list of favorite Pride and Prejudice Modern Adaptation?
* And by 10, I mean 14.
Which one(s) are you adding to your TBR pile/wishlist?
How about the first list of Modern Pride and Prejudice Adaptations?
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~ Previous Lists ~
Austen-Inspired ❀ Alternate Point-Of-View ❀ Summer Reads ❀ Minor Character
Sense and Sensibility ❀ Persuasion
What Top Ten List do you want to see next?
I have some ideas – Action-Packed Austenesque, Anthologies, Emma, Bennet Sisters – but would love to hear what you want to see most.
I have not read First and Then nor have I read Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors. All the others were 5 star reads for me. Those two I will not read due to it not being available under KU as there are so many I get with no extra cost through that subscription.
I’ve not read First and Then, Pride Prejudice and Other Flavours or A Good Name, although I do have the last one on my list. I love all the others and have read them multiple times. Great choices Meredith!
Thank you, Meredith, for sharing your love of modern variations, and for mentioning my stories! I appreciate your support, as always.
Great list!! Happy to see so many of my favourites here, especially Cat Andrews’ and Jan Ashton’s ; like the others I did not read some of them and I confess somehow ashamed I had not known about the President one. Only Austenesque inspired but from our own JAFF author Elizabeth Adams, I would add to my own list Ships to Shore. Thank you!! Lists you say? Oh my! How about lists based on tropes? Slow burn romance; Friends to Lovers, Exclussive ODC POV’s…
Evidently I have more TBR books than I recalled. Got to get going! Congrats to all the authors.
I’m so happy you enjoyed Unwrapping Mr. Darcy so much! Thanks for including it 🙂
Great list!
denise
Wow! Thank you for including President Darcy! I’m honored to have a book on the list.
Fabulous choices! I’ve read all but two. We need more good moderns. I’m definitely a fan.I need to go back to your first list and make sure I didn’t miss any.
So sweet to see ASA on your list, Meredith! I adore modern JAFFs so much, and I’ve read nearly all of these wonderful books. (Sometimes I get the hankering to write another one–time will tell!)
Several I loved aswell, a great list of favorites 🙂
I’ve read A Good Name, President Darcy, Unwrapping Mr. Darcy and, most recently, Green Card. Even though Elizabeth Adams is one of my favorite JAFF authors, I always bypassed this one, thinking it was the book that the movie Green Card was based on since they have the same title. One day I finally read the description, realized it was a modern P&P adaptation and immediately bought and read it. Of course it was wonderful and is one of my favorites too!