11 Best Chick Lit Books That Are Perfect For A Light Read
When the world is going haywire and reality starts looking mundane, then chick literature always comes to the rescue. They transport us to a world where things always get perfect in the end even if it is super messed up all along. They have glamorous characters with quirky antics and of course, admirable guys, which makes them a safe haven for a quick read to uplift the mood. We have rounded up the best chick-lit books that guarantee to make you feel a hundred times better.
1. Where Rainbows End
Rosie and Alex have been best friends since forever but their friendship is tested when Alex moves to Boston and Rosie has a teenage pregnancy due to a one night stand. They communicate via letters and emails and during the following years they start realising their love for each other but their timing is always off as either one of them is getting married or having children.
2. Remember Me?
When a car accident leaves Lexi Smart with a head injury where she cannot remember the last 3 years of her life and finds out that she is the head of her department, a rich husband, loyal friends and a stunning figure. But as the story unfolds she realises that all is not well in her fairytale when an old flame shows up to make her finally remember the truth of her past.
3. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
Becky Bloomwood has a seemingly perfect life full of fashionable clothes, a good job, amazing friends and a stylish apartment but the only problem is that she is a compulsive shopper who has spent most of her money. Even her credit cards get cancelled and now she must find a way to earn money to buy all the fabulous clothes as soon as possible.
4. The Sisterhood Of Traveling Pants
Lena, Tibby, Carmen and Bridget are teenagers who have been best friends since forever. When it comes to spending the summer apart for the first time, they find a pair of jeans that fits all of them perfectly and promise to pass it on to each other all throughout. Lena travels to Greece to her grandparents, Bridget goes for a summer camp in Mexico while the rest two stay behind. The beautiful storyline, everlasting friendship and deep emotions make this book even more magical.
5. Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel Chu and Nick Young are two professors in New York City leading a blissful life but little does Rachel know that Nick belongs to one of the richest families in Asia. Soon, they travel to Singapore to meet Nick’s family, who is sceptical of her, and she must go out of her way to prove her worth to everyone in order to stay with Nick where secrets of her past are also revealed.
6. Bridget Jones's Diary
The clumsy and down on luck British journalist Bridget Jones always finds herself in messy situations, be it her love or professional life. When love finally knocks at her doorsteps, it is a love triangle where she cannot decide where her heart belongs leading to hilarious circumstances. She maintains her diary detailing her life while constantly struggling with her weight.
7. The Princess Diaries
Mia Thermopolis is an awkward teenager who is a social outcast trying to survive school. Her life is turned upside down when her long lost grandmother arrives announcing that she is the heir to the throne of a small European country Genovia. Now she must juggle between her newfound fame and training to become a princess.
8. Something Borrowed
Best friends since childhood Rachel White a sweet and docile woman in her 30s has always been overshadowed by her pompous and self-centred friend Darcy Rhone. Things take a U-turn when Rachel sleeps with Darcy’s fiance Dex which makes her question her friendship and ethics along with the stigma of being unmarried till now.
9. Sex And The City
Made immensely popular by the series of the same name, the book is a collection of essays by Bushnell who was a columnist for the New York Times which she based on her experiences and her friends. It is hilarious and sometimes earnest situations that women in their 30s and 40s go through in respect to their relationships, professional life and friendships.
10. Devil Wears Prada
Inspired by true events, this book shows the downside of the glamourous fashion industry which is ever so changing and competitive. On top of the ladder is the Editor in Chief of Runway magazine Miranda Priestly and her assistant is Andy who must try to handle Miranda’s tantrums and eccentricities in order to be successful.
11. Mary Kate and Ashley: Two of a Kind
The beloved twin’s Mary Kate and Ashley get enrolled in the White Oak Academy for girls away from their hometown Chicago, where they form friendships, rivalries and romances with the boys from Harrington. Each book gives a story of a certain period of their school year which is full of activities, fun and love.
By Arushi Garg (Suggest Nest)
