KLA 2004 Wichita

4/2/04

Chick Lit:
It’s not a Gum, it’s a Literary Trend!
Teen Chick Lit
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
All’s Fair in Love, War and High School by Janette Rallison

Brit Chick Lit

Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding
Gossip Hound by Wendy Holden
Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

American Chick Lit

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
The Princess-In-Training Manual/Divas Don’t Fake It by Erica Orloff
Maneater by Gigi Levangie
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Filthy Rich by Dorothy Samuels
Pushing 30 by Whitney Gaskell
Who You Know by Theresa Alan

Multi-cultural Chick Lit

The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner
Cosmopolitan Girls by Charlotte Burley
Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui
Holy Cow by Sarah MacDonald
Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Bridezilla Chick Lit

Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore
The Accidental Bride by Janice Harayda
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
The Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella

Pregnant Chicks
Playing House by Patricia Pearson
From Here to Maternity by Kris Webb
Babyville by Jane Green
The Thin Pink Line by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
The Zygote Chronicles by Suzanne Finnamore

Chicks with Baby Chicks

Watermelon by Marian Keyes
I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
When She’s Bad by Leann Banks
Ready to Fall by Clare Cook
Hen Lit
The Botox Diaries by Janice Kaplan
Neurotica by Sue Margolis
Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
Step-Ball-Change by Jeanne Ray
Red Hat Club by Haywood Smith

Chicks Divorcing Roosters

Four Play by Jane Moore
Must Love Dogs by Clare Cook
Southern Fried Divorce by Judy Conner

Senior Chicks
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton
Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz Cohen

Non-Fiction for Chicks

Spygirl: True Adventures from my life as a Private Eye by Amy Gray
How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less by Melissa de la Cruz
Quirkyalone by Sasha Cagen
How to Pee standing up: Tips for Hip Chicks by Anna Skinner
Pink Think by Lynn Peril
Grits Guide to Life by Deborah Ford
A Girl and her Money by Sharon Durling
Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same by Sloane Tanen
Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls’ Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes

Rooster Lit
Kept Boy by Robert Rodi
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Compiled by Kaite Mediatore, Readers’ Services Librarian at Kansas City, Kansas Public Library and
Kimberlee Ried, Archivist, National Archives & Records Administration