Style of book help!!!

[guvna]

Can anyone help?

I'm looking for a book for my girlfriend. I have nothing specific in mind. Am just after some pointers of who to check out.
She's really enjoyed reading Meg Cabot's books. The ones that are layed out in diary fashion. Now she's stuck.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a similar style book by a different author?
Having no knowledge of authors, i don't know where to begin, but it looks promising here.

Regards

Guvna.

 

[Syracusefan]

About how old is your girlfriend? I am not completely sure, but isn't Meg Cabot the author of the Princess Diaries series?

 

[magemanda]

She may enjoy 'Lucy Talk' by Fiona Walker, which is also written by using diary entries and emails etc.

 

[guvna]

Thanks very much. That's just what I'm looking for.

 

[Libra6Poe]

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos
It's the book that the movie Cruel Intentions is based on. Also written in diary entries and letters. Dracula by Bram Stoker and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the same way too!

 

[magemanda]

Those three aren't really what I would term chick lit though! Chick lit is the current publishing phenomenon whereby female (and sometimes male) authors publish a book a year which always feature covers with pastel shades.

Here's a few authors your girlfriend may like to try:

Fiona Walker
Maeve Binchy
Chris Manby
Lisa Jewell
Erica James
Jane Green
Cathy Kelly
Marian Keyes

That should get her off to a fine start. Not all are in the diary narrative style but they feature similar style stories.

 

[Libra6Poe]

oops, didn't realize they were looking for chick lit.