Read-alikes and related books

Books like Emma

Readers who finished Emma by Jane Austen and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Victorian, Satire, Regency, and Small Town & Rural.

Victorian Satire Regency Small Town & Rural Romantic Comedy Coming of Age Family Life Friendship Classics Women Literary Historical Romance Fiction

Top related books to Emma

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Emma.

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Themes: Victorian • Satire • Regency

Community Board

Tara Conklin

Themes: Satire • Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy

Sunrise by the Sea A Little Beach Street Bakery Novel

Jenny Colgan

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy • Coming of Age

Savannah Breeze

Mary Kay Andrews

Themes: Satire • Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy

Bombshell A Hell’s Belles Novel

Sarah MacLean

Themes: Victorian • Regency • Romantic Comedy

The Viscount who Loved Me

Julia Quinn

Themes: Victorian • Regency • Romantic Comedy

Searching for Grace Kelly

Michael Callahan

Themes: Victorian • Regency • Romantic Comedy

Wilde Child Wildes of Lindow Castle

Eloisa James

Themes: Victorian • Satire • Regency

In Her Highlander’s Bed

Lynsay Sands

Themes: Victorian • Satire • Regency

#10

Lady Whistledown Strikes Back

Julia Quinn

Themes: Victorian • Satire • Regency

#11

Deep Dish

Mary Kay Andrews

Themes: Satire • Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy

#12

Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery

Jenny Colgan

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy • Coming of Age

#13

Family for Beginners A Novel

Sarah Morgan

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy • Coming of Age

#14

The Clergyman’s Wife A Pride & Prejudice Novel

Molly Greeley

Themes: Victorian • Regency • Coming of Age

#15

Say Yes to the Duke The Wildes of Lindow Castle

Eloisa James

Themes: Victorian • Regency • Romantic Comedy

#16

The Way Life Should Be

Christina Baker Kline

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy • Coming of Age

#17

If I Never Met You A Novel

Mhairi McFarlane

Themes: Satire • Romantic Comedy • Coming of Age

#18

The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot

Themes: Victorian • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

#19

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

Themes: Victorian • Satire • Regency

#20

Welcome to Moonlight Harbor

Sheila Roberts

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Romantic Comedy • Coming of Age

#21

Hummingbirds A Novel

Joshua Gaylord

Themes: Victorian • Coming of Age • Family Life

#22

Nettie’s Secret

Dilly Court

Themes: Victorian • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

#23

Ten Things I Hate about the Duke

Loretta Chase

Themes: Victorian • Regency • Romantic Comedy

#24

Hunting for a Highlander Highland Brides

Lynsay Sands

Themes: Victorian • Satire • Romantic Comedy

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Victorian, Satire, Regency — the same threads that run through Emma by Jane Austen. Among the authors featured: Jane Austen, Tara Conklin, Jenny Colgan, Mary Kay Andrews, and others.