Read-alikes and related books

Books like Emma

24 books recommended for fans of Emma by Jane Austen, tied together by themes of Regency, Classics, Women, and Historical.

Regency Classics Women Historical Romance Fiction

Top related books to Emma

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

Persuasion (Special Edition) — Jane Austen

Persuasion (Special Edition)

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

Miss Bingley Requests — Judy McCrosky

Miss Bingley Requests

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

The Heiress The Revelation of Pride and Prejudice’s Miss Anne de Bourgh — Molly Greeley

The Heiress The Revelation of Pride and Prejudice’s Miss Anne de Bourgh

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

The Crimson Petal and the White — Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

The Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

Portrait of an Unknown Woman A Novel — Vanora Bennett

Portrait of an Unknown Woman A Novel

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

Themes: Regency • Classics • Women

Longbourn — Jo Baker

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Regency Buck — Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Vanity Fair — William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Who Needs Mr Darcy? — Jean Burnett

Who Needs Mr Darcy?

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

The Age of Innocence — Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

The Queen’s Necklace — Alexandre Dumas

The Queen’s Necklace

Alexandre Dumas

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Snow White and Other Grimms’ Fairy Tales (MinaLima Edition) Illustrated with Interactive Elements — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Snow White and Other Grimms’ Fairy Tales (MinaLima Edition) Illustrated with Interactive Elements

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

The Trouble with Mr. Darcy Pride and Prejudice Continues… — Sharon Lathan

The Trouble with Mr. Darcy Pride and Prejudice Continues&#8230

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

The Woodlanders — Thomas Hardy

The Woodlanders

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Mansfield Park — Henry Fielding

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

These Old Shades — Georgette Heyer

These Old Shades

Georgette Heyer

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Evelina — Frances Burney

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Adolphe — Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Wives and Daughters — Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Darcy’s Yuletide Wedding A Pride & Prejudice Novella Variation — Zoe Burton

Darcy’s Yuletide Wedding A Pride & Prejudice Novella Variation

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

Eugenie Grandet — Honoré de Balzac

Eugenie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac

Themes: Regency • Classics • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Regency, Classics, Women — the same threads that run through Emma by Jane Austen. Among the authors featured: Jane Austen, Judy McCrosky, Molly Greeley, Umberto Eco, and others.

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