29 Books Only Basic B*tches Love

Stephenie Meyer wrote the young-adult vampire-romance novel Twilight. This book starts the Twilight series. It introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan. Bella moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington. Her life ends in danger when she loves a vampire, Edward Cullen. New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn follow this novel. The novel published in 2005 got a lukewarm reception. Some readers liked the tone and how Meyer showed teenage feelings like alienation and rebellion. Others criticized Meyer's writing and said the story was.

E. L. James wrote Fifty Shades of Grey.

Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games, a 2008 science fiction novel. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen narrates. She lives in Panem, a dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation in North America. The Capitol, a hyper-advanced city, controls the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games is an annual event. Lottery selects one boy and one girl, aged 12 to 18, from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol. These teens compete in a televised battle to the death.

Nicholas Sparks, an American novelist, wrote The Notebook in 1996. The novel is based on a true story. A film called The Notebook was made in 2004. The Indian Bollywood film Zindagi Tere Naam, starring Mithun Chakraborty, is also based on it.

John Green wrote The Fault in Our Stars, the sixth novel by him, published January 2012. Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old cancer patient, narrates the story. Her parents force her to a support group. There, she meets and falls for seventeen-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player and amputee. The title comes from Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Cassius tells Brutus, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." A film adaptation exists.

Elizabeth Gilbert, an American author, wrote the memoir Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia in 2006. The memoir covers the author's world trip after her divorce and what she found traveling. The book stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 187 weeks. Columbia Pictures bought the movie rights. The film, starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, premiered on August 13, 2010. Gilbert followed the book with the sequel Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace.

Ann Brashares wrote The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a young adult novel published in 2001. Four best friends—Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell—face their first summer apart. Magical jeans enter their lives, changing their summer completely. A film of the same name came out in 2005. Four sequels followed: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood; Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood; Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Siste.

Kathryn Stockett wrote The Help in 2009. The story centers on African-American maids working in white homes in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s. A USA Today article called it a "summer sleeper hit." A New York Times review mentioned Stockett's "affection and intimacy buried beneath even the most seemingly impersonal household connections" and called the book a "button-pushing, soon to be wildly popular novel." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said, "This heartbreaking story is a stunning début from a gifted talent." The novel

Gillian Flynn wrote the thriller novel Gone Girl. Crown Publishing Group released the book in June 2012. The novel quickly hit the New York Times Best Seller list. The main suspense involves uncertainty about Nick Dunne and his role in his wife's disappearance. The book shows the Domestic Noir literary subgenre. Flynn discussed exploring the psychology and dynamics of long-term relationships in interviews. She portrayed main characters as out-of-work writers.

Helen Fielding wrote Bridget Jones's Diary in 1996. Written as a personal diary, the novel tracks a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relationships. By 2006, the book sold over two million copies worldwide. A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, came out in 1999.

Jodi Picoult wrote My Sister's Keeper in 2004. The story follows 13-year-old Anna. Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation because she must donate a kidney to her sister Kate, who is dying from leukemia.

Sara Shepard wrote Pretty Little Liars, the first book in the series. The story follows four girls—Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer—after their clique leader, Alison, disappears. Alloy Entertainment wrote the book for packaging; the idea started as a TV series.

Lauren Weisberger wrote The Devil Wears Prada, a bestseller. The novel shows a young woman taking a job as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor. This job turns nightmarish as she fights the boss's tough schedule and mean demands. The book hit the New York Times bestseller list for six months. The 2006 film, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt, used the novel. Many people see the novel as a 'chick lit' example. Entertainment Weekly announced Lauren Weisberger in May 31, 2012.

Louisa May Alcott wrote 'Little Women.' She published the novel in two volumes, 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books fast over several months for her publisher. The novel tracks four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. It shows their journey from childhood through womanhood. The story loosely follows Alcott and her three sisters. Readers wanted more about the characters. Alcott finished the second volume quickly. That volume also sold well. The two volumes were

Meg Cabot wrote The Princess Diaries. This is the first volume of the popular series. Harper Collins Publishers released it in 2000. Anne Hathaway starred in the film adaptation later.

Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice, a novel of manners published in 1813. The story follows Elizabeth Bennet. She handles issues like manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the British Regency landed gentry society. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman near Meryton, Hertfordshire, near London. Set in early 19th-century England, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status.

Rebecca Wells wrote Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood in 1996. The novel follows Little Altars Everywhere. Wells wrote Ya-Yas in Bloom in 2005. She also wrote The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood tells the story of Vivian Walker and Siddalee Walker's downward spiraling mother-daughter relationship.

Emily Giffin wrote Something Borrowed in 2005. The novel deals with morals about friends and relationships. It tackles the stigma single women in their thirties face and society's pressure to marry. One book review stated, "This is a realistic situation that women face in today's society." The title comes from "Something old, something new," a nursery rhyme about a bride's dress. Something Borrowed became an international bestseller and appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List.

John Grogan wrote the New York Times bestselling book, "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog," in 2005. The book covers the thirteen years he and his family shared with their yellow Labrador Retriever, Marley.

Arthur Golden wrote the historical novel, "Memoirs of a Geisha," in 1997. The novel tells the fictional story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II. A film version came out in 2005.

Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus wrote The Nanny Diaries in 2002. Both authors are former nannies. The book satirizes upper-class Manhattan society through the eyes of their children's caregivers.

Sue Monk Kidd wrote The Secret Life of Bees. Set in 1964, this coming-of-age story shows the struggle with loss and betrayal. Critics praised the book and it hit the New York Times bestseller list. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards and received a nomination for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. Gina Prince-Bythewood directed the film adaptation.

Jennifer Weiner wrote the debut novel Good In Bed. The book details an overweight Jewish female journalist's love life, work, and emotional abuse issues with her father. The novel became a New York Times Bestseller. Weiner's own life inspired parts of the plot.

Cheryl Strayed wrote Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Sarah Dessen's sixth novel, "The Truth About Forever," hit hardcover on May 11, 2004, and paperback on April 6, 2006. The audiobook adaptation of "The Truth About Forever" was selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association in 2006.

Audrey Niffenegger wrote the debut novel, "The Time Traveler's Wife," in 2003. This love story follows a man with a genetic disorder causing unpredictable time travel and his wife, an artist, who deals with his frequent absences and dangers. Niffenegger wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships. The central relationship came to her suddenly, giving the novel its title. The book fits science fiction and romance.