This is a selected list of Chick Lit titles.  Chick Lit fiction features single young women who live and work in the city.  These books give fresh insight into relationships and a humorous account into the way women deal with them.  You will find these books funny, witty, entertaining and relaxing.  Titles that are available at North and South community libraries as well as in large print, cassette tapes or CD are also noted.

Amos, Diane – Getting Personal

Monique would love to meet a good man but charges headlong into life and often gets into trouble.  The first time she has a brush with the law, she meets hunky cop Jake Dube and sparks begin to fly.  (North, South)

Bank, Melissa – The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Follows the life lessons of Jane, from defiant teenager to reluctant career girl, as she makes her way through love, sex, relationships, and workplace perils, prompted by dubious advice from a pop-psych guide to life.  (North, South, Large Print)

Bird, Sarah – The Yokota Officers Club

While living at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Bernadette "Bernie" Root, hoping to escape her oddball military family, takes a job as second banana to a third-rate comedian touring Japanese military bases, only to be reunited with her family's former maid, Fumiko. (North only)

Block, Valerie – None of Your Business

After a Manhattan accountant disappears along with millions of dollars from his celebrity clients, two detectives from the NYPD's Computer Crimes Squad uncover some interesting information about one of the suspect's colleagues.  (North & South)

Blumenthal, Deborah – Fat Chance

As Americans throw themselves body, soul and pocketbook into the latest weight-loss craze, Maggie O'Leary's informed column about the pitfalls of dieting is the one sane voice crying out against the dietocracy. Plus-size Maggie, also known as America's Anti-Diet Sweetheart, is perfectly happy with who she is and the life she leads. Until she gets a call from Hollywood's most enticing bachelor, Mike Taylor.  (North & South)

Brandt, Beverly – Dream On

With his personal and professional lives in a mess, country singer Bradley Nelson finds his life further complicated by the corrupt casino owners who are out to kill his mother, a former IRS auditor and by the pretty Delphine Armstrong, who has stumbled into the middle of the plot.  (North & South)

Brichoux, Karen – Coffee and Kung Fu

Nicci Bradford, is a lonely, Kung Fu-obsessed copywriter for a Boston ad agency, working from paycheck to paycheck. Her only friend turns against her and her family lives hundreds of miles away. She may have a kindred spirit in Ethan, who works at the neighborhood coffee shop, but before she can find out, she's swept off her feet by Rob, a wealthy and handsome sailboat dealer. Will she stay with the debonair Rob or pursue the sensitive Ethan?

Brown, Amanda – Family Trust

Ambitious Becca Reinhart enjoys her solo life, as does footloose playboy Edward Kirkland, but their lives are turned upside down when the two strangers receive co-guardianship of spirited four-year-old Emily.  (North & South)

Bushnell, Candace – Trading Up

Janey Wilcox, a lingerie model whose fame and success have gone to her head becomes involved in a world of too much money and too little ethics where she is forced to reexamine her values to determine how far she is willing to go to succeed.  (North, South, Large Print, CD)

Cabot, Meg – Boy Meets Girl

Kate Mackenzie finds her life going from bad to worse with a long-time boyfriend who refuses to commit, a mother in love with a younger man, and a desperate housing situation, until she meets attorney Mitch Hertzog.  (North & South)

Cach, Lisa – Dr. Yes

Rachel Calais, a B.L.I.S.S. operative armed with a stun gun, infrared goggles, and a gorgeous partner named Harrison Wiles, embarks on her latest mission to stop Dr. Alan Archer, a man determined to find the lost city of Yonam.

Ciresi, Rita – Remind Me Again Why I Married You

Once upon a time, Lisa was a member of the corporate workaday world -- until she fell in love with her boss (Eben), gave birth to a cute but rambunctious son, and gradually morphed into a stay-at-home mom. Lisa also is a writer with ambitions of fame and glory, but those dreams seem to be shrinking, along with her sex life. That is, until a hotshot literary agent shows interest in Lisa’s magnum opus

Cook, Claire – Multiple Choice

March Monroe endures her daughter's animosity when they wind up sharing a radio station internship, a situation that is complicated by her tired marriage, her angry adolescent son, and a mid-life crush.  (North & South)

Crusie, Jennifer – Bet Me

Minerva Dobbs knows how to work the odds.  Calvin Morrisey always plays to win. 
But when they face off, neither one is prepared.  Because when real life meets true love, all bets are off. . . .  (North, South, CD)

Curnyn, Lynda – Engaging Men

When three of her ex-boyfriends get married, Angie DiFranco begins to believe in the "tight lid theory, " which states that a man is first loosened up by one woman, who then leaves him for the next woman to pop off the lid, and wonders if Kirk, her latest boyfriend whose lid has already been loosened, will ask for her hand in marriage.  (North & South)

Evanovich, Janet – Full Blast

Jamie Swift and Max Holt find themselves taking on a murderer who is targeting some of the less popular citizens of Beaumont, South Carolina, when they discover that the key to the killings lies in the personal ads of the newspaper.  (North, South, CD)

Fielding, Helen – Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

Journalist-turned-spy Olivia Joules finds herself drawn to Pierre Ferramo, a man of impeccable taste and extraordinary wealth, until she begins to worry that he is an international terrorist hiding behind a sophisticated smokescreen.  (South, CD)

Finnamore, Suzanne – Otherwise Engaged

For every woman who has ever dreamed of getting married or survived the pre-wedding hell of planning the big day; for every man who has ever watched in horror as the woman he loves mutates into a bride-to-be — a wickedly funny first novel about the excruciating ritual otherwise known as modern marriage.

Fox, Elaine – If the Slipper Fits

Anne Sayer learned long ago that fairy tales don't come true. Connor Emory was the "prince" of a rich and powerful family and she was the "hired help," and for one glorious Maine summer, it was heaven. But evil stepmothers do exist, so Anne's "happily-ever-after" -- wasn't.  (North & South)

Frankel, Valerie – Smart vs. Pretty

What happens when a single woman in her early thirties gets stuck living and working with her sister again? Meet Francesca Greenfield, a smart, urban professional suddenly tossed out of her so-so career and into the business of selling coffee alongside her pretty, perky sister Amanda. But selling coffee is only the start of their worries.

French, Wendy – sMothering

Claire McLeod's peaceful life in Portland, Oregon, is turned upside down by the arrival of her tyrannical mother as she tries to negotiate peace between her mother and her lesbian sister and find out why her father remained home in Omaha.

Friedman, Elyse – Waking Beauty

Overweight, unattractive, unfufilled, and working as a cleaning lady, Allison is miserable in her life, until, one morning, she wakes up in a new, flawless, and beautiful body and wastes no time in living life to the fullest.  But she soon confronts a choice between the finer things in life and a loving relationship with an average guy.

Gibson, Rachel – Daisy’s Back in Town

Former cheerleader Daisy Lee Monroe returns to her hometown of Lovett, Texas and is reunitied with gorgeous bad boy Jackson Lamott Parrish, the man she had left behind.

Grazer, Gigi Levangie – Maneater

Hollywood social climber Clarissa Alpert cuts a swath through Beverly Hills within a circle of equally desirable girlfriends and meets her match in hot new producer Aaron Mason, who she plans to marry even before their first date.

Green, Jane – Babyville

Three friends cope with the diverse challenges of maternity as Julia struggles to conceive with her uninterested boyfriend, career woman Maeve deals with unexpected pregnancy, and happily married Samantha finds marital strife after a new baby.  (Large Print, CD)

Gunn, Robin Jones – Sisterchicks Do the Hula

Some dreams take a while before they come true. Best friends Hope and Laurie never made it to Hawaii during their college years. But when they're about to turn forty, the islands still beckon, and off they go - with an unexpected stowaway on. A little pineapple, a little sunshine, and a surprising little surfing lesson give these two sisterchicks all their crazy hearts could hope for - and more.  (North & South)

Hart, Kelly – Guilty Feet

Dan's unexpected breakup with Jo leaves her dumbfounded and searching for answers, causing her to create a new identity for herself to pursue Dan on the Internet.  (North & South)

Heller, Jane – Best Enemies

Enjoying her successful career as well as a respectable social life, Amy Sherman runs into the former best friend who stole her fiancée four years earlier and invents a boyfriend in order to avoid admitting that she is still single.  (North & South)

Hitchcock, Jane Stanton – Social Crimes

When her husband of twenty years dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving his fortune to a mysterious French countess, Jo Slater, once one of New York's leading grande dames, comes up with an ingenious scheme to seek revenge.

Holden, Wendy – Azur Like It

Dreaming of turning her dead-end job at the local paper into fame and fortune at one of London's famed newspapers, reporter Kate Clegg suddenly finds herself unemployed, thanks to shady billionaire Peter Hardstone, until Hardstone's handsome son, Nat, offers her a chance to cover the glamorous Cannes Film Festival.

Jenkins, Amy – Honeymoon: A Romantic Rampage

Alex is the love of Honey's life, the man that got away-until, within hours of their respective weddings (his to Cherelle, hers to Ed), they find themselves honeymooning at the same Mexican resort . . . with hilarious and heart-wrenching consequences for all.  (South)

Kelly, Cathy – What She Wants

While Hope struggles to balance her career and family, her sister Sam endeavors to run a record label, their friend Virginia plans to build a retirement dream home, and Nicole loses herself in the party life.  (North & South)

Keyes, Marian – The Other Side of the Story

Energetic, ambitious, and sexy, literary agent Jojo Harvey combines Jessica Rabbit's body with a mind like a steel trap. As if watching her back while on the corporate ladder and making million-dollar deals wasn't difficult enough, Jojo's having a relationship with her married boss. (CASS)

Kinsella, Sophie – Can You Keep a Secret?

After the worst day of her life, Emma Corrigan spills her darkest secrets to a stranger on an airplane, but when he re-emerges in her life, she will have to face the things she said to him, and her growing feelings for him.  (North, South, CD)

Kizis, Deanna – How to Meet Cute Boys

A young journalist who chronicles her romantic disasters for Filly, a women's magazine, believes that she has finally met the man of her dreams in Max, until she discovers that he is a lot younger than she is and is demonstrating signs of male commitmentphobia.  (North, South, CD)

Lipman, Elinor – The Pursuit of Alice Thrift

Alice Thrift, a socially inept surgical intern at a Boston hospital, is pursued romantically by shady social climber Ray Russo. Until her roommate and her neighbor decide to guide Alice through the social complexities of life.  (North)

Lissner, Caren – Starting From Square Two

When her single girlfriends decide that it is time for her to brave the often-confusing world of dating, young widow Gert Healy finds herself searching for a second chance at love amidst the leather-jacketed and miniskirted crowds.  (North)

Margolis, Sue – Breakfast at Stephanie’s

Playing “Winter Wonderland” for last-minute Christmas shoppers has got to be the all-time low point of Stephanie Glassman’s career.  The aspiring jazz soloist and single mother has no singing prospects, no man in her life, and a social life that consists of having her two best friends over for high-calorie Sunday brunches.  That is, until toddler Jake’s irresistible father hurtles back into her life.  (North & South)

Matthews, Carole – The Sweetest Taboo

Englishwoman Sadie Nelson gets more than she had bargained for when she finds herself torn between two very different men--Gil McGann, a Hollywood producer with a difficult ex, and fun-loving, handsome actor Tavis Jones--amid the glitter of the Los Angeles film industry.

Maxted, Anna – Being Committed

Refusing her long-time boyfriend's marriage proposal, private investigator Hannah regrets her actions when he becomes engaged to his traditional next-door neighbor, a situation that forces her to rethink her beliefs about faithfulness.  (North & South)

McLaughlin, Emma – The Nanny Diaries

Mrs. X, the pampered wife of a nearly absent husband, impulsively hires Nanny to take care of her son after meeting her on the street. Over the next nine months, Nanny's life becomes entangled with the Xs and their woefully ignored son, Grayer. Though hired as part-time help, Nanny is soon working not only full time, but overtime.  (North, South, Large Print, CD, CASS)

Michaels, Kasey – Maggie Without a Clue

When historical mystery writer Maggie Kelly's editor, Bernice Toland-James, awakens in bed to find herself covered in blood and next to the dead body of her ex-husband, Benny, whom she assumed drowned almost seven years before, she phones Maggie to help solve the crime. 

Michaels, Lynn – Return Engagement

Former child stars that had grown up together on the set of a television series, Lindsay West and Noah Patrick reunite when they star in a new play opposite each other and discover that their former chemistry can lead to true love.  (North & South)

Pearson, Alison – I Don’t Know How She Does It

Kate Reddy, a hedge fund manager and mother of two, struggles to juggle her professional and personal lives and to balance--often unsuccessfully--on the tightrope of work and home.  (North, South, CD, Large Print)

Phillips, Carly – Under the Boardwalk

When her troublemaking twin, Zoe, goes missing after an antic backfires, Ariana is mistaken for Zoe and rescued from a bullet by handsome stranger Quinn, who harbors secrets that complicate his resolve to protect her.  (North & South)

Senate, Melissa – The Solomon Sisters Wise Up

As their father prepares to marry trophy wife number 3, three sisters--Sarah, who is six weeks pregnant by a guy she's dated for two months; Ally, a successful lawyer who is enjoying getting even with her unfaithful husband; and Zoe, a renowned relationship guru who is unlucky in love--join forces and discover the true meaning of family, trust, and love.  (North & South only)

Thayer, Nancy – The Hot Flash Club

Faye, Marilyn, Alice, and Shirley--four middle-aged women who are all feeling over the hill and out of life--get together to form the Hot Flash Club, where they band together to help each other and get the most out of life.  (North, South, CD)

Valdes-Rodriquez, Alisa – The Dirty Girls Social Club

In the years after graduating from Boston University, six Latina friends from widely varied backgrounds meet every six months to dine, share the stories of their everyday lives, and offer advice to one another.  (South)

Weiner, Jennifer – Little Earthquakes

Three Philadelphia women meet at a pregnancy yoga class. Each has a problem: Becky is strapped with an overbearing, disapproving mother-in-law; Ayinde learns that her basketball star husband is guilty of adultery; and Kelly must cope with her corporate husband's job crisis. Added to this fictional stew is the plight of actress Lia, who has returned home to Philly in the wake of her infant baby's death.  (North, South, CD, Large Print, CASS)

Weinstock, Nicholas – As Long as She Needs Me

For ten long years, Oscar Campbell has done everything from picking up his boss's dry cleaning to FedExing her tropical fish. His job as personal assistant to a legendary -- and temperamental -- publisher in New York City has given him more headaches than leg-ups. Yet none of Oscar's experiences has prepared him for his greatest challenge: planning his boss's wedding.

Weisberger, Lauren – The Devil Wears Prada

A small-town girl fresh out of an Ivy League college lands a job at a prestigious fashion magazine, but wonders if the glamorous perks are worth working for the editor from hell.  (North, South only in paper form, CD, Large Print)

Wells, Rebecca – Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

When Vivi and Siddalee Walker, an unforgettable mother-daughter team, get into a savage fight over a New York Times article that refers to Vivi as a 'tap-dancing child abuser,' the Ya-Yas, sashay in and conspire to bring everyone back together.  (North, South, CASS, Large Print)

Witchel, Alex – Me Times Three

Sandra Berlin's got it all. She's living in Manhattan and climbing the editorial ladder at ultrachic fashion magazine Jolie! and she's newly engaged to her high school sweetheart, Bucky Ross. At least that's the plan. Until Sandy meets Bucky's other fiancée. Who tells her about the third.  (CD, CASS only)

Wolf, Laura – Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be

When last seen, Amy Thomas, the mad bride-to-be, was working her way through her 70-item to-do list, trying to keep chicken off the reception menu, and vowing never to change her name. Now Amy Thomas Stewart is a newlywed and a career woman, and becoming a mom is the last thing on her to-do list. So why is Amy obsessing about baby clothes and ogling pregnant women on the street?

Yardley, Cathy – L.A. Woman

After getting rid of her commitment-phobic fiancée, Sarah Walker decides to start a new life in Los Angeles, and, with the help of her new roommate Martika, plunges headfirst into the fast-paced world of day jobs, dating, and nightclubs.

Zigman, Laura – Her

The romantic relationship between Elise, a graduate student in Washington, D.C., and Donald, an investment banker-turned-teacher, is headed for a storybook wedding until the arrival of Donald's gorgeous ex-fiancée, Adrienne.  (North, South, Large Print)