What's in store for 2009:

With new releases from Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, Jennifer Weiner, Emily Barr, Adele Parks, Jane Green and Lisa Jewell, 2009 is sure to be a big year in chick lit. Read on . . .

JANUARY

• The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton - Catherine Alliott
• Beautiful People - Wendy Holden
• A Vintage Affair - Isabel Wolff
• Anything for Love - Sarah Webb
• Who's That Girl? - Alexandra Potter
• A Single to Rome - Sarah Duncan
• Confessions of a Beauty Addict - Nadine Haobsh
• 10 Reasons Not to Fall in Love - Linda Green
• Love and Other Natural Disasters - Holly Shumas
• Missing You Already - Pauline McLynn
• The Farmer Needs a Wife - Janet Gover
• Lucy Springer Gets Even - Lisa Heidke
• The Gap Year for Grown-Ups - Debby Holt
• Smart Girls Think Twice - Cathie Linz
• Husbands and Lies - Susy McPhee
• Houston, We Have a Problema - Gwendolyn Zepeda
• Love Struck - Melanie Rose
• The Cradler Snatcher - Tess Stimson
• Chasing Rainbows - Nuala Woulfe

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FEBRUARY

• Crazy in Love - Chris Manby
• What My Best Friend Did - Lucy Dawson
• Everyone is Beautiful - Katherine Center
• The Difference a Day Makes - Carole Matthews
• Rumour Has It - Jill Mansell
• The Accidental Family - Rowan Coleman
• The Agency - Ally O'Brien
• Housewife in Love - Alison Penton Harper
• As It Is On Telly - Jill Marshall
• The Girl Next Door - Elizabeth Noble
• Stick or Twist - Eleanor Moran
• Keeping Mum - Kate Lawson
• Italian for Beginners - Kristin Harmel
• The Cinderella Effect - Miriam Morrison
• Priceless - Olivia Darling
• One Thing Led to Another - Katy Regan
• Secrets - Freya North
• The Makedown - Gitty Danshvari

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MARCH

• Once in a Lifetime - Cathy Kelly
• The Life You Want - Emily Barr
• Don't Let It Be True - Jo Barrett
• It Should Have Been Me - Phillipa Ashley
• Lost and Found - Lucy Cavendish
• The Boys' Club - Wendy Squires
• The Nearly-Weds - Jane Costello
• Secrets to Happiness - Sarah Dunn
• Turning the Paige - Laura Jensen Walker
• Redneck Cinderella - LuAnn McLane
• Fat Chance - Rhonda Pollero
• The Disengagement Ring - Clodagh Murphy
• Animal Instincts - Nell Dixon
• Sowing the Seeds of Love - Tara Heavey
• Footnotes to Sex - Mia Farlane

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APRIL

• The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell
• Wives v. Girlfriends - Katie Agnew
• Girl from Mars - Julie Cohen
• Love Hunt - Fiona Walker
• Turning Japanese - Cathy Yardley
• Three Men and a Maybe - Debbie Carbin
• Passion - Louise Bagshawe
• The Fidelity Project - Susan Conley
• Just the Three of Us - Clare Dowling
• A Spring Affair - Milly Johnson
• Versace Sisters - Cate Kendall
• The Fabulously Fashionable Life of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen
• How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life - Bernadette Strachan
• Home Repair - Liz Rosenberg
• True Love and Other Disasters - Rachel Gibson
• A Wild Affair - Gemma Townley
• Marriage and Other Games - Veronica Henry
• Smart Casual - Niamh Shaw
• Leopard Rock - Tarras Wilding
• Designer Genes - Emma Hannigan
• Can I Tell You a Secret? - Evelyn Cosgrave
• 50 Ways to Find a Lover - Lucy-Anne Holmes
• Roadside Sisters - Wendy Harmer
• Misery Loves Cabernet - Kim Gruenenfelder
• The Wedding Party - Sophie King
• The Ex-Mrs Hedgefund - Jill Kargman

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MAY

• Flawless - Tilly Bagshawe
• Friends, Lovers and Other Indiscretions - Fiona Neill
• Return to Sender - Zoe Barnes
• The One That Got Away - Jessica Fox
• Fire Me - Libby Malin
• Hedge Fund Wives - Tatiana Boncompagni
• The Wildwater Walking Club - Claire Cook
• Celebrity Bride - Alison Kervin
• Naked Yoga - Olivia Lichtenstein
• Letters to a Love Rat - Niamh Greene
• No Reservations - Fiona O'Brien
• The Seven Year Itch - Kate Morris
• Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single - Heather McElhatton
• What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
• Hopetoun Wives - Fran Cusworth
• The Shoe Princess's Guide to the Galaxy - Emma Bowd
• The Late, Lamented Molly Marx - Sally Koslow

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JUNE

• Dune Road (aka Girl Friday) - Jane Green
• Love Letters - Katie Fforde
• Queen Takes King - Gigi Levangie Grazer
• Original Sin - Tasmina Perry
• Rich Girl, Poor Girl - Lesley Lokko
• Real Life & Liars - Kristina Riggle
• If This is Paradise, I Want My Money Back - Claudia Carroll
• The Control Freak Chronicles - Sarah Tucker
• Freudian Slip - Erica Orloff
• Perfect Image - Marisa Heath
• Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
• I Heart New York - Lindsey Kelk
• Mercury in Retrograde - Paula Froelich
• The Good Luck Girl - Kerry Reichs
• Secrets & Lies - Jaishree Misra
• The Accidental Bestseller - Wendy Wax

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JULY

• The Penny Pinchers Club - Sarah Strohmeyer
• Tales From a Honeymoon Hotel - Olivia Ryan
• Easy on the Eyes - Jane Porter
• This Little Mommy Stayed Home - Samantha Wilde
• The Pretend Wife - Bridget Asher
• The Shortest Distance Between Two Women - Kris Radish
• The Goodbye Cousins - Maggie Leffler
• The Sister Diaries - Karen Quinn
• Hope in a Jar - Beth Harbison
• The Message - Julia Highmore
• Chasing Daisy - Paige Toon
• Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella
• A Hollywood Affair - Lucy Broadbent
• The Husband Habit - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
• Eating Blackbirds - Lorraine Jenkin
• The Castaways - Elin Hilderbrand
• Love Lies - Adele Parks
• Best Friends Forever - Jennifer Weiner
• For Better or Worse - Jill Amy Rosenblatt
• Sapphire - Katie Price
• When Good Friends Go Bad - Ellie Campbell
• Sunnyside Blues - Mary Carter
• Win Some, Love Some - Anne Marie Forrest
• Hello, Heartbreak - Amy Huberman

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AUGUST

• Before We Say Goodbye - Louise Candlish
• Table Manners - Mia King
• The Perfect Man - Sheila O'Flanagan
• Forget Me Knot - Sue Margolis
• Hens Reunited - Lucy Diamond
• Hollywood is Like High School with Money - Zoey Dean
• How Can I Tell You? - Margo Candela
• How Not to Shop - Carmen Reid
• Getting Mad, Getting Even - Annie Sanders
• Playing the Field - Emma Heatherington
• I Do, I Do, I Do - Samantha Scott-Jeffries
• Sisters in Law - Nina Bell
• French Kissing - Catherine Sanderson
• Positively Yours - Amanda Hearty
• The Secrets We Keep - Colette Caddle

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SEPTEMBER

• The Stepmothers' Support Group - Sam Baker
• Moonshine - Christina Jones
• That Loving Feeling - Carole Matthews
• Family Affair - Caprice Crane
• The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes
• The Popularity Rules - Abby McDonald
• Never Close Your Eyes - Emma Burstall
• Things Your Mother Never Told You - Olivia Lichtenstein
• One Week in December - Holly Chamberlin
• Feminista - Erica Kennedy
• Pieces of Happily Ever After - Irene Zutell
• Social Lives - Wendy Walker
• Dreaming in French - Megan McAndrew
• Bad Money - Louise Patten
• The Lost Guide to Life and Love - Sharon Griffiths

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OCTOBER

• According To Jane - Marilyn Brant
• The Wish List - Martina Reilly
• Last Christmas - Julia Williams
• Seven Secrets of Happiness - Sharon Owens
• Naked Truths - Jo Carnegie
• I Remember You - Harriet Evans
• A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents - Liza Palmer
• Please Forgive Me - Melissa Hill
• The Book of Tomorrow - Cecelia Ahern
• The Secret Shopper Unwrapped - Kate Harrison
• Midnight Girls - Lulu Taylor
• The Runaway Wife - Susy McPhee
• The Love Boat - Kate Lace
• Tug of Love - Allie Spencer
• Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista - Amy Silver
• Heaven Can Wait - Cally Taylor
• Twelve Rooms with a View - Theresa Rebeck
• The Good Divorce Club - Cristina Odone
• Sounds Like Crazy - Shana Mahaffey
• Anyone for Seconds? - Fiona Cassidy
• Jumping in Puddles - Claire Allan
• Knotted - Michelle Holman

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NOVEMBER

• Love Under Cover - Jessica Brody
• The Secret of Joy - Melissa Senate
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Susan Donovan
• Love in Translation - Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
• Knit the Season - Kate Jacobs
• The Bachelor & Spinster Ball - Janet Gover
• Eastern Promise - Jessica Fox
• Me and Miss M - Jemma Forte
• Fairytale of New York - Miranda Dickinson
• The Mistress - Martine McCutcheon
• Married with Baggage - Elise Chidley
• Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts - Lucy Dillon
• The Debutante - Kathleen Tessaro
• The Best Gift - Wendy Markham
• Naked in Knightsbridge - Nicky Schmidt
• Feng Shui Love - Joni Davis and Lisa Hyatt
• The Rise and Fall of the Wonder Girls - Sarah May

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DECEMBER

• The Overnight Socialite - Bridie Clark
• A Date in Your Diary - Jules Stanbridge
• The Dating Detox - Gemma Burgess
• Nanny Returns - Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
• Rich Again - Anna Maxted
• Three's a Crowd - Dianne Blacklock

 

* Not all books are confirmed. Titles may change.

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