It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a Janeite devoted to the celebrated authoress must be in want of new books! Luckily, it’s Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday in 2025. A wealth of new non-fiction books about the authoress will be published this year. Check out the list here.
January to March
- A Jane Austen Year: Celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen by Jane Austen’s House
- “Darling Jane”. Jane Austen – eine Biographie: Alles über die englische Schriftstellerin, die mit “Stolz und Vorurteil” unsterblich wurde (German Edition) by Christian Grawe
- Dress Me Jane Austen: Regency Era Fashion Style (Fashion and Style Books) by Alaya Aifel
- Jane Austen and George Eliot: The Lady and The Radical by Edward Whitley
- Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: The women writers who shaped a legend by Rebecca Romney
- Jane Austen in 41 Objects by Kathryn Sutherland
- Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams and Jessica Roux
- Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature by Mary Jane Curry
- Jane Austen: The Life of a Literary Titan by Caroline Sanderson
- If Jane Austen Spoke the Language of Gen Z: Pride and Prejudice in the Present Day: Regency Historical Romance Meets Modern Literature: A Classic Reimagined in British Culture with Contemporary Drama by Deborah Grace
- Living with Jane Austen by Janet Todd
- Nonbinary Jane Austen (Forerunners: Ideas First) by Chris Washington
- Von einem Mädchen, das das Schreiben liebte. Jane Austen (German edition) by Deborah Hopkinson, Qin Leng, Nora Schröder
April to June
- Last Impressions: Jane Austen’s Endings by Theresa M. Kenney (April 2025)
- The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography by Janine Barchas and Isabel Greenberg (April 2025)
- Go Ask Austen: Life Lessons from Jane Austen by Violet De Whitt and George Saad (April 2025)
- What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Essential Questions Answered by John Mullan (May 2025)
- Jane Austen’s Notebook: The Life, Times and Writings of Jane Austen by Sophie Collins (May 2025)
- Der inoffizielle Jane Austen Reiseführer: Entdecke die romantischen Schauplätze (German edition) by Antje Gerstenecker (May 2025)
- Jane Austen in 50 Places and Objects by Paul Kendall (June 2025)
July – December
- The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women: Serving Tea with a Side Of Scorn by Emily Reed (July 2025)
- Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing (September 2025)
- Jane Austen’s Fashion Bible by Ros Ballaster (September 2025)
- Jane Austen: The Original Romance Novelist (Pocket Portraits) by Janet Lewis Saidi (September 2025)
- Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans (October 2025)
I will update the list occasionally :- )
Article by Anna M. Thane, author of the novel
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