The Devil Wears Prada
By Lauren Weisberger

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Film Tie-in Ed edition (31 Oct 2003)

ISBN-10: 0007156103

ISBN-13: 978-0007156108

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A young woman who, fresh from college, gets a job working as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor that turns increasingly hellish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's capricious and demeaning requests. A hugely successful novel, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list and serving as the basis for the film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway.

The Nanny Diaries
By Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (31 Mar 2002)

ISBN-10: 014100892X

ISBN-13: 978-0141008929

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Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son Grayer, keeping on top of her studies, moving house and ensuring Mrs X's day runs smoothly, it's a wonder Nanny ever finds time to hang out with the gorgeous HH on the sixth floor. With divorce on the cards, Nanny finds herself caught up in the X's embittered world of power plays, lies and deciet. As communication rapidly breaks down, will Nanny be able to maintain the mental health of Grayer, despite the onslaught of Personal Problem Consultants, macrobiotic nutritionist and bilingual meals?

Bridget Jones Diary
By Helen Fielding

Publisher: Picador; New Ed edition (30 April 2001)

ISBN-10: 0330375253

ISBN-13: 978-0330375252

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The novel chronicles the life of Bridget Jones, a thirtysomething single woman living in London. In this book she turns 33 on March 21. Surrounded by a surrogate "urban family" of friends Sharon (Shazzer), Jude, and Tom, she tries to make sense of life and love in the 1990s.

The Edge of Reason
By Helen Fielding

Publisher: Picador; Film Tie-in Ed edition (30 Sep 2004)

ISBN-10: 033043358X

ISBN-13: 978-0330433587

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Bridget Jones, single, blond and in her thirties is back with a new diary. When she started dating the successful lawyer Mark Darcy, Bridget thought all would be well. But relationships are complicated and our heroine will have to go through a lot before she can find happily-ever-after.

Something Blue
By Emily Giffin

Publisher: Arrow (20 Oct 2005)

ISBN-10: 0099461544

ISBN-13: 978-0099461548

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Thirty years old, successful and stunning, Darcy Rhone used to think that 'being down and out' meant not finding a size four at the Barney's Warehouse Sale. Now she is pregnant, unmarried and recovering from a broken engagement to Dex and the betrayal of her ex-best friend Rachel, who stole Dex's affections. For the first time in her life, she is completely alone. Frantically casting around for help, she calls upon Ethan, an old high school friend, and convinces him to let her stay with him in London for a few weeks to get her act together. Little does she know what she's in for when she boards the plane to cross the Atlantic, but as weeks turn into months, Darcy makes a surprising discovery. Preparing for motherhood and settling into a new career, she builds herself a new life from scratch, finally finding romance - in the most unexpected place ...

Valley of the Dolls
By Jacqueline Susann

Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New Ed edition (24 Nov 2003)

ISBN-10: 1860498876

ISBN-13: 978-1860498879

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Anne, the wide-eyed girl from Lawrenceville escapes her doomed future as a housewife by moving to New York City in hopes of finding a life for herself. But no sooner than she arrives and gets settled in her new job and home does she end up on the cover of every newspaper and the talk of the town. But over the years Anne learns that the life she'd always dreamed of wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. Neely is seventeen with all the enthusiasm her little body can handle. A performer in vaudeville since childhood Neely has what it takes to be a star. She is the ultimate triple threat she dances, sings like no other and can act too! Inevitably, by the age of twenty-one Neely becomes the biggest star around; unfortunately her ego grows just as big as her rising star. And with the help of her red, yellow and green "dolls" washed down with a little scotch nothing can stop her. Jennifer has the face and the body to go far, however all she really wants is love. But unfortunately love doesn't pay the bills. And after a few failed marriages to some of Hollywood's most prominent players Jennifer realizes that her body is her ticket to stardom. Soon she becomes Europe's biggest star... because in Europe anything goes.