Best Nonfiction About Jane Austen and Her Writing
1. 
A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen
by:
Richard Jenkyns
4.12 avg rating — 197 ratings 
3. 
The Joy of Jane: Thoughts on the First 200 Years of Austen's Legacy
by:
Tim Bullamore
4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings 4. 
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
by:
Susannah Carson
3.91 avg rating — 936 ratings 
6. 
The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern
by:
Robert Morrison
3.91 avg rating — 865 ratings 
9. 
What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
by:
John Mullan
3.98 avg rating — 2,716 ratings 10. 
A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family: 1700-2000
by:
Deirdre Le Faye
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 11. 
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter 3.84 avg rating — 4,024 ratings
14. 
Among The Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
by:
Deborah Yaffe
3.65 avg rating — 1,265 ratings 
16. 
Celebrating Pride and Prejudice 200 Years of Jane Austen's Darling
by:
Hazel Jones
4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings 17. 
Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen's Masterpiece 4.11 avg rating — 337 ratings
24. 
Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945 (Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series)
by:
Katie Halsey
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings 
27. 
Jane Austen, Sex and Romance: Engaging with Desire in the Novels and Beyond
by:
Nora Nachumi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 28. 
Peril and Protection in British Courtship Novels: A Study in Continuity and Change 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
29. 
Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen's England
by:
Brenda S. Cox
4.70 avg rating — 27 ratings 30. 
Jane Austen, Sex, and Romance: Engaging with Desire in the Novels and Beyond 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
31. 
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England
by:
Amanda Vickery
3.87 avg rating — 522 ratings 
