Chick Lit and the Reactionary Dude Lit Have Increasing Number of Titles

Fox News' compilation of "chick lit" novels and the equivalent "dude lit"

Traditional Chick Lit

Bridget Jones’ Diary: A Novel by Helen Fielding (1996, England; 1998, U.S.)

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell (1997)

In the Drink by Kate Christensen (1999)

The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank (1999)

Mr. Maybe by Jane Green (1999)

Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes (1999)

The Trials of Tiffany Trott by Isabel Wolff (1999)

What She Saw by Lucinda Rosenfeld (2000)

Getting Over It by Anna Maxted (2000)

The Cigarette Girl by Carol Wolper (2000)

Welcome to My Planet: Where English Is Sometimes Spoken by Shannon Olson (2000)

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding (2001)

Running in Heels by Anna Maxted (2001)

Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner (2001)

Dating Big Bird by Laura Zigman (2001)

Scared Bride-to-Be Chick Lit

Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore (1999)

Altar Ego by Kathy Lette (1999)

Accidental Bride by Janice Harayda (1999)

Just-Dumped Chick Lit

Heartburn by Nora Ephron (1983)

Watermelon by Marian Keyes (1997)

Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman (2001)

Dude Lit

The Patron Saint of Unmarried Women by Karl Ackerman (1994)

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (1996)

Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler (2001)