Books to Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Birthday

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. To celebrate, we've pulled together a list of just a few related books and other resources available through the Drexel Libraries. Celebrate the beloved author by diving into one of her books, related non-fiction, or the many literary spin-offs she’s inspired – including a few written by Drexel authors.

The Novels

• Sense and Sensibility
• Pride and Prejudice
• Emma
• Mansfield Park
• Persuasion
• Lady Susan
• Sanditon
• Northanger Abbey

Non-fiction

• The List Lover’s Guide to Jane Austen
• Satire, Celebrity and Politics in Jane Austen
• Jane Austen, Sex, and Romance: Engaging with Desire in the Novels and Beyond
• The Daughter as Reader: Encounters Between Literature and Life -- by Drexel Professor & Dean Emerita Paula Marantz Cohen
• Jane Austen’s Irony: Defense and Discovery
• Only a Novel: The Double Life of Jane Austen
• Jane Austen and Food
• Romance, Language and Education in Jane Austen's Novels
• Why Jane Austen?
• Jane Austen in a Social Context

Inspired by

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
• Jane Austen in Boca – by Drexel Professor & Dean Emerita Paula Marantz Cohen
• Jane Austen in Scarsdale -- by Drexel Professor & Dean Emerita Paula Marantz Cohen
• The Jane Austen Book Club