I'm not impressed with the near-universal acceptance of "chick lit" as a pejorative.

When did writers start being brands? This question led me through a maze of other squirrely musings. If you write a memoir, are you forever a memoirist? What happens if a thriller writer dares to try his hand at romance?

Women who disagree with the trend of lumping books concerning relationship-related issues into a fluffy, too-broad genre of "chick lit" have plenty to...

So go ahead. If you're still feeling a little embarrassed, download a romance onto your e-reader. Aside from your blushing, you might discover a passion for a whole new genre. As it turns out, smart women read romance, too.

Following are five novels that, in pre-Twitter, YouTube, Facebook times, went viral (or at least had readers gasping and gossiping) in a printable sort of way.

There have been many arguments for and against the label "chick lit". Since we have a new feature called 'Change My Mind', we figured this heated deba...

In the past year, a different breed of chick lit has appeared with smarter writing and characters. It's notable not just for the content, but also for what it says about women, and what they are willing to read in their leisure time.

By Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis for Bookish: Lisbeth Salander, the rugged yet vulnerable hacker chick who powered Stieg Larsson's trilogy to the...

Whatever happens to Rupert Murdoch and his media empire, Tuesday’s colorful parliamentary hearings may yet provide an unexpected boost to the publis...

Many in publishing say chick lit is dead. I don't agree. Rather, I think chick lit has given up Friday night cocktails for Sunday morning services.

When Rona Jaffe's fast-paced, sassy tale of New York girls' office life, The Best of Everything, came out in 1958, it was an instant bestseller. Jaffe...

But that whiz-bang success also made "Eat, Pray, Love" "synonymous with something very poppy and chick lit-y," the author said in her NYPL talk, notin...

Mike Padilla's debut novel blends humor, sex and plot twists to teach us something powerful about the modern Latina experience in Southern California.

Where is that line, by the way, between friend and friend-fatale? Like pornography, it's hard to define, but we think these novels -- a healthy mix of classics and worthwhile chick lit -- will make it as clear as a sharp knife in the back.

Last week, author Lucy Jackson released her second novel Slicker, the follow-up to 2007′s Posh. Jackson said she wouldn't label the book as chick-li...

My early reviews were gratifying and the consumer reviews from the Amazon Vine readers were all five star. Except one: "My Chick Lit Loving Wife Hated This Book," read the headline.

Hello, my name is Michele and I'm proud to be a chick-lit author. I write the kind of novel that gets spattered with margarita and suncream rather tha...

Earlier this year Meg Rosoff expressed a desire to let loose with an illegal firearm, goaded by the "aggressive pinkness" of the upcoming Queen of Tee...

Jane Green, the so-called "queen of chick lit" was on Good Morning America this morning to talk about her new book, "Promises to Keep." Green explaine...

Gilbert's undisciplined writing style trivializes divorce and depression, reducing them to fodder for a kitschy beach read marketed as a reflective memoir about women's issues.