"Chick lit" is a term used to denote genre fiction written for and marketed to young women, especially single, working women in their twenties and thirties. The genre's creation was spurred on, if not exactly created, by Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole diaries which inspired Adele Lang's Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber: The Katya Livingston Chronicles in the mid-1990s.
Chick lit features hip, stylish female protagonists, usually in their twenties and thirties, in urban settings (usually London or Manhattan), and follows their love lives and struggles in business (often in the publishing, advertising, public relations or fashion industry). The books usually feature an airy, irreverent tone and frank sexual themes. The genre spawned Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City and its accompanying television series.
Books about young women and the typical problems they have with men, sex, losing weight etc, especially books written by women for women to read - used humorously.
Slang for a genre of literature geared towards female readers , which deal with modern issues in womens lives.
Noun: literature that appeals especially to women, usually having a romantic or sentimental theme.
Any literature that is intended to appeal more to women than men, with a focus on strong or quirky females.
Novels written for, about, or by young educated women.
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