Funny, light "chick lit" books ... any recommendations?

Emma Garcia, Never Google Heartbreak.
I'm currently reading We Were on a Break by Lindsie Kelk, which I'm not sure I want to finish. The inability for this couple (ex-couple?) to communicate with one another is ridiculous.

Going the Whole Hog by Erica Adams is hilariously funny. Best-selling author Christina Jones wrote "I laughed - really laughed - and everything was so wonderfully visual - not slapstick, just Sod's Law funny. It is a well-crafted and stupendously funny novel. To find a gem like this is a very, very rare treat indeed.

Jennifer Crusie particularly Welcome to temptation.

Any Sophie Kinsella, they're my comfort reading.

I've recently started working my way through the books published by Choc Lit which are good fun without being stupid. They're also quite cheap on Kindle, though they are published in paperback too. My favourite so far is The Untied Kingdom by Kate Johnson.

I really rated Anna Maxted's first few books - then there was a loooooong gap until another novel came out. I bought it but gave up on it quite swiftly, I'm afraid; it just didn't seem to measure up. But the early ones are great - intelligent chicklit iyswim.

Haven't read this whole thread so someone may have mentioned her, but I bought a Milly Johnson book for my mum - 'Here Come the Girls' - and must admit to reading it myself and hooting with laughter. It's pretty frothy but funny too. AND she (MJ) won 'Come Dine With Me' IRL, so she must be game for a laugh!

Liza Lutz's Spellman books are good. Funny imo and very different and likeable lead character. Well worth att read. Read the Amazon pages.

Marian Keyes is good, but Penny VIncenzi is my absolute favourite, they aren't too trashy but will keep you entertained.

I second Emily Barr. If you've never read her, you've got a treat in store...

I really liked the early Sophie Kinsella books, but think she's taken the Shopaholic books far too far now. Loved some of the standalone ones though (esp Remember me and Undomestic Goddess)

I do have a tendency to revert to non-chicklit light reading though - more likely to be seen with a Pratchett than most of the above, but things like the no 1 ladies detective agency are quite light and jolly, too.

I loved the Starbridge series by Susan Howatch - unputdownable.

Years ago I read a book called "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley - a retelling of the Arthurian legend but from the female characters' perspective. Well worth a read.

Penny Vincenzi, Maeve Binchy and Marion Keyes, as others have said.

I second Liane Moriarty. What Alice Forgot is great!

Marian Keyes every time!! Was so shocked I enjoyed a 'chick-lit' book the first time I read one of hers (Rachel's holiday). The fact she deals with more 'serious' issues in an intelligent, witty, way in my opinion sets her apart from the likes of Sophie Kinsella, however I must admit to reading Confessions of a shopaholic through the night as I was completely hooked!

I read a Marian Keyes book every summer. Very light reading, funny, perceptive - but usually a serious underlying issue.

I just read 'Got You Back' by Jane Fallon on hols, courtesy of the Radox book club thing on Mumsnet - total rubbish, it was almost painful to read - the only reason I did was because I'd ran out of reading material. You can't beat a bit of Jilly Cooper for the dirty pages and Rupert Campbell Black! Also did Rob Lowe's autobiography, again, easy to read, some good insider Hollywood goss, but not brain taxing. If you want something beautiful try Emma Forrest, Your Voice in My Head

yes that Jane Fallon one was good. Hit just the right note.

Chicklit that is toooo 'girly gallops about town having capers before settling down' makes me feel old, and bored.

Emily Barr books are great and Jane Fallon - getting rid of matthew - has got a new book out called Foursome.

Anything by Anya Seton.

Historical romance rather than chick lit but very good IMO. 'Katherine' is the best known but they are all ripping yarns, especially 'Avalon' (has a lewd priest).

They all tend to feature people struggling against their sexual urges owing to the conventions of the time .

LOL jeee

Yes, I'm saving a Lisa Jewell (the latest, and only one I haven't read) 'til I go on holiday.

Lisa Jewel is wonderful. She wrote

Ralph's Party, Vince & Joy, One Hit Wonder and a couple of others.

Funny, believable, characters you care about, decent plots that are not predictable!

Adele Parks is really good

Sarah Harrison is good. Surprised no-one has mentioned Mary Wesley who is brilliant and also Anne Tyler - but maybe she doesn't qualify as chick lit.

I like the Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn - less enamoured of Wife in the Fast Lane though. I also like Wendy Holden. Kathy Lette is all right too, although I find her stuff a bit hit and miss.

I love Marian Keyes. I also love Christina Jones - she might be a bit fey for some but I love her stuff, especially as she ties most of her books together.

I got bored of Patricia Scanlan, Cathy Kelly, Catherine Alliott, Lisa Jewell, Jane Green after a couple of volumes. I read one Sophie Kinsella and wanted to slap the heroine into nonexistence, she annoyed me so much.

My all time favourite though has to be Georgette Heyer - never dates for me, always has me in stitches and I can re-read them over and over.

Joey, I love the Chalet School too, and I think it would be very disturbing if you were to turn into Nicholas Darrow.