chick lit

American  

[lit] / lɪt /

noun

1. literature that appeals especially to women, usually having a romantic or sentimental theme.

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chick lit British  

noun

1. 1. a genre of fiction concentrating on young working women and their emotional lives

   2. ( as modifier )

      chick-lit romances

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Etymology

Origin of chick lit

chick (in the sense of “woman”) + lit ³

Example Sentences

“Valley of the Dolls” was panned upon its release in 1966, and Collins’ output has been derided as beach reads and chick lit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

If it’s attached to any other kind of boot, it’s green juice, chick lit, drag queen.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2023

Fiction is my favorite — literary fiction, and also domestic fiction, chick lit, beach reads, whatever you want to call the more fun, more breezy stuff.

From New York Times • May 7, 2020

Author Jennifer Weiner has built a built a career writing the kind of female-friendly, relationship-oriented fiction that typically gets dismissed as "chick lit," with bestsellers like "Good In Bed," "In Her Shoes" and "Little Earthquakes."

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2019

At that time, it was the very height of chick lit, with books like Bridget Jones's Diary.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2018