Bridget Jones's Diary

Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary, the first volume in the Untitled series, introduces a hilariously self-aware thirty-something singleton navigating life in London. Through her daily journal, Bridget tallies her calorie intake, cigarette count, and alcohol units while wrestling with her career, her mother, and a dating life that veers between disaster and hope. Her resolutions include losing weight, finding a functional relationship, and mastering her VCR, ambitions that prove both daunting and darkly funny.

Over the course of the year, Bridget’s weight fluctuates endlessly, her romantic misadventures pile up, and moments of humiliation alternate with fleeting triumphs. Yet her unflagging optimism and sharp observations make this diary novel a timeless favorite in contemporary fiction. Readers around the world have recognized themselves in Bridget’s chaotic quest for self-improvement, laughing out loud at her misfortunes and rooting for her every misstep.