Bridget Jones's Diary (novel)

Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relationships.

By 2006, the book had sold over two million copies worldwide. Critics have credited Fielding's novel as the "urtext" of the contemporary chick lit movement. A sequel, The Edge of Reason, was published in 1999, and two further novels, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Bridget Jones's Baby, were published in 2013 and 2016 respectively. The original novel was adapted into a popular 2001 film; it was later developed into a series with the latest sequel released in 2025.