Picks and Pans Review: What to Read Post-Breakup

By MEREDITH MARAN, KIM HUBBARD, SUE CORBETT, DONNAMARIE BARNES, BETH PERRY, DANIEL S. LEVY, Moira Bailey

UPDATED 04/11/2011 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 04/11/2011 at 01:00 AM EDT

HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo

Don't let its salt-in-the-wound title scare you-this tough-love manual's in your corner.

MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS

by John Gray

Of course it didn't work out. They're aliens.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

by Jane Austen

The romantic travails of Austen's classy sisters will remind you you're in excellent company.