You’ll love these reads if Miranda Priestly raised you
Cerulean is back! With Devil Wears Prada 2 officially on the horizon, readers are once again romanticising magazine drama. What makes the film so fun isn’t just the fashion. It’s the power plays. The ambition. The emotional support coffees. Everyone in that world wants something, whether it’s approval, influence, status, or just one uninterrupted lunch break. And honestly, that energy translates very well into books.
So if Andrea’s spiralling career chaos, Emily’s stress-fuelled perfectionism, Miranda’s icy authority, or Nigel’s fashion-world brilliance were your favourite parts of the story, you’re in luck. These reads tap into the same humour, tension, workplace messiness, and quietly unhinged determination that made the original so addictive in the first place.
Consider this your invitation to clock back in. Your Libby TBR could probably use a little more drama anyway!
Andrea: In the eye of the fashion storm?
The Brutal Truth
by Lee Winter
Maddie arrives in New York already overwhelmed, then somehow agrees to a truth-telling pact with a media mogul who could flatten a newsroom before lunch. It has that same spiralling ambition energy as Andrea Sachs, where boundaries blur fast and “just one job” turns into something far more personal.
Toxic
by Clive Lewis
Workplaces like Runway don’t fix themselves, and Andrea would absolutely agree after reading this. It breaks down how toxic environments actually form, from leadership chaos to the slow drip of everyday dysfunction.
Miranda: Power dressing, power dynamics?
Worn
by Sofi Thanhauser
Worn peels back the layers of fashion history to reveal the labour, politics, craftsmanship, and global industries stitched into the garments we wear every day. It’s thoughtful, eye-opening, and full of the kind of detail that would absolutely earn an approving nod across the Runway office.
Bossypants
by Tina Fey
Miranda may terrify a room with one look, but Tina Fey weaponises humour instead. Fey’s stories about climbing the entertainment ladder feel a bit like the less fashion-forward cousin of The Devil Wears Prada. Still stressful. Just with more jokes and fewer sample sales.
Emily: Ambition, anxiety, and immaculate survival mode?
Workhorse
by Caroline Palmer
Clo is desperate to climb the ladder, even if it means reshaping herself to fit into rooms clearly designed for other people. It’s biting, uncomfortable in the best way, and painfully good at capturing the exhausting performance of trying to “make it” in glamorous industries. Emily Charlton hive, this one’s for you.
I Hope This Finds You Well
by Natalie Sue
Emily would not survive this email situation. Jolene’s accidental access to her coworkers’ private messages turns a normal office into a pressure cooker of oversharing, judgement, and secrets no one asked to know. It’s chaotic in a very “fashion week on no sleep” kind of way.
Nigel: The art of making it all look effortless?
How to Build a Fashion Icon
by Law Roach
Nigel would absolutely clock this as required reading between fittings. Law Roach turns styling into storytelling, showing how image-building becomes identity-building at the highest level of fame and fashion.
Steven Klein Vogue
by Steven Klein
Steven Klein Vogue is packed with imagery that turns fashion photography into full psychological theatre. If Nigel’s favourite fashion editorials came to life as a book, they’d probably look like this.
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Published May 06, 2026
Kiki Faison
Kiki Faison has dreamed of being a writer for as long as she can remember, and today she’s living that dream. When she's not working or volunteering locally, she enjoys exploring nature with her daughter and pup, getting lost in suspense novels, and hunting for treasures while thrifting.