This is, admittedly, a kind of niche genre, but one that I find myself drawn to and think is kind of amazing: Austen retellings by South Asian writers (or writers of South Asian descent).
The way that Austen's world speaks to and also allows them to talk about their own experiences and cultures is awesome, they consistently land SO much better than modern retellings (LBD excepted, of course), and they also take on social issues in a way that's familiar to Austen's readers.
And also, reading the specific religious elements through the lens of Orthodox Judaism adds a certain power to it; one that comes from the mix of familiarity and distance.
Jalaluddin has written one of my favorites so far. She understands that P&P is in the story, not the plot, and allows the narrative to progress in a way that deviates from the original and is truer to the story SHE is telling. I also love that she recognizes that Ayesha (Lizzy) actually makes some mistakes and it's not just Darcy/Khalid's judgmental nature. The way that religion stands for - and takes the place of - propriety is excellent and the way she explores what makes people stick to stricter religious interpretations is also fascinating.

I have so many feelings about Khalid's makeover because I keep reading my own cultural context onto it and the relationship between law and practice in Islam and Judaism are actually still quite different and it's complicated, but also recognizing that what is happening is not him moving away from religion, but engaging seriously with it on its own terms and his own terms rather than letting devotion be a shield from the world and that is incredibly well done.

Now...can Jalaluddin do the other Austens?