Best Downton Abbey-esqe books to read

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fiction or nonfiction
1
16,268 members
475 reviews
4.2
2
4,822 members
271 reviews
3.8
3
5,441 members
248 reviews
3.8
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raidergirl3, Bduke
4
448 members
23 reviews
4
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jillmwo
5
1,555 members
50 reviews
4
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thorold
Explanations
thorold: First of the novels set in Blandings Castle. More "downstairs" detail than the later books.
6
1,547 members
78 reviews
3.9
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jillmwo
7
1,088 members
55 reviews
3.8
8
825 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
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Bduke
9
665 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
10
3,594 members
82 reviews
½ 3.5
11
1,238 members
53 reviews
4
12
717 members
18 reviews
½ 3.4
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thorold
Explanations
thorold: Upstairs/downstairs on an estate in Ireland during WWII, almost entirely from the PoV of the servants
13
79 members
3 reviews
4
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jillmwo
14
462 members
2 reviews
4
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thorold
Explanations
thorold: Non-fiction: academic account of how the aristocracy adapted in the 19th and 20th centuries, esp. the period covered by Downton. Lots of good material on servants and houses and American heiresses.
15
12,536 members
266 reviews
4
16
161 members
4 reviews
4
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thorold
Explanations
thorold: impoverished aristocrats at the end of WWII
17
1,777 members
67 reviews
½ 3.7