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84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,862 members

348 reviews

4.2

18 Members: gennyt, Minthe, bleuroses, Heaven-Ali, tiffin, Nickelini, europhile, rainpebble, mmignano11, Soupdragon, Candiss, merrystar, errata, souloftherose, kayclifton, ahef1963, elia1168, Korrick,starbox

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The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

13,932 members

300 reviews

4

18 Members: gennyt, Minthe, bleuroses, Nickelini, VivienneR, europhile, Ygraine, rainpebble, Soupdragon, merrystar, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox, elia1168, kara.shamy, NinieB

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by Winifred Holtby

932 members

41 reviews

4.1

15 Members: gennyt, Minthe, lauralkeet, bleuroses, Heaven-Ali, juliette07, tiffin, thorold, VivienneR, Ygraine, Soupdragon, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee,kayclifton

4

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,791 members

613 reviews

4.2

16 Members: gennyt, Minthe, Heaven-Ali, juliette07, Nickelini, CDVicarage, VivienneR, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, starbox, ahef1963, elia1168, NinieB, mrsshe, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Excellent Women

2,744 members

126 reviews

4

15 Members: gennyt, juliette07, tiffin, thorold, VivienneR, rainpebble, evelyncasper, Soupdragon, merrystar, alexdaw, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, elia1168, NinieB

6

I Capture the Castle

9,221 members

294 reviews

4.1

11 Members: gennyt, Minthe, Nickelini, CDVicarage, europhile, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, kayclifton, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Elizabeth and her German Garden

by Elizabeth von Arnim

1,100 members

55 reviews

3.8

9 Members: lauralkeet, VivienneR, europhile, rainpebble, evelyncasper, merrystar, alexdaw, errata, souloftherose

8

by Antonia White

925 members

24 reviews

3.9

9 Members: gennyt, Minthe, lahochstetler, europhile, rainpebble, errata, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox

9

Our Spoons Came from Woolworths

by Barbara Comyns

720 members

28 reviews

3.9

9 Members: tiffin, thorold, VivienneR, europhile, Soupdragon, errata, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox

10

All Passion Spent

by Vita Sackville-West

1,188 members

57 reviews

4

8 Members: gennyt, lauralkeet, VivienneR, rainpebble, errata, brenzi, Liz1564, souloftherose,kayclifton

11

338 members

15 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Heaven-Ali, tiffin, CDVicarage, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, kayclifton

12

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

by Elizabeth Taylor

1,244 members

58 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Minthe, Nickelini, VivienneR, rainpebble, Soupdragon, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee

13

893 members

21 reviews

3.9

9 Members: Minthe, lauralkeet, europhile, Soupdragon, errata, brenzi, elkiedee, starbox, NinieB,kayclifton

14

The Diary of a Provincial Lady [Omnibus]

by E.M. Delafield

624 members

20 reviews

4.1

6 Members: lauralkeet, bleuroses, Heaven-Ali, CDVicarage, errata, souloftherose

15

Lady Audley's Secret

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

2,709 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: gennyt, lahochstetler, Nickelini, CDVicarage, VivienneR, Soupdragon, starbox, NinieB

16

The Land of Spices

by Kate O'Brien

325 members

7 reviews

4

7 Members: gennyt, lahochstetler, juliette07, CDVicarage, europhile, rainpebble, starbox

17

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton

2,400 members

67 reviews

4

7 Members: lauralkeet, bleuroses, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, starbox, kara.shamy

18

The Weather in the Streets

by Rosamond Lehmann

561 members

21 reviews

3.9

7 Members: gennyt, Minthe, Heaven-Ali, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata, souloftherose

19

The Return of the Soldier

by Rebecca West

1,559 members

78 reviews

3.9

6 Members: gennyt, inge87, Nickelini, VivienneR, europhile, brenzi

20

A View of the Harbour

by Elizabeth Taylor

579 members

33 reviews

4.1

6 Members: lauralkeet, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata, brenzi, souloftherose

21

Pride and Prejudice

80,832 members

1,370 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

22

28,751 members

534 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

23

38,073 members

507 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,540 members

70 reviews

3.8

6 Members: tiffin, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Sense and Sensibility

38,205 members

529 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

26

In This House of Brede

by Rumer Godden

1,422 members

33 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: inge87, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee, NinieB

27

At Mrs Lippincote's

by Elizabeth Taylor

396 members

25 reviews

3.9

5 Members: gennyt, Minthe, rainpebble, Soupdragon, souloftherose

28

The Brontes Went to Woolworths

by Rachel Ferguson

495 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: tiffin, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, elkiedee

29

Loitering with Intent

by Muriel Spark

842 members

28 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Nickelini, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, elkiedee

30

180 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: tiffin, VivienneR, europhile, Soupdragon, errata

31

A Pin to See the Peepshow

by F. Tennyson Jesse

233 members

7 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rainpebble, souloftherose, kayclifton, starbox

32

Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead

by Barbara Comyns

544 members

30 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lahochstetler, errata, elkiedee, starbox

33

The Crowded Street

by Winifred Holtby

254 members

10 reviews

4

4 Members: juliette07, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata

34

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,109 members

705 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Minthe, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Northanger Abbey

21,664 members

419 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

36

A Touch of Mistletoe

by Barbara Comyns

120 members

1 review

4.1

4 Members: VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, starbox

37

A Diary without Dates

by Enid Bagnold

81 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: sqdancer, juliette07, brenzi

38

The Magic Toyshop

by Angela Carter

1,913 members

47 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, rainpebble, starbox

39

by Angela Thirkell

358 members

9 reviews

4

4 Members: inge87, merrystar, souloftherose, NinieB

40

by Willa Cather

13,622 members

287 reviews

3.9

4 Members: europhile, merrystar, elkiedee, NinieB

41

22,542 members

358 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Minthe, merrystar, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Nightingale Wood

by Stella Gibbons

433 members

14 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee

43

by Edith Wharton

9,510 members

214 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, NinieB

44

Novel on Yellow Paper

by Stevie Smith

507 members

5 reviews

3.8

3 Members: tiffin, thorold, errata,kayclifton

45

by Edith Olivier

139 members

4 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Soupdragon, souloftherose, starbox

46

by Anne Brontë

5,122 members

169 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: europhile, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

47

by Nadine Gordimer

181 members

2 reviews

4

4 Members: juliette07, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata,kayclifton

48

A Wreath of Roses

by Elizabeth Taylor

288 members

17 reviews

4.1

3 Members: rainpebble, Soupdragon, brenzi

49

A Fine of Two Hundred Francs

by Elsa Triolet

145 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: juliette07, VivienneR, errata

50

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories

323 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, elkiedee

51

by Angela Thirkell

679 members

43 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, NinieB

52

The Hearing Trumpet

by Leonora Carrington

1,107 members

41 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Candiss, NinieB

53

Emily of New Moon

by L. M. Montgomery

4,095 members

74 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, NinieB

54

The Glimpses of the Moon

by Edith Wharton

1,004 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

55

Wild Strawberries

by Angela Thirkell

530 members

25 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, NinieB

56

The Vet's Daughter

by Barbara Comyns

587 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Candiss, starbox

57

Illyrian Spring

208 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, souloftherose

58

by Mollie Panter-Downes

351 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: inge87, brenzi

59

158 members

4 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, elkiedee

60

The Semi-Attached Couple, and The Semi-Detached House

414 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: inge87, europhile

61

by Winifred Holtby

207 members

9 reviews

3.8

3 Members: VivienneR, errata, elkiedee,starbox

62

At the Still Point

63 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: inge87

63

by Angela Thirkell

304 members

9 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

64

Rilla of Ingleside

by L. M. Montgomery

6,370 members

71 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

65

Thank Heaven Fasting

by E.M. Delafield

179 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: VivienneR, Soupdragon

66

by Louisa May Alcott

2,708 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

67

by Antonia White

140 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Soupdragon, errata

68

Anne of the Island

by L. M. Montgomery

10,757 members

120 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

69

by L. M. Montgomery

2,982 members

35 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

70

by L. M. Montgomery

2,831 members

35 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

71

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

9,709 members

202 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

72

by Willa Cather

1,626 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Minthe, merrystar

73

by Louisa May Alcott

4,590 members

56 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

74

Invitation to the Waltz

by Rosamond Lehmann

613 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

The Lacquer Lady

by F. Tennyson Jesse

183 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: alexdaw

76

by Angela Thirkell

383 members

23 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

77

Jane and Prudence

1,177 members

59 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

78

by Louisa May Alcott

26,524 members

400 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

79

147 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

80

The Land of Green Ginger

by Winifred Holtby

214 members

8 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bleuroses

81

A Suppressed Cry: Life and Death of a Quaker Daughter

by Victoria Glendinning

48 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

82

The Face of War

by Martha Gellhorn

374 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: juliette07

83

The Way of an Eagle

by Ethel M. Dell

89 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

84

In a Summer Season

by Elizabeth Taylor

490 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: Minthe

85

by Ella Maillart

189 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: juliette07

86

A Train of Powder

by Rebecca West

158 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

87

by Elizabeth Taylor

412 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: Minthe

88

The Devastating Boys

by Elizabeth Taylor

177 members

5 reviews

4

Member: Minthe

89

by Elizabeth Taylor

158 members

4 reviews

4

Member: Soupdragon

90

The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories

by Marjorie Barnard

95 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: inge87

91

The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins

428 members

11 reviews

4

Member: Minthe

92

by Naomi Mitchison

486 members

20 reviews

4

Member: inge87

93

by Lettice Cooper

197 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

94

by Enid Bagnold

147 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: inge87

95

by Bridget Boland

68 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

96

149 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: Minthe

97

A Note in Music

by Rosamond Lehmann

197 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

98

The Wedding Group

by Elizabeth Taylor

259 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Minthe

99

Jonah's Gourd Vine

by Zora Neale Hurston

425 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

100

by Dorothy West

769 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

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