Boarding House and Hotel Fiction

1
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
12,599 members
246 reviews
3.9
8 Members
wandering_star, thorold, norabelle414, sturlington, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
17,713 members
215 reviews
4.1
6 Members
norabelle414, sturlington, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Shining
by Stephen King
27,370 members
530 reviews
4.1
5 Members
SqueakyChu, raidergirl3, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Overlook Hotel (closed for the season)
4
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
by Elizabeth Taylor
1,521 members
68 reviews
4.1
5 Members
wandering_star, thorold, raidergirl3, Soupdragon, souloftherose
5
Eloise
by Kay Thompson
2,052 members
48 reviews
4.1
5 Members
kageeh, wandering_star, norabelle414, aulsmith, sturlington
6
The Greengage Summer
by Rumer Godden
825 members
18 reviews
4
4 Members
kageeh, Chatterbox, CurrerBell, souloftherose
7
Hotel du Lac
by Anita Brookner
3,109 members
111 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
wandering_star, thorold, raidergirl3, troutstreamman, Soupdragon
8
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
4,410 members
95 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
Noisy, raidergirl3, suniru, ahef1963
9
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
12,164 members
605 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
raidergirl3, troutstreamman, suniru
10
Hotel World
by Ali Smith
1,358 members
36 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
wandering_star, elkiedee, Dilara86
11
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
by Wilkie Collins
956 members
43 reviews
½ 3.3
3 Members
lilithcat, wandering_star, ahef1963
12
The Slaves of Solitude
by Patrick Hamilton
783 members
18 reviews
4.1
3 Members
wandering_star, troutstreamman, Soupdragon
13
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary
13,473 members
122 reviews
3.9
2 Members
norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
7,755 members
80 reviews
3.9
2 Members
DorsVenabili, sturlington
15
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,984 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
suniru, sturlington
16
Craven House
by Patrick Hamilton
101 members
3 reviews
4.2
2 Members
troutstreamman, bluepiano
17
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast
by Bill Richardson
610 members
39 reviews
3.9
2 Members
SqueakyChu, raidergirl3
18
The Grand Babylon Hotel
by Arnold Bennett
356 members
10 reviews
3.2
2 Members
thorold, Dilara86
19
Coromandel Sea Change
by Rumer Godden
181 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Chatterbox, suniru
20
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
7,484 members
492 reviews
3.9
2 Members
raidergirl3, norabelle414
21
Jenny Wren
by E. H. Young
192 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Soupdragon, souloftherose
22
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
by Steven Millhauser
1,802 members
59 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
wandering_star, ahef1963
23
The House in Paris
by Elizabeth Bowen
994 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
wandering_star, Soupdragon
24
Of Love and Hunger
by Julian Maclaren-Ross
209 members
7 reviews
4
2 Members
wandering_star, Soupdragon
25
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
4,762 members
89 reviews
3.9
2 Members
wandering_star, sturlington
26
This Sweet Sickness
by Patricia Highsmith
614 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
wandering_star, sturlington
27
The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
1,396 members
59 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
28
Clara and Mr Tiffany
by Susan Vreeland
1,012 members
77 reviews
3.8
Member
lahochstetler
29
Grand Hotel
by Vicki Baum
747 members
14 reviews
3.9
Member
wandering_star
30
The Ladies of the Corridor
by Dorothy Parker
58 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
bluepiano
31
The Poor Relation
by Marion Chesney
33 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
MDGentleReader
32
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín
6,378 members
337 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
33
Anatomy of a Disappearance
by Hisham Matar
385 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
34
The Little Hotel
by Christina Stead
134 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
wandering_star
35
Work of Art
by Sinclair Lewis
108 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
36
The Adventures of Sally
by P. G. Wodehouse
793 members
27 reviews
3.9
Member
thorold
37
The Sleeping Prince
by Knut Faldbakken
33 members
4
Member
bluepiano
38
The Dual Realm
by Paola Capriolo
27 members
½ 2.3
Member
bluepiano
39
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
4,257 members
176 reviews
4
Member
souloftherose
40
I Served the King of England
by Bohumil Hrabal
1,580 members
32 reviews
4
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: waiter tells all
41
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
by Brian Moore
930 members
30 reviews
4
Member
bluepiano
42
Hotel Iris
by Yoko Ogawa
671 members
31 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
suniru
43
The Night Manager
by John le Carré
3,916 members
57 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
thorold
44
Murder Underground
by Mavis Doriel Hay
378 members
20 reviews
3.2
Member
souloftherose
45
The Hotel
by Elizabeth Bowen
259 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
wandering_star
46
The Feast
by Margaret Kennedy
417 members
17 reviews
4.1
Member
wandering_star
47
Patricia Brent, Spinster
by Herbert George Jenkins
96 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
souloftherose
48
A Breath of French Air
by H.E. Bates
279 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: the Larkins stay in a French hotel
49
Uncle Paul
by Celia Fremlin
162 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
wandering_star
50
The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
4,053 members
213 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
51
The Emigrants
by W. G. Sebald
2,796 members
54 reviews
4.1
Member
thorold
52
The Fortnight in September
by R. C. Sherriff
640 members
25 reviews
4
Member
wandering_star
53
Hotel Splendide
by Ludwig Bemelmans
199 members
5 reviews
4
Member
wandering_star
54
Estoril
by Dejan Tiago-Stanković
66 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
wandering_star
56
Strange Hotel
by Eimear McBride
161 members
6 reviews
3.2
Member
wandering_star
57
Voyage in the Dark
by Jean Rhys
925 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
wandering_star
58
The Girls of Slender Means
by Muriel Spark
1,492 members
62 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
wandering_star
59
The Boarding House
by William Trevor
135 members
3.8
Member
wandering_star
60
Troubles
by J. G. Farrell
1,655 members
55 reviews
4
Member
wandering_star
61
The House of Dolls
by Barbara Comyns
103 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
wandering_star
62
School for Love
by Olivia Manning
307 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
wandering_star
63
An Awfully Big Adventure
by Beryl Bainbridge
587 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
wandering_star
64
The Rising Tide
by Ann Cleeves
622 members
29 reviews
4
Member
wandering_star
65
Metropole
by Ferenc Karinthy
483 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
wandering_star
66
Chowringhee
by Sankar
217 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
wandering_star
67
Icefields
by Thomas Wharton
375 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
wandering_star
68
Beside the Sea
by Veronique Olmi
227 members
28 reviews
3.9
Member
wandering_star
69
Child of All Nations
by Irmgard Keun
252 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
wandering_star
70
Ocean sea
by Alessandro Baricco
1,864 members
35 reviews
4
71
Hotel
by Arthur Hailey
1,249 members
22 reviews
½ 3.6
72
Hotel Silence
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
331 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
73
Motherland Hotel
by Yusuf Atilgan
173 members
5 reviews
4