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Best Love Stories

Members: 14 participating members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, souloftherose, thecoroner, inge87, aulsmith, ahef1963, mpenetos, bluepiano, dara85, JuliaMaria, KimarieBee, dkarenart, sturlington

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Gustave Flaubert

25,504 members

379 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: thecoroner, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, mpenetos

2

37,186 members

608 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, mpenetos

3

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,853 members

91 reviews

4.2

4 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, souloftherose

4

by Charlotte Brontë

56,919 members

896 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, mpenetos, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Daphne Du Maurier

19,845 members

588 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

69,687 members

1,134 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

6,667 members

243 reviews

4

3 Members: JuliaMaria, ahef1963, bluepiano

8

by Edith Wharton

9,266 members

209 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: inge87, merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner

9

by Pearl S. Buck

13,446 members

262 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963

10

19,138 members

221 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thecoroner, mpenetos, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D. H. Lawrence

13,250 members

212 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: inge87, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Pride and Prejudice

77,687 members

1,337 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Man in the Wooden Hat

976 members

44 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, souloftherose

14

36,586 members

495 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,460 members

527 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, dkarenart

16

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman

308 members

21 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, JuliaMaria

17

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

13,455 members

296 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, thecoroner

18

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,017 members

170 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

19

27,710 members

428 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: thecoroner, mpenetos

20

A Civil Contract

by Georgette Heyer

1,439 members

56 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

21

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,291 members

261 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Portrait of a Lady

10,584 members

126 reviews

3.9

2 Members: thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

23

27,667 members

522 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,156 members

241 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

25

8,950 members

177 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

26

Sense and Sensibility

36,810 members

506 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

49,778 members

671 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

7,200 members

160 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

29

12,666 members

285 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

30

At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales

by L. M. Montgomery

383 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

31

The Convenient Marriage

by Georgette Heyer

1,771 members

79 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

32

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

10,145 members

180 reviews

4.1

Member: aulsmith

33

by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

410 members

15 reviews

4.2

Member: souloftherose

34

by Rose Franken

53 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

35

Shadows and Images: A Novel

by Meriol Trevor

25 members

1 review

3.9

Member: inge87

36

by Evan S. Connell

1,047 members

35 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

37

The Confession of a Fool

by August Strindberg

204 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: bluepiano

38

Claudia and David

by Rose Franken

34 members

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

39

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,189 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

40

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton

2,299 members

68 reviews

4

Member: souloftherose

41

The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

by R. K. Narayan

1,167 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

42

Joy in the Morning

1,005 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

43

Marcel and Elise

by Marcel Jouhandeau

8 members

Member: bluepiano

44

by Curtis Sittenfeld

3,308 members

221 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

45

Tender Is the Night

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

2,586 members

45 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

46

Baking Cakes in Kigali

by Gaile Parkin

756 members

79 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

47

Someone at a Distance

by Dorothy Whipple

584 members

25 reviews

4.2

Member: souloftherose

48

The Story of My Wife

136 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: bluepiano

49

The Kreutzer Sonata

1,550 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: JuliaMaria

50

by Evan S. Connell

621 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

51

The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner

by Andrea Smith

75 members

1 review

3.8

Member: dara85

52

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

by Evan S. Connell

71 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: bluepiano

53

Shalimar the Clown

by Salman Rushdie

2,867 members

53 reviews

3.8

Member: mpenetos

54

Wildfire at Midnight

by Mary Stewart

933 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

55

La femme de Gilles

by Madeleine Bourdouxhe

195 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: bluepiano

56

Gawain and the Lady Ragnell {short story}

by Ethel Johnston Phelps

1 member

1 review

3

Member: aulsmith

57

The Pastor's Wife

by Elizabeth von Arnim

194 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

58

Disorder and Early Sorrow

38 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: aulsmith

59

The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow. [A novel.]

by Mrs. Oliphant

8 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

60

The Return of the Soldier

by Rebecca West

1,500 members

75 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

61

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

405 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

62

by Gillian Flynn

21,195 members

1,527 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

63

by Kerstin Gier

1,254 members

68 reviews

4

Member: inge87

64

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

11,372 members

178 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

65

Kristin Lavransdatter

by Sigrid Undset

2,924 members

72 reviews

4.2

Member: thecoroner

66

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

10,847 members

215 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

67

Miss Buncle's Book

by D. E. Stevenson

1,206 members

95 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

68

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,314 members

143 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

69

The Friendly Air

by Elizabeth Cadell

75 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: merrystar

70

The Corner Shop

by Elizabeth Cadell

146 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

71

by Mary Stewart

1,308 members

35 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

72

Mrs Tim of the Regiment

by D. E. Stevenson

57 members

1 review

3.8

Member: merrystar

73

4,036 members

140 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

74

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

18,051 members

997 reviews

½ 4.3

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