Parlour Games (26 books)

Fiction featuring charades, riddles and similar traditional, "old world" parlour games.

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1	The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) by Robert Reid (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 4,955 ratings score: 587, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel), Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 4.58 avg rating — 45,133 ratings score: 484, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 166,860 ratings score: 479, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Unsouled (Cradle, #1) by Will Wight (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 56,506 ratings score: 474, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 980,141 ratings score: 397, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,316,859 ratings score: 394, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Heart of Night and Fire (The Nightfire Quartet, #1) by Nisha J. Tuli (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 5,018 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 936,010 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Shadow Sect (Netherdei #1) by Peter Hackshaw (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 1,428 ratings score: 387, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Darkest Core (Netherdei #2) by Peter Hackshaw (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 353 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,443,854 ratings score: 383, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Path of the Berserker (Path of the Berserker, #1) by Rick Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 2,615 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Tree of Aeons (Tree of Aeons, #1) by spaizzzer 4.18 avg rating — 1,855 ratings score: 379, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Hoid's Travails, #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 111,931 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 774,692 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 88,869 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Blood Legacy (The Divine Elements #1) by Daman (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,634 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The First Step (A Thousand Li, #1) by Tao Wong (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 6,694 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers 4.28 avg rating — 6,630 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie 3.78 avg rating — 24,565 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 3,705 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron 4.29 avg rating — 4,166 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Trutor & The Balloonist by Debbie Lee Wesselmann 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 3.77 avg rating — 30,327 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1) by Margery Allingham 3.60 avg rating — 9,594 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) by Ngaio Marsh 3.80 avg rating — 16,802 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

26 books · 12 voters · list created January 11th, 2012 by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (votes) .

Tags: charades, parlour-games, riddles

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message 1: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 11, 2012 12:44PM

Had to vote for the collected Peter Wimsey stories because at least one of them qualifies. Naturally, I can't remember the title!

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message 2: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 12:50PM

Susanna wrote: "Had to vote for the collected Peter Wimsey stories because at least one of them qualifies. Naturally, I can't remember the title!"

One of the Hardy novels - set in Bath and they go down to the same steps in Lyme Regis where French Lieutenant's Woman was filmed - lots of card playing in there

Ring any bells?

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 11, 2012 12:54PM

Can't remember! Been years since I read Hardy, though.

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message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 11, 2012 12:54PM

Don't they play charades in a big scene in Jane Eyre?

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message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:00PM

They do the "Tableaux", I think. I don't remember parlor games in Wimsey... I guess it's time for a re-read!

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message 6: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:07PM

Persuasion is the one I am thinking of - DOH! All I want for christmas is my memory back lol

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message 7: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:09PM

ETA - yes, that's the Austen that wasn't, erm, written by Thomas Hardy lol

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message 8: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:11PM

Hayes wrote: "They do the "Tableaux", I think. I don't remember parlor games in Wimsey... I guess it's time for a re-read!"

always time for that, dontcha fink?

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message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:17PM

Abso-tively!

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message 10: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:36PM

Hayes wrote: "They do the "Tableaux", I think. I don't remember parlor games in Wimsey... I guess it's time for a re-read!"

There's a short story, where at Christmas they play ... charades, or Black Crambo? ... and an expensive pearl necklace goes missing. Peter is one of the guests, and goes investigating.

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message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:39PM

I don't think I've read that one... Horrors!!

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message 12: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jan 11, 2012 01:44PM) (new)

Jan 11, 2012 01:44PM

I *think* it is "The Necklace of Pearls."

ETA: Which doesn't seem to be published as a singleton, so the collection is probably best.

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message 13: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 11, 2012 02:45PM

You ladies are stars, all of you!! There I go dropping a puny li'l four-book list on your respective tables, and you bring up all the books I should have thought of when creating the list in the first place. Yes, yes, and yes on all of the above!! :)

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message 14: by Bettie (last edited Jan 11, 2012 02:53PM) (new)

Jan 11, 2012 02:49PM

Downton Abbey does a grand game of charades near the end of series 2. Loved it!

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message 15: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jan 11, 2012 02:56PM

Ha -- I've yet to see that. Can hardly wait!

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message 16: by Karen· (new)

Jan 11, 2012 03:04PM

That was the christmas special warn't it ? Wiv The Game as Maggie Smith called it. Not charades at all.

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message 17: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 03:09PM

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message 18: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 03:10PM

Karen wrote: "That was the christmas special warn't it ? Wiv The Game as Maggie Smith called it. Not charades at all."

That's right - The Game! Good fun it was too

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message 19: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 03:13PM

Called Give Us a Clue on t't telly

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message 20: by Bettie (new)

Jan 11, 2012 03:17PM

Love the picture at the top of the list T A!

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