Families of Writers (428 books)

Some families just seem to have lots of writing talents: the Brontës, the Manns etc.
The family connection can be any: brothers/sisters, parents/children, husband/wife etc.

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1	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,317,044 ratings score: 1,762, and 18 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	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 130,488 ratings score: 1,336, and 14 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	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 2,038,154 ratings score: 1,233, and 13 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	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.32 avg rating — 1,020,871 ratings score: 1,016, and 11 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	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.91 avg rating — 1,877,869 ratings score: 987, and 11 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	Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie by Thomas Mann 4.20 avg rating — 35,558 ratings score: 882, and 10 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	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 717,807 ratings score: 751, and 10 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	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,444,214 ratings score: 671, and 8 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	La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils 4.05 avg rating — 61,531 ratings score: 630, and 7 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	Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 3.75 avg rating — 36,777 ratings score: 618, and 7 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 Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 4.10 avg rating — 346,378 ratings score: 588, and 7 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	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,896,682 ratings score: 555, and 8 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	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 929,008 ratings score: 554, and 7 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	The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim 3.89 avg rating — 40,998 ratings score: 543, 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
15	Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë 3.71 avg rating — 81,708 ratings score: 512, 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
16	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 3.92 avg rating — 26,890 ratings score: 489, 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
17	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) by Joan Aiken 4.06 avg rating — 22,398 ratings score: 477, 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
18	Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann 3.92 avg rating — 16,181 ratings score: 457, 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
19	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.17 avg rating — 365,084 ratings score: 442, 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
19	Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 126,397 ratings score: 442, 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
21	The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald 3.44 avg rating — 6,676 ratings score: 418, 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
22	The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 4.20 avg rating — 120,558 ratings score: 412, 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
23	Selected Poems by Robert Browning 3.99 avg rating — 1,622 ratings score: 403, 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
24	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.78 avg rating — 355,555 ratings score: 394, 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
24	Deutsche Sagen by Jacob Grimm 3.90 avg rating — 196 ratings score: 394, 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
26	Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1) by Lawrence Durrell 3.85 avg rating — 10,132 ratings score: 374, 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
27	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,010,985 ratings score: 342, 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
28	Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen by Heinrich Mann 3.64 avg rating — 3,410 ratings score: 313, 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
29	Mephisto by Klaus Mann 4.08 avg rating — 5,867 ratings score: 312, 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
30	Trilby by George du Maurier 3.31 avg rating — 1,515 ratings score: 308, 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
31	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.78 avg rating — 80,425 ratings score: 294, 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
32	Doktor Faustus by Thomas Mann 4.08 avg rating — 13,867 ratings score: 293, 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
33	The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) by Paul Auster 3.86 avg rating — 86,737 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
33	Orlando by Virginia Woolf 3.87 avg rating — 114,669 ratings score: 285, 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
35	What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt 4.10 avg rating — 22,338 ratings score: 284, 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
36	The Complete Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley 4.09 avg rating — 8,427 ratings score: 277, 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
37	In a German Pension: 13 Stories by Katherine Mansfield 3.64 avg rating — 1,225 ratings score: 276, 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
38	A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh 3.88 avg rating — 28,897 ratings score: 274, 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
39	The Green Mile by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 361,941 ratings score: 273, 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
40	Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis 3.75 avg rating — 32,066 ratings score: 261, 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
41	Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 4.11 avg rating — 12,829 ratings score: 258, 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
42	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 84,328 ratings score: 255, 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
43	The Works of Patrick Branwell Bronte: 1834-1836 by Patrick Branwell Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 252, 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
44	The Life of High Countess Gritta von Ratsinourhouse by Bettina von Arnim 3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 250, 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
44	The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield 3.82 avg rating — 10,548 ratings score: 250, 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
46	Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Achim von Arnim 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 249, 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
46	Cottage Poems by Patrick Brontë 3.44 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 249, 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
48	The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von Arnim 3.86 avg rating — 364 ratings score: 244, 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
49	The Stand by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 833,254 ratings score: 242, 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
50	The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise by Christopher Tolkien (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 240, 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
51	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 183,784 ratings score: 238, 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
52	Carrie by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 843,264 ratings score: 235, 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
53	The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt 3.69 avg rating — 19,005 ratings score: 231, 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
53	11/22/63 by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 648,254 ratings score: 231, 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
55	Shosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer 3.98 avg rating — 2,944 ratings score: 227, 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
56	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.81 avg rating — 214,153 ratings score: 216, 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
57	The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy 3.86 avg rating — 35,461 ratings score: 215, 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
58	Deutsche Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts by Golo Mann 4.19 avg rating — 183 ratings score: 212, 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
59	My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell 4.16 avg rating — 63,506 ratings score: 210, 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
60	The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West 3.82 avg rating — 1,945 ratings score: 209, 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
61	A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 4.22 avg rating — 259,284 ratings score: 204, 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
62	The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.03 avg rating — 334,613 ratings score: 200, 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
63	Flush by Virginia Woolf 3.88 avg rating — 14,434 ratings score: 199, 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
64	The House at World's End (World's End, #1) by Monica Dickens 4.05 avg rating — 256 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
65	Mario und der Zauberer by Thomas Mann 3.36 avg rating — 7,250 ratings score: 195, 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
66	The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 37,391 ratings score: 194, 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
67	The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann 3.93 avg rating — 1,972 ratings score: 192, 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
68	Lotte in Weimar by Thomas Mann 3.58 avg rating — 1,462 ratings score: 191, 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
69	The French Lieutenant's Woman: A Screenplay by Harold Pinter 3.97 avg rating — 180 ratings score: 190, 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
70	The Homecoming by Harold Pinter 3.68 avg rating — 10,210 ratings score: 189, 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
71	The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth 3.77 avg rating — 502 ratings score: 184, 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
72	One on One by Tabitha King 4.08 avg rating — 1,078 ratings score: 180, 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
73	Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl by Clemens Brentano 2.98 avg rating — 256 ratings score: 178, 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
74	The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 1,701,628 ratings score: 177, 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
75	The History of Love by Nicole Krauss 3.92 avg rating — 140,721 ratings score: 176, 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
76	The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann 4.13 avg rating — 61,389 ratings score: 174, 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
77	Misery by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 845,811 ratings score: 172, 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
78	Must you go?: my life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser 3.62 avg rating — 1,038 ratings score: 169, 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
79	Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal: Selected Early Writings by Christine Alexander (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 166, 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
79	Pet Sematary by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 697,076 ratings score: 166, 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
81	Julius by Daphne du Maurier 3.72 avg rating — 1,237 ratings score: 162, 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
82	A Year to Remember: A Reminiscence of 1931 by Alec Waugh 3.32 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 161, 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
83	Treveryan by Angela du Maurier 4.03 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 159, 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
84	Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim 3.72 avg rating — 5,683 ratings score: 157, 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
84	Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Milton Trollope 3.70 avg rating — 521 ratings score: 157, 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
86	Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters by Emily Brontë 4.05 avg rating — 877 ratings score: 156, 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
86	First Gray, Then White, Then Blue by Margriet de Moor 3.06 avg rating — 480 ratings score: 156, 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
88	Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family by Alexander Waugh 3.95 avg rating — 260 ratings score: 155, 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
89	Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald 3.52 avg rating — 4,583 ratings score: 152, 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
90	Selected Poems by Conrad Aiken 4.19 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 150, 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
91	Aurora Leigh and Other Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3.76 avg rating — 304 ratings score: 145, 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
91	The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser 4.11 avg rating — 19,129 ratings score: 145, 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
93	Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser 3.94 avg rating — 38,435 ratings score: 142, 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
94	The Inheritance (Inspector Trave, #1) by Simon Tolkien 3.58 avg rating — 910 ratings score: 139, 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
95	Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) by Anthony Trollope 4.05 avg rating — 17,667 ratings score: 136, 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
96	J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.62 avg rating — 143,959 ratings score: 135, 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
97	Tonio Kröger by Thomas Mann 3.72 avg rating — 8,174 ratings score: 128, 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
97	Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes 3.60 avg rating — 2,275 ratings score: 128, 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
97	'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 658,237 ratings score: 128, 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
100	The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer 4.23 avg rating — 4,140 ratings score: 127, 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

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428 books · 43 voters · list created July 11th, 2013 by Ellinor (votes) .

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message 1: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Jul 12, 2013 02:05AM) (new)

Jul 12, 2013 02:02AM

Works BY members of those families only, or ABOUT them/their members as well?

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message 2: by Ellinor (new)

Jul 12, 2013 02:25AM

Good question. I originally only thought about books BY members of the families. But I'd say works ABOUT them are fine too. I'd prefer works about the whole family though, not biographies about the individual members.

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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Jul 12, 2013 02:32AM

Wuthering Heights has doubled up
:O)

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message 4: by Ellinor (new)

Jul 12, 2013 02:34AM

Thanks for noticing, I've edited the list and it should be there only once now.

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message 5: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Jul 12, 2013 03:40AM) (new)

Jul 12, 2013 03:14AM

Ellinor wrote: "Good question. I originally only thought about books BY members of the families. But I'd say works ABOUT them are fine too. I'd prefer works about the whole family though, not biographies about the individual members."

Turns out I'm having trouble limiting myself to 100 votes for books BY members of writer families as it is ... ;)

But it'll be good to know what you're looking for down the line nevertheless, once others start adding biographies, criticism and the like.

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message 6: by Ellinor (new)

Jul 12, 2013 04:59AM

I know that problem! I try to limit myself to one work per person. I come up with new ones all the time and if I voted for more books my 100 votes would be gone in no time.
Who would have thought that there are so many?

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 12, 2013 05:19AM

Lists such as this one are a great exercise in associative thinking! :)

One book per writer? Admirable discipline ...

I tend to do the reverse -- first throw in everything I can think of and then scrape away surplus entries (preferably books that others have already voted in the interim) once I've reached the 100-vote cutoff and want to add more nevertheless. Which at this point probably involves the same battle with myself you must be having right from the start: "But -- but -- but this is SUCH a great book, too, and it really SHOULD also be on this list ..." :)

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message 8: by Ellinor (new)

Jul 12, 2013 05:32AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Lists such as this one are a great exercise in associative thinking! :)

Yes, they definitely are :)

I tend to do the reverse -- first throw in everything I can think of and then..."

I've used this strategy for other lists too. Oh those decisions :)

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message 9: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 14, 2016 02:03AM) (new)

Oct 06, 2015 11:28AM

The Flemish author Cyriel Buysse was the son of author Pauline Loveling and therefore the nephew of her sisters Rosalie Loveling and Virginie Loveling.

And then there are the four authors of the Singer family, of course, with Nobel prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer, his elder sister Esther Kreitman Singer, his elder brother Israel Joshua Singer and his nephew (Esther's son) Morris Kreitman, who later became known as Maurice Carr.

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message 10: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 14, 2016 02:04AM) (new)

Oct 17, 2015 02:42AM

I suddenly remembered Anita Desai and Kiran Desai (mother and daughter). Don't know why I didn't think of them before as I own books by both, especially as one is a Booker Prize nominee and the other is a Booker Prize winner... Shame on me for not remembering sooner :-)

I've also added Leo Henri Ferrier and Cynthia Mc Leod, who are brother and sister. And then there is Oscar Wilde, of course, who was the son of author Lady Wilde.

Dutch author Hermine Heijermans is the daughter of Herman Heijermans, who in turn was the son of Ida Heijermans.

I'm getting there, slowly :-)

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message 11: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 17, 2015 10:36AM

Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter.

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message 12: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 28, 2015 08:43AM) (new)

Oct 18, 2015 01:18AM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter."

I've read some of Harold Pinter's plays, and have therefore added a book, but had no idea he belonged to a 'family of writers'. I had never heard of Antonia Fraser till now :-).

@Ellinor
Thanks for this list! I really like it, it's so very informative.

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message 13: by Ellinor (new)

Oct 18, 2015 05:08AM

Thanks, Booklovinglady! I'm also surprised how many families of writers there actually are, much more than I ever thought of when I started this list.

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message 14: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Oct 19, 2015 03:13AM

Ellinor wrote: "Thanks, Booklovinglady! I'm also surprised how many families of writers there actually are, much more than I ever thought of when I started this list."

Same here. I really had no idea...

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message 15: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Oct 28, 2015 06:15AM) (new)

Oct 28, 2015 05:58AM

And here's another one: Margriet de Moor is the mother of Marente de Moor :-)

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message 16: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 28, 2015 08:42AM) (new)

Dec 28, 2015 08:28AM

Jan Terlouw is the father of Sanne Terlouw (thanks for mentioning them, Jessie). Apart from being an author in his own right, Jan Terlouw also writes crime novels together with his daughter.

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message 17: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 14, 2016 02:14AM) (new)

Aug 14, 2016 12:21AM

I think I worked out why Daphne du Maurier is on this list: She is the granddaughter of George du Maurier.

There are a number of authors on this list I've read but of whom I have no idea about any family link whatsoever (and I haven't voted for them, for that reason). Can someone help me out as to Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Aldous Huxley, as I'd really like to know... The family relation might be obvious to British voters, but I'm not British :-)

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Sep 04, 2022 09:16AM

Werefox by moonlight: Half man, half beast, but all horror

There's Stephen King, his wife Tabitha King, and his two sons Joe Hill and Owen King.

Also Peter Straub and Emma Straub (father and daughter)

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message 19: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Sep 04, 2022 11:18PM) (new)

Sep 04, 2022 11:09PM

@Bettie
Who is Charles Dickens related to? (Just out of curiousity, because I have no idea. And it is fun to see all these family connections 😉)

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message 20: by Karin (last edited Jul 16, 2023 02:01PM) (new)

Jul 16, 2023 02:01PM

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) wrote: "@Bettie
Who is Charles Dickens related to? (Just out of curiousity, because I have no idea. And it is fun to see all these family connections 😉)"

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) wrote: "I think I worked out why Daphne du Maurier is on this list: She is the granddaughter of George du Maurier.

There are a number of authors on this list I've read but..."

Monica Dickens was not only related to Charles Dickens, but she was as popular as Daphne du Maurier at the time.

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