The Flowering Thorn by Margery SharpThe Innocents by Margery SharpThe Sun in Scorpio by Margery SharpThe Eye of Love by Margery SharpRhododendron Pie by Margery Sharp
Best of Margery Sharp
45 books — 5 voters

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul GallicoBonjour Tristesse by Françoise SaganThe Scapegoat by Daphne du MaurierNine Coaches Waiting by Mary  StewartThe End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Fifties Fiction Favorites
99 books — 113 voters
The Feast by Margaret KennedyValentine by George SandWithout My Cloak by Kate O'BrienThe Love-Child by Edith OlivierA Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse
Books Written by Women Before 1960
529 books — 103 voters

The Stories of Colette by ColetteIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. HaasseThe Usurper by Judith GautierManja by Anna GmeynerValentine by George Sand
Women in Translation
924 books — 305 voters

The Flowering Thorn by Margery Sharp
Best Books 1933
76 books — 33 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsOn the Black Hill by Bruce ChatwinThe Man Who Lost Himself by Henry de Vere StacpooleThe Ivy Tree by Mary  Stewart
Twins and Doppelgangers
160 books — 101 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyAdam Bede by George EliotJoanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,017 voters

Lucy Carmichael by Margaret KennedyI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldPossession by A.S. ByattThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sink into British-ness
744 books — 120 voters

Vainglory by Geraldine McCaughreanIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. HaasseThis January Tale by Bryher
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Mentioned in Downton Abbey
36 books — 15 voters

The Visitors by Rebecca MascullWake by Anna HopeTurning the Stones by Debra DaleyDark Aemilia by Sally O'ReillyThe True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters by Michelle Lovric
Historical Fiction 2014
378 books — 1,972 voters

A Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson JesseHigh Wages by Dorothy WhippleThe Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola
Shop Girls
83 books — 36 voters
A Wreath of Roses by Elizabeth TaylorJoanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-SmithThe Rising Tide by M.J. FarrellThe Love-Child by Edith Olivier
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 206 voters

A Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe House at Tyneford by Natasha SolomonsThe Last Summer by Judith Kinghorn
Downton Abbey-esque Books
601 books — 999 voters
Love in the Sun by Leo WalmsleyParadise Creek by Leo WalmsleyDiving Belles by Lucy Wood
Best Books Set in Cornwall
177 books — 136 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildePersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha ChristieTen Days of Christmas by G.B. SternMiracle on Regent Street by Ali HarrisThe Virago Book Of Christmas by Michelle Lovric
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 725 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Best Books 1962
143 books — 92 voters
Doreen by Barbara NobleLittle Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
World War II Fiction
1,292 books — 2,017 voters


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