Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susan Kavanagh (12 Lists)



The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth TaylorA Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth TaylorAll Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-WestInvitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 207 voters
Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald
Backlisted Podcast
132 books — 19 voters

The Land of Spices by Kate O'BrienFive for Sorrow, Ten for Joy by Rumer GoddenBlack Narcissus by Rumer Godden
GET THEE TO A NUNNERY
190 books — 118 voters
The Lark by E. NesbitTom Tiddler's Ground by Ursula OrangeA Winter Away by Elizabeth FairBewildering Cares by Winifred PeckSeaview House by Elizabeth Fair
Furrowed Middlebrow
95 books — 32 voters

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian BarryMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonHow It All Began by Penelope LivelyCrossing to Safety by Wallace StegnerMoon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Books About Old People
543 books — 193 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonMiddlemarch by George EliotJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Favorite British Literature Reads
120 books — 5 voters

The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright
Hawthornden Prize Winners
73 books — 6 voters
Rules of Civility by Amor TowlesSomeone by Alice McDermottWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew ThomasThe Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
Historical Fiction - New York
175 books — 62 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonSomeone by Alice McDermott
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 722 voters

Brooklyn by Colm TóibínCharming Billy by Alice McDermottAt Weddings and Wakes by Alice McDermottWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew ThomasFly Away Peter by David Malouf
Irish-American Experience (fiction)
70 books — 47 voters
The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth Speller
Best World War I Fiction
152 books — 183 voters