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The Remains of the Day
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
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The House at Riverton
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Kate Morton (Goodreads Author)
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Brideshead Revisited
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Howards End
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A Room with a View
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
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The House of Mirth
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
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The American Heiress
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Daisy Goodwin (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 44,944 ratings
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The World of Downton Abbey
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Jessica Fellowes (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 6,715 ratings
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Below Stairs
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3.58 avg rating — 14,320 ratings
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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
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Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 121,296 ratings
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The House at Tyneford
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Natasha Solomons (Goodreads Author)
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays
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Rebecca
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
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The Pursuit of Love (Radlett & Montdore, #1)
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The Last Summer
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Judith Kinghorn (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 3,117 ratings
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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 342,466 ratings
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Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
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The Buccaneers
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3.87 avg rating — 8,208 ratings
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The Portrait of a Lady
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To Marry an English Lord or, How Anglomania Really Got Started
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An Ideal Husband
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Birdsong
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4.11 avg rating — 83,020 ratings
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A Countess Below Stairs
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3.91 avg rating — 21,519 ratings
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The Age of Innocence
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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
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Upstairs Downstairs
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3.51 avg rating — 449 ratings
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Lady Windermere's Fan
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3.92 avg rating — 26,745 ratings
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Love in a Cold Climate and Other Novels
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The Go-Between
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My Fair Lady
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Alan Jay Lerner (Adaptor)
4.20 avg rating — 3,249 ratings
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Wentworth Hall
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2.89 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
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The Edwardians
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3.81 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
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Falling Angels
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Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 26,918 ratings
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 86,848 ratings
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They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
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Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
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Beyond Downton Abbey
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Deb Hosey White (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 208 ratings
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A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)
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Charles Todd (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 20,497 ratings
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Summerset Abbey (Summerset Abbey, #1)
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T.J. Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
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The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era
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Jessica Fellowes (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,839 ratings
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The Dressmaker
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The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles, #1)
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Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
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3.76 avg rating — 3,287 ratings
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Maurice
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4.08 avg rating — 56,209 ratings
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Flambards (Flambards, #1)
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The Glitter and the Gold
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
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Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6)
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Pride and Prejudice
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Pygmalion and Three Other Plays
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-1914
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Fingersmith
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4.02 avg rating — 116,201 ratings
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An Unmarked Grave (Bess Crawford, #4)
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Charles Todd (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 7,793 ratings
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Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
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Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 40,333 ratings
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Cinders & Sapphires (At Somerton, #1)
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,271,744 ratings
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
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The Orchid House
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4.04 avg rating — 39,570 ratings
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The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
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Maid to Match
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Deeanne Gist (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 12,076 ratings
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A Bitter Truth (Bess Crawford, #3)
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Charles Todd (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 8,679 ratings
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She Walks in Beauty
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Siri Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 6,228 ratings
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Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age
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Life at Blandings
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The Shooting Party
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The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)
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Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
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Middlemarch
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Somewhere in France (The Great War #1)
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Jennifer Robson (Goodreads Author)
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Lily, Duchess of Marlborough (1854–1909): A Portrait with Husbands
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Sally E. Svenson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
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After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33)
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Marking Time (Cazalet Chronicles, #2)
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Complete Barchester Chronicles
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The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook
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Emily Ansara Baines (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 705 ratings
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Walk to Paradise Garden
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John B. Campbell (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
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Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant
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One Pair Of Hands
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Heiress (Daughters of Fortune, #1)
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Susan May Warren (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
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Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season One
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Habits of the House (Love & Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
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Netherwood (Eve Williams, #1)
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Loving
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Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)
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Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles, #4)
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Snobs
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The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)
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Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)
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Mrs. Dalloway
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Debutantes (Debutantes, #1)
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The Passing Bells (Passing Bells, #1)
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The Churchills
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Wickwythe Hall
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The Real Life Downton Abbey: How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago
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Jacky Hyams (Goodreads Author)
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Belgravia
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Here's a list of books written within the period (Edwardian/WWI) which may also interest Downton fans: http://edwardianpromenade.com/books/v...
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This is a very helpful list of books for future summer- reads. Thanks for posting it! =)
Such a great list, thanks for putting this out there!
Oh my! I am going to be busy indulging in these until 2020! XX
i like these books which are very rare and prcious
Hi everyone,I have created a new group called Goodreads All Sorts and I'd love for people to join it or just even just give it a look. It's a group that discusses anything and everything. There will be monthly group reads, movies, and music. There is a folder for everything you could think of. I'd really like if people could spread the word because I'd love for the group to be a success. Here is the link to the group:
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/9...
Thanks very much,
Jack :-)
Jack wrote: "Hi everyone,I have created a new group called Goodreads All Sorts and I'd love for people to join it or just even just give it a look. It's a group that discusses anything and everything. There w..."
Is there any list on GR that this person hasn't spammed?
Removed My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal which is marketed as a memoir about sex abuse.
If you live in the present or the current time then this is for you.
Have added many of the books from this excellent list to my tbr pile. Thank you for compiling it.
Why is The Year of Magical Thinking on this list?
Hi,I'm the moderator of a new group called Book Obssessed. We read one standalone and one series per month from any genre. We let our group members decide with suggestions and polls. The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley (#63) from this list is our January 2017 Book of the Month. If your interested please feel free to join our group.
Melanie wrote: "Hi,I'm the moderator of a new group called Book Obssessed. We read one standalone and one series per month from any genre. We let our group members decide with suggestions and polls. The Orchid Ho..."
Hi Melanie, thank you for the invite, joined the group and ordered a copy of Orchid House. This looks like very intriguing read, can't wait to read it with everyone.
MaryannC.Book Fiend wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Hi,I'm the moderator of a new group called Book Obssessed. We read one standalone and one series per month from any genre. We let our group members decide with suggestions and poll..."
Great, thanks for joining, I look forward to the group discussion.
I don't think The Secret Life of Bees belongs here, does it?
As soon as I see, like Downton Abbey, I skip it. The constant comparison is like an advertisement. It is fictional history-romance-Edwardian- etc. A TV show is not a genre and the authors who wrote during that time should not be compared to one. ~
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