As
Mrs. Morland said, "The great thing is to please the people who reads one's
books, not one's friends." The following books are selections by authors
other than Angela Thirkell; books our Angela Thirkell readers thought you
might also enjoy. Mysteries are a separate category, although there is
some mixture, this is what the 2004 vote turned up in order of preference.
Books which got the same number of votes are grouped together. Some will
be your old favorites; others, we hope, will be new to you and encourage
you to sample some unfamiliar works.
PRIDE & PREJUDICE, Jane Austen - The Number ONE Choice!
LORD OF THE RINGS, J. R.R. Tolkien
POSSESSION, A. S. Byatt
DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY, E.M. Delafield
GAUDY NIGHT, Dorothy L. Sayers
HARRY POTTER, J. K. Rowling
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, Dodie Smith
LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE, Nancy Mitford
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, Anthony Powell
BLEAK HOUSE, Charles Dickens
JANE EYRE, Charlotte Bronte
MAPP & LUCIA, E.F. Benson
ONE PAIR OF HANDS, Monica Dickens
PERSUASION, Jane Austen
PICKWICK PAPERS, Charles Dickens
QUARTET IN AUTUMN, Barbara Pym
RANDOM HARVEST, James Hilton
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Kenneth Grahame
WIVES & DAUGHTERS, Elizabeth Gaskell
A FEW GREEN LEAVES, Barbara Pym
A HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A SENSIBLE LIFE, Mary Wesley
ALL PASSION SPENT, Vita Sackville-West
ANDERSONVILLE, McKinley Kantor
ANGELIQUE, Segeanne Golon
ANGLE OF REPOSE, Wallace Stegner
APRICOT SKY, Ruby Ferguson
BACHELOR BROTHERS BED & BREAKFAST, Bill Richardson
BLACK NARCISSIS, Rumer Godden
BLANDINGS CASTLE, P.G. Wodehouse
BOND OF BLOOD, Roberta Gellis
BRAT FARRAR, Josephine Tey
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, Evelyn Waugh
BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON, Dorothy L. Sayers
BY LOVE POSSESSED, James Cozzens
CASANOVA'S CHINESE RESTAURANT, Anthony Powell
COLD MOUNTAIN, Charles Frazier
COLD SASSY TREE, Olive Ann Burns
COTILLION, Georgette Heyer
CRANFORD, Elizabeth Gaskell
CREWE TRAIN, Rose Macaulay
DAVID COPPERFIELD, Charles Dickens
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP, Willa Cather
DIARY OF A NOBODY, George Grosssmith
DR. THORNE, Anthony Trollope
EMMA, Jane Austen
ENCHANTED APRIL, Elizabeth Von Armin
ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE, Ann Bridge
END GAME, M.F. Gilbert
ENOUGH TO MAKE A CAT LAUGH, Derek Longden
EVEN THE HILLS IS LONELY, Lillian Beckwith
GONE WITH THE WIND, Margaret Mitchell
GORMENGHAST, Mervyn Peake
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET, Elizabeth Goudge
GREENGAGE SUMMER, Rumer Godden
HIGH TIDE AT NOON, Elizabeth Ogilvie
HOME LIFE, Alice Thomas Ellis
HOWARD'S END, E.M. Forrester
ILLYRIAN SPRING, Ann Bridge
JANET SANDISON, Jane Duncan
JOHN ADAMS, David McCullough
JUMPING THE QUEQUE, Mary Wesley
JUST SO STORIES, Rudyard Kipling
LEPER PRIEST OF MOLOKAI, Richard Stewart
LITTLE WOMEN, Louise May Alcott
LOLLY WILLOWES, Sylvia Townsend Warner
LUCIA Books, E.F. Benson
MARRY IN HASTE, Jane Aiken Hodge
MATTERS OF CHANCE, Jeanette Haien
McNALLY Series, Lawrence Sanders
MEMOIRS OF A HIGHLAND LADY, Elizabeth Grant
MEMORY HOLD-THE-DOOR, John Buchan
MERRY HALL, Beverly Nichols
MIDDLEMARCH, George Eliot
MILL ON THE FLOSS, George Eliot
MINACK CHRONICLES, Derek Tangye
MIRACLE IN PHILADELPHIA, C.D.Bowen
MISS MANNERS, Judith Martin
MISS READ, Dora Saint (Miss Read)
MITFORD series, Jan Karon
MOON TIGER, Penelope Lively
MRS. DALLOWAY, Virginia Wolf
MY ANTONIA, Willa Cather
NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN, Dora Saint (Miss Read)
OFFSHORE, Penelope Fitzgerald
ONIONS IN THE STEW, Betty MacDonald
OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, Joanna Trollope
PASSING ON, Penelope Lively
PILGRIM'S INN, Elizabeth Goudge
PRODIGAL SUMMER, Barbara Kingsolver
PROUD TOWER, Barbara Tuchman
REALMS OF GOLD, Margaret Drabble
RED HILLS AND COTTON: An Upcountry Memory, Ben Robertson
RISE OF SILAS LAPHUM, William Dean Howells
ROUND THE BEND, Neville Shute
RULING CHIEFS OF HAWAII, S.M. Kamakau
SAINTS & STRANGERS, George F. Williamson
SENSE & SENSIBILITY, Jane Austen
SENSIBLE LIFE, Mary Wesley
SEVENTEEN, Booth Tarkington
SOME TAME GAZELLE, Barbara Pym
SOMETHING LIGHT, Margery Sharp
STILLMEADOWS, Gladys Taber
SULHA, Malka Marom
TALE OF TWO CITIES, Charles Dickens
THE BEAN TREES, Barbara Kingsolver
THE BOOKSHOP, Penelope Fitzgerald
THE CITY BOY, Herman Wouk
THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIR & Other Short Stories,
Sarah Orne Jewett
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY, Edith Wharton
THE DEAN'S WATCH, Elizabeth Goudge
THE DEPTFORD TRILOGY, Robertson Davies
THE EGG & I, Betty MacDonald
THE FLAMBARDS, K.M.Peyton
THE FLOWER PATCH AMONG THE HILLS, Flora Klickmann
THE FORSYTHE SAGA, John Galsworthy
THE GOOD COMPANIONS, J. B. Priestly
THE GRAND SOPHY, Georgette Heyer
THE GREAT DIVORCE, C.S. Lewis
THE GREEN MONEY, D.E. Stevenson
THE HEAT OF THE DAY, Elizabeth Bowen
THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN, Howard Spring
THE LYMOND CHRONICLES, Dorothy Dunnett
THE MARVELOUS BEGINNINGS OF THE MOOSEPATH LEAGUE,
Van Reid
THE NINE TAILORS, Dorothy L. Sayers
THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY, Alexander McCall
Smith
THE NONESUCH, Georgette Heyer
THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET, Edith Nesbit
THE RAZOR'S EDGE, W. Somerset Maugham
THE ROAD TO FEZ, Ruth Knafo Setton
THE ROBBER BRIDE, Margaret Atwood
THE SAINT, Leslie Charteris
THE SEA, THE SEA, Iris Murdoch
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, Sue Monk Kidd
THE SEVEN SISTERS, Margaret Drable
THE STATELY HOME MURDER, Catherine Aird
THE TALISMAN RING, Georgette Heyer
THE TOLL GATE, Georgette Heyer
THESE OLD SHADES, Georgette Heyer
THREE MEN IN A BOAT, Jerome K. Jerome
TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD, Harper Lee
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, Virginia Wolf
TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOL ROOM, Neville Shute
VANITY FAIR, William Thackery
WATERSHIP DOWN, Richard Adams
WICKFORD POINT, John Marquand
WINTER SOLSTICE, Rosamunde Pilcher
YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS, C.D. Bowen
YEAR OF THE FRENCH, Thomas Flanagan
Many of these books can be obtained from fellow ATS,
NAB member and bookseller,
Laura L. Bodon-Campbell on her secure Anglophile
Books web site.
A special acknowledgement to Carol Haskell for publication and Amalia Jacobucci for Internet links.
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