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1

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding

16,620 members

256 reviews

½ 3.6

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2

by George Orwell

79,292 members

1,241 reviews

4.2

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3

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

52,326 members

751 reviews

3.9

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4

The Picture of Dorian Gray

38,181 members

614 reviews

4

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5

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

35,422 members

439 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: ahef1963: Half in London, half in Paris.

6

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

26,433 members

753 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: ahef1963: Half in London, half in the north of England.

7

24,361 members

564 reviews

4.1

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8

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

23,550 members

504 reviews

4.1

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9

14,757 members

196 reviews

3.9

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10

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15,171 members

210 reviews

4.2

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11

9,709 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

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12

by Kate Atkinson

7,831 members

341 reviews

3.8

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13

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

by G. K. Chesterton

6,834 members

165 reviews

3.8

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14

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,692 members

340 reviews

4.2

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15

The Night Watch

by Sarah Waters

4,324 members

148 reviews

½ 3.7

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16

by Edward Rutherfurd

4,416 members

69 reviews

3.9

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17

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,789 members

188 reviews

½ 3.7

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18

by P. L. Travers

6,094 members

156 reviews

3.8

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19

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,362 members

116 reviews

4.1

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20

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,681 members

104 reviews

4.2

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21

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

by Sue Townsend

3,467 members

60 reviews

3.8

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22

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,677 members

80 reviews

½ 3.5

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23

Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

by John Cleland

3,243 members

57 reviews

3.2

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24

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith

3,198 members

89 reviews

½ 3.7

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25

Unnatural Death

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,074 members

81 reviews

3.8

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26

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,972 members

85 reviews

3.8

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27

by Agatha Christie

3,143 members

50 reviews

½ 3.4

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28

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

2,538 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

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29

Lord Peter Views the Body

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,701 members

40 reviews

3.9

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30

The Man in the Queue

by Josephine Tey

1,603 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

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31

The Black Prince

by Iris Murdoch

1,459 members

42 reviews

3.8

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32

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

1,695 members

25 reviews

3.9

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33

by Mark Billingham

1,265 members

48 reviews

½ 3.6

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34

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

by Helene Hanff

1,134 members

42 reviews

4

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35

London Transports

by Maeve Binchy

761 members

10 reviews

3.2

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36

The Burning Girl

by Mark Billingham

764 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

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37

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Norton Critical Edition]

by Robert Louis Stevenson

501 members

5 reviews

3.8

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38

The Middle Ground

by Margaret Drabble

338 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

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39

by Charles Dickens

23,309 members

227 reviews

3.8

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40

by Polly Toynbee

4 members

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41

by Sarah Waters

7,681 members

279 reviews

4

42

A Darker Shade of Magic

by V. E. Schwab

6,669 members

299 reviews

3.9

43

The Man from St. Petersburg

2,615 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

44

Testament of Youth

by Vera Brittain

2,096 members

53 reviews

4.1

45

The Princes in the Tower

1,985 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

46

The Killing Doll

by Ruth Rendell

403 members

12 reviews

½ 3.5

47

Testament of Friendship

by Vera Brittain

307 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

48

A Lovely Way to Burn

by Louise Welsh

192 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

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