Persephone Books

1.
Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1)
Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1) 4.12 avg rating — 13,371 ratings
2.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 3.98 avg rating — 18,160 ratings
3.
Someone at a Distance
Someone at a Distance 4.21 avg rating — 2,799 ratings
4.
The Victorian Chaise-longue
The Victorian Chaise-longue 3.57 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
5.
Consequences
Consequences 3.86 avg rating — 428 ratings
6.
William: An Englishman
William: An Englishman 3.90 avg rating — 515 ratings
7.
Mariana
Mariana 3.89 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
8.
Good Things in England
Good Things in England 4.05 avg rating — 43 ratings
9.
Saplings
Saplings 3.92 avg rating — 907 ratings
10.
Greenery Street
Greenery Street 3.86 avg rating — 616 ratings
11.
Family Roundabout
Family Roundabout 4.17 avg rating — 356 ratings
12.
The Crowded Street
The Crowded Street 3.90 avg rating — 465 ratings
13.
The Children Who Lived in a Barn
The Children Who Lived in a Barn 3.85 avg rating — 321 ratings
14.
Little Boy Lost
Little Boy Lost 4.10 avg rating — 1,504 ratings
15.
Kitchen Essays
Kitchen Essays 3.61 avg rating — 163 ratings
16.
Tea with Mr. Rochester
Tea with Mr. Rochester 3.84 avg rating — 314 ratings
17.
The Carlyles at Home
The Carlyles at Home 3.76 avg rating — 119 ratings
18.
The Far Cry
The Far Cry 3.70 avg rating — 325 ratings
19.
Minnie's Room: The Peacetime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes
Minnie's Room: The Peacetime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes 4.13 avg rating — 185 ratings
20.
The New House
The New House 4.07 avg rating — 264 ratings
21.
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding 3.32 avg rating — 1,820 ratings
22.
Manja
Manja 4.07 avg rating — 213 ratings
23.
The Priory
The Priory 4.22 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
24.
Fidelity
Fidelity 3.94 avg rating — 394 ratings
25.
Good Food on the Aga
Good Food on the Aga 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
26.
Miss Ranskill Comes Home
Miss Ranskill Comes Home 4.02 avg rating — 526 ratings
27.
The Casino
The Casino 3.82 avg rating — 72 ratings
27.
Greenbanks
Greenbanks 4.39 avg rating — 707 ratings
29.
Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes
Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes 4.11 avg rating — 1,331 ratings
29.
The World That Was Ours
The World That Was Ours 4.25 avg rating — 255 ratings
31.
The Home-Maker
The Home-Maker 4.17 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
32.
Few Eggs and No Oranges: The Diaries of Vere Hodgson 1940-45
Few Eggs and No Oranges: The Diaries of Vere Hodgson 1940-45 4.04 avg rating — 438 ratings
32.
The Exiles Return
The Exiles Return 3.47 avg rating — 784 ratings
34.
The Village
The Village 4.12 avg rating — 401 ratings
34.
Flush: A Biography
Flush: A Biography 3.88 avg rating — 13,253 ratings
34.
Diary of a Provincial Lady
Diary of a Provincial Lady 3.90 avg rating — 6,398 ratings
34.
The Country Life Cookery Book
The Country Life Cookery Book 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
34.
Because of the Lockwoods
Because of the Lockwoods 4.36 avg rating — 484 ratings
34.
London War Notes, 1939-1945
London War Notes, 1939-1945 4.14 avg rating — 223 ratings
40.
They Can't Ration These
They Can't Ration These 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
40.
They Were Sisters
They Were Sisters 4.41 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
42.
The Happy Tree
The Happy Tree 4.21 avg rating — 92 ratings
42.
Gardeners' Choice
Gardeners' Choice 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
44.
Julian Grenfell
Julian Grenfell 3.49 avg rating — 45 ratings
45.
It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life / People and Other Aggravations
It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life / People and Other Aggravations 3.74 avg rating — 325 ratings
46.
A London Child of the 1870s
A London Child of the 1870s 4.03 avg rating — 346 ratings
47.
Effi Briest
Effi Briest 3.27 avg rating — 15,798 ratings
48.
Farewell Leicester Square
Farewell Leicester Square 3.60 avg rating — 129 ratings
49.
Tell It to a Stranger
Tell It to a Stranger 3.95 avg rating — 141 ratings
49.
The Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II (Emily Fox-Seton #1-2)
The Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II (Emily Fox-Seton #1-2) 3.67 avg rating — 4,700 ratings
51.
Young Anne
Young Anne 4.12 avg rating — 277 ratings
52.
Marjory Fleming
Marjory Fleming 3.50 avg rating — 44 ratings
53.
Every Eye
Every Eye 3.46 avg rating — 274 ratings
54.
They Knew Mr. Knight
They Knew Mr. Knight 4.28 avg rating — 581 ratings
54.
The Expendable Man
The Expendable Man 4.08 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
56.
A Woman's Place: 1910-1975
A Woman's Place: 1910-1975
by: Ruth Adam
3.87 avg rating — 126 ratings
57.
Consider the Years
Consider the Years 3.55 avg rating — 44 ratings
58.
Reuben Sachs
Reuben Sachs
by: Amy Levy
3.39 avg rating — 478 ratings
59.
The Montana Stories
The Montana Stories 3.85 avg rating — 101 ratings
60.
Brook Evans
Brook Evans 3.83 avg rating — 104 ratings
61.
A House in the Country
A House in the Country 3.63 avg rating — 257 ratings
62.
Lettice Delmer
Lettice Delmer 3.47 avg rating — 38 ratings
63.
The Runaway
The Runaway 3.42 avg rating — 118 ratings
64.
Hostages to Fortune
Hostages to Fortune 3.76 avg rating — 137 ratings
65.
The Blank Wall
The Blank Wall 3.82 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
66.
The Wise Virgins
The Wise Virgins 3.30 avg rating — 222 ratings
67.
Bricks and Mortar
Bricks and Mortar 3.71 avg rating — 92 ratings
68.
Operation Heartbreak
Operation Heartbreak 3.90 avg rating — 262 ratings
68.
An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 (Persephone Book, #5)
An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 (Persephone Book, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 4,103 ratings
70.
Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning 3.71 avg rating — 115 ratings
71.
Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary
Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary 3.91 avg rating — 489 ratings
71.
The Squire
The Squire 3.55 avg rating — 151 ratings
73.
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Miss Buncle #3)
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Miss Buncle #3) 3.90 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
74.
Into the Whirlwind
Into the Whirlwind 4.33 avg rating — 3,854 ratings
75.
Wilfred and Eileen
Wilfred and Eileen 3.93 avg rating — 127 ratings
76.
The Hopkins Manuscript
The Hopkins Manuscript 4.09 avg rating — 1,691 ratings
77.
Vain Shadow
Vain Shadow 3.78 avg rating — 255 ratings
78.
Hetty Dorval
Hetty Dorval 3.61 avg rating — 277 ratings
78.
Greengates
Greengates 4.11 avg rating — 747 ratings
80.
There Were No Windows
There Were No Windows 4.11 avg rating — 150 ratings
80.
Maman, What Are We Called Now?
Maman, What Are We Called Now? 4.13 avg rating — 108 ratings
82.
A Lady and Her Husband
A Lady and Her Husband 3.66 avg rating — 98 ratings
83.
Doreen
Doreen 4.36 avg rating — 320 ratings
83.
The Godwits Fly
The Godwits Fly 3.64 avg rating — 134 ratings
85.
Every Good Deed and Other Stories
Every Good Deed and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 110 ratings
86.
Long Live Great Bardfield: The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood
Long Live Great Bardfield: The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood 3.81 avg rating — 104 ratings
87.
Madame Solario
Madame Solario 3.32 avg rating — 142 ratings
88.
How to Run Your Home Without Help
How to Run Your Home Without Help 3.77 avg rating — 88 ratings
89.
Earth and High Heaven
Earth and High Heaven 4.06 avg rating — 372 ratings
90.
Princes in the Land
Princes in the Land really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125 ratings
90.
Emmeline
Emmeline 3.80 avg rating — 547 ratings
92.
The Journey Home and Other Stories
The Journey Home and Other Stories 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
93.
The Woman Novelist and Other Stories
The Woman Novelist and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating — 131 ratings
93.
Guard Your Daughters
Guard Your Daughters 3.81 avg rating — 474 ratings
95.
Despised and Rejected
Despised and Rejected 4.10 avg rating — 360 ratings
96.
Alas, Poor Lady
Alas, Poor Lady 4.01 avg rating — 84 ratings
97.
Tory Heaven or Thunder on the Right
Tory Heaven or Thunder on the Right 4.14 avg rating — 181 ratings
98.
Gardener's Nightcap
Gardener's Nightcap 3.70 avg rating — 50 ratings
98.
The Call
The Call 3.96 avg rating — 178 ratings
100.
National Provincial
National Provincial 4.10 avg rating — 83 ratings
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