Books "By or About" British Women

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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,158 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,774 ratings
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Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,028 ratings
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 4.09 avg rating — 64,219 ratings
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,452 ratings
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A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,505 ratings
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The Breath Between Waves
The Breath Between Waves 3.71 avg rating — 255 ratings
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Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,852 ratings
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Of Trust & Heart
Of Trust & Heart 3.59 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,453 ratings
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Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,795 ratings
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Cranford
Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 46,852 ratings
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Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes 4.07 avg rating — 37,978 ratings
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Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Lady Clementine
Lady Clementine 3.84 avg rating — 32,318 ratings
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Dark Horse: A Life of Anna Sewell
Dark Horse: A Life of Anna Sewell 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Diary of a Provincial Lady
Diary of a Provincial Lady 3.90 avg rating — 6,399 ratings
19.
The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader 3.73 avg rating — 58,255 ratings
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Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend
Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady 4.32 avg rating — 2,534 ratings
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My Enemy, the Queen
My Enemy, the Queen 3.90 avg rating — 3,093 ratings
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Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,237 ratings
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To See a Fine Lady
To See a Fine Lady 4.05 avg rating — 100 ratings
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The King's Pleasure
The King's Pleasure 3.91 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
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Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters
Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters 4.04 avg rating — 865 ratings
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Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13) 4.24 avg rating — 21,666 ratings
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Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating — 35,230 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 17,292 ratings
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The Town House (House, #1)
The Town House (House, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 1,510 ratings
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Hester Roon
Hester Roon 4.18 avg rating — 364 ratings
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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown 4.06 avg rating — 30,063 ratings
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The Lonely Furrow (Suffolk, #3)
The Lonely Furrow (Suffolk, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 253 ratings
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Henry VIII's Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors
Henry VIII's Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors 3.50 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Eleanor the Queen
Eleanor the Queen 3.79 avg rating — 905 ratings
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The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe 3.79 avg rating — 4,762 ratings
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Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten 3.71 avg rating — 2,297 ratings
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Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter
Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter 3.58 avg rating — 518 ratings
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The Mitford Affair
The Mitford Affair 3.71 avg rating — 17,464 ratings
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Madselin
Madselin 3.87 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England
Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England 3.81 avg rating — 806 ratings
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The Edwardian Lady - The Story Of Edith Holden
The Edwardian Lady - The Story Of Edith Holden 3.74 avg rating — 182 ratings
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Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
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I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,034 ratings
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Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters 3.29 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
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Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars
Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars 3.62 avg rating — 506 ratings
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The Concubine
The Concubine 3.97 avg rating — 3,214 ratings
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Victoria
Victoria 3.93 avg rating — 30,160 ratings
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The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn 3.98 avg rating — 14,167 ratings
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,121 ratings
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Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,060 ratings
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The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 48,032 ratings
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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,601 ratings
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Queen By Right
Queen By Right 4.03 avg rating — 3,934 ratings
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Queen of This Realm (Queens of England, #2)
Queen of This Realm (Queens of England, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,519 ratings
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Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,232 ratings
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
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The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5)
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5) 4.55 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Ottoline: The Life of Lady Ottoline Morrell
Ottoline: The Life of Lady Ottoline Morrell 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them 3.74 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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The Weight of Rain: A Collection of Short Fiction
The Weight of Rain: A Collection of Short Fiction 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Wait for Me!
Wait for Me! 3.80 avg rating — 3,342 ratings
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The Guest List
The Guest List 3.80 avg rating — 1,216,403 ratings
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Innocent Traitor
Innocent Traitor 3.98 avg rating — 34,674 ratings
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The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4)
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4) 4.56 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Carrington
Carrington 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Singled Out
Singled Out 3.77 avg rating — 892 ratings
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Something in the Water
Something in the Water 3.55 avg rating — 223,377 ratings
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After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War 3.76 avg rating — 1,183 ratings
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Queen Victoria, From her Birth to the Death of the Prince Consort
Queen Victoria, From her Birth to the Death of the Prince Consort 3.97 avg rating — 159 ratings
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The Fall of Innocence (The Wages of Sin, #3)
The Fall of Innocence (The Wages of Sin, #3) 4.54 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Virginia Woolf: A Biography
Virginia Woolf: A Biography 4.18 avg rating — 3,041 ratings
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Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier 4.04 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
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Aurora Leigh
Aurora Leigh 3.74 avg rating — 2,740 ratings
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The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty 3.81 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
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Mariana
Mariana 3.89 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
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The Wrath of Truth (The Wages of Sin, #2)
The Wrath of Truth (The Wages of Sin, #2) 4.51 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Queen Victorias Scottish Diaries: Her Dream Days
Queen Victorias Scottish Diaries: Her Dream Days liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,681 ratings
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The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll 3.55 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
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Miss Pym Disposes
Miss Pym Disposes 3.95 avg rating — 9,100 ratings
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Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontës
Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontës 3.98 avg rating — 787 ratings
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 255,379 ratings
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Jane Austen: A Life
Jane Austen: A Life 3.90 avg rating — 11,660 ratings
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Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson
Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson 3.72 avg rating — 247 ratings
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A London Child of the 1870s
A London Child of the 1870s 4.03 avg rating — 346 ratings
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The Devil's Advocate (The Wages of Sin, #1)
The Devil's Advocate (The Wages of Sin, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Victoria: An Intimate Biography
Victoria: An Intimate Biography 3.82 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,430 ratings
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4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) 3.97 avg rating — 73,589 ratings
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North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,583 ratings
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Ask Supernanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know
Ask Supernanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know
by: Jo Frost
3.88 avg rating — 362 ratings
87.
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things 4.03 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
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The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had
The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had 3.79 avg rating — 394 ratings
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The Victorian Chaise Longue
The Victorian Chaise Longue 3.57 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria 3.79 avg rating — 2,087 ratings
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Shirley
Shirley 3.76 avg rating — 36,188 ratings
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Crown of Blood
Crown of Blood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,509 ratings
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Supernanny: How to Get the Best From Your Children
Supernanny: How to Get the Best From Your Children
by: Jo Frost
3.76 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
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