Best Persephone Books

1.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 3.98 avg rating — 18,161 ratings
2.
Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1)
Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1) 4.12 avg rating — 13,372 ratings
3.
Someone at a Distance
Someone at a Distance 4.21 avg rating — 2,799 ratings
4.
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
5.
Mariana
Mariana 3.89 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
6.
Diary of a Provincial Lady
Diary of a Provincial Lady 3.90 avg rating — 6,399 ratings
7.
High Wages
High Wages 4.28 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
8.
They Were Sisters
They Were Sisters 4.41 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
9.
The Priory
The Priory 4.22 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
10.
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
11.
The Home-Maker
The Home-Maker 4.17 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
12.
The Winds of Heaven
The Winds of Heaven 3.99 avg rating — 393 ratings
13.
Greenbanks
Greenbanks 4.39 avg rating — 707 ratings
14.
Saplings
Saplings 3.92 avg rating — 907 ratings
15.
The Fortnight in September
The Fortnight in September 3.97 avg rating — 6,024 ratings
16.
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding 3.32 avg rating — 1,820 ratings
17.
The Shuttle
The Shuttle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,380 ratings
18.
Greenery Street
Greenery Street 3.86 avg rating — 616 ratings
19.
Miss Ranskill Comes Home
Miss Ranskill Comes Home 4.02 avg rating — 526 ratings
20.
Harriet
Harriet 4.14 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
21.
A London Child of the 1870s
A London Child of the 1870s 4.03 avg rating — 346 ratings
22.
The Village
The Village 4.12 avg rating — 401 ratings
23.
Little Boy Lost
Little Boy Lost 4.10 avg rating — 1,504 ratings
24.
The Closed Door and Other Stories
The Closed Door and Other Stories 4.29 avg rating — 306 ratings
25.
They Knew Mr. Knight
They Knew Mr. Knight 4.28 avg rating — 581 ratings
26.
Family Roundabout
Family Roundabout 4.17 avg rating — 356 ratings
27.
William: An Englishman
William: An Englishman 3.90 avg rating — 515 ratings
28.
Tea with Mr. Rochester
Tea with Mr. Rochester 3.84 avg rating — 314 ratings
29.
Consequences
Consequences 3.86 avg rating — 428 ratings
30.
The Persephone Book of Short Stories
The Persephone Book of Short Stories 4.19 avg rating — 298 ratings
31.
Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary
Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary 3.91 avg rating — 489 ratings
32.
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
33.
The Crowded Street
The Crowded Street 3.90 avg rating — 465 ratings
33.
The World That Was Ours
The World That Was Ours 4.25 avg rating — 255 ratings
35.
The Victorian Chaise-longue
The Victorian Chaise-longue 3.57 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
36.
Midsummer Night in the Workhouse
Midsummer Night in the Workhouse 3.65 avg rating — 197 ratings
37.
The Hopkins Manuscript
The Hopkins Manuscript 4.09 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
38.
The Other Elizabeth Taylor
The Other Elizabeth Taylor 3.78 avg rating — 69 ratings
39.
Miss Buncle Married (Miss Buncle #2)
Miss Buncle Married (Miss Buncle #2) 3.98 avg rating — 4,613 ratings
40.
Guard Your Daughters
Guard Your Daughters 3.81 avg rating — 474 ratings
41.
A Woman's Place: 1910-1975
A Woman's Place: 1910-1975
by: Ruth Adam
3.87 avg rating — 126 ratings
42.
Doreen
Doreen 4.36 avg rating — 320 ratings
43.
Into the Whirlwind
Into the Whirlwind 4.33 avg rating — 3,854 ratings
44.
Effi Briest
Effi Briest 3.27 avg rating — 15,799 ratings
45.
To Bed With Grand Music
To Bed With Grand Music 3.87 avg rating — 403 ratings
46.
The New House
The New House 4.06 avg rating — 265 ratings
47.
Because of the Lockwoods
Because of the Lockwoods 4.36 avg rating — 484 ratings
48.
The Children Who Lived in a Barn
The Children Who Lived in a Barn 3.85 avg rating — 321 ratings
49.
Alas, Poor Lady
Alas, Poor Lady 4.01 avg rating — 84 ratings
50.
Fidelity
Fidelity 3.94 avg rating — 395 ratings
51.
The Far Cry
The Far Cry 3.70 avg rating — 325 ratings
52.
Patience
Patience 3.65 avg rating — 253 ratings
53.
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Miss Buncle #3)
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Miss Buncle #3) 3.90 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
54.
Young Anne
Young Anne 4.12 avg rating — 277 ratings
55.
Princes in the Land
Princes in the Land really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125 ratings
56.
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
57.
On the Other Side: Letters to my Children from Germany 1940-46
On the Other Side: Letters to my Children from Germany 1940-46 4.12 avg rating — 166 ratings
58.
Dimanche and Other Stories
Dimanche and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 876 ratings
59.
Wilfred and Eileen
Wilfred and Eileen 3.93 avg rating — 127 ratings
60.
Vain Shadow
Vain Shadow 3.78 avg rating — 255 ratings
61.
There Were No Windows
There Were No Windows 4.11 avg rating — 150 ratings
62.
Reuben Sachs
Reuben Sachs
by: Amy Levy
3.39 avg rating — 478 ratings
63.
The Happy Tree
The Happy Tree 4.21 avg rating — 92 ratings
64.
A House in the Country
A House in the Country 3.63 avg rating — 257 ratings
65.
The Expendable Man
The Expendable Man 4.08 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
66.
No Surrender
No Surrender 3.86 avg rating — 244 ratings
67.
The Casino
The Casino 3.82 avg rating — 72 ratings
68.
Tory Heaven or Thunder on the Right
Tory Heaven or Thunder on the Right 4.14 avg rating — 181 ratings
69.
The Woman Novelist and Other Stories
The Woman Novelist and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating — 131 ratings
70.
Room Of One's Own
Room Of One's Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,448 ratings
71.
Flush: A Biography
Flush: A Biography 3.88 avg rating — 13,256 ratings
72.
Brook Evans
Brook Evans 3.83 avg rating — 104 ratings
73.
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
74.
The Montana Stories
The Montana Stories 3.85 avg rating — 101 ratings
75.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 3.93 avg rating — 860 ratings
76.
London War Notes
London War Notes 4.14 avg rating — 223 ratings
76.
Earth and High Heaven
Earth and High Heaven 4.06 avg rating — 372 ratings
78.
Manja
Manja 4.07 avg rating — 213 ratings
79.
Greengates
Greengates 4.11 avg rating — 748 ratings
80.
Tell It to a Stranger
Tell It to a Stranger 3.95 avg rating — 141 ratings
81.
The Blank Wall
The Blank Wall 3.82 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
82.
A Very Great Profession
A Very Great Profession 3.98 avg rating — 130 ratings
82.
Milton Place
Milton Place 4.04 avg rating — 127 ratings
82.
The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories
The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories 4.15 avg rating — 88 ratings
82.
The Deepening Stream
The Deepening Stream 4.21 avg rating — 80 ratings
82.
The Rector's Daughter
The Rector's Daughter 3.74 avg rating — 841 ratings
84.
The Exiles Return
The Exiles Return 3.47 avg rating — 784 ratings
85.
One Woman's Year
One Woman's Year 4.17 avg rating — 106 ratings
86.
One Afternoon
One Afternoon 4.01 avg rating — 218 ratings
87.
Hostages to Fortune
Hostages to Fortune 3.76 avg rating — 137 ratings
88.
Making Conversation
Making Conversation 2.93 avg rating — 113 ratings
89.
Random Commentary
Random Commentary 4.26 avg rating — 90 ratings
90.
Operation Heartbreak
Operation Heartbreak 3.90 avg rating — 262 ratings
91.
Expiation
Expiation 3.93 avg rating — 731 ratings
92.
Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning 3.71 avg rating — 115 ratings
92.
The Squire
The Squire 3.55 avg rating — 151 ratings
94.
Hades and Persephone: The Golden Blade
Hades and Persephone: The Golden Blade 4.73 avg rating — 33 ratings
95.
English Climate: Wartime Stories
English Climate: Wartime Stories 3.61 avg rating — 66 ratings
96.
Despised and Rejected
Despised and Rejected 4.10 avg rating — 360 ratings
97.
The Other Day
The Other Day 4.06 avg rating — 106 ratings
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