Downton Abbey-esque Books

Updated April 19, 2023
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The American heiress : a novel
Goodwin, Daisy.
Paper Book
"Anyone sufferingDownton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin'sThe American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the...
The house at Riverton : a novel
Morton, Kate
Paper Book
The House at Riverton is a gorgeous debut novel set in England between the wars. It is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades. Grace Bradley went to work...
The world of Downton Abbey
Fellowes, Jessica.
Paper Book
The official companion to series 1 and 2. Downton Abbey portrays a world of elegance and decadence, a world of duty and obedience and a world of romance and rivalry: this companion book, full of rich historical detail, takes fans deeper into that period than ever before. Step inside...
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Jane Austen's elegant novel reveals her complex view of the human condition. The story centers around the charming and vibrant Elizabeth Bennett, one of five sisters whose family circumstance dictates that they marry well, and the misunderstandings that can result--sometimes hilariously--from hasty...
The remains of the day
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Little women
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure and return to again and again. Times are hard for the March sisters - their father's away at war and the family is short of money - but these...
Howards End
Forster, E. M.
Paper Book
E. M. Forster's meticulously observed drama of class warfare exploringthe conflict inherent within English society-the inspiration for the award-winning two-part play The Inheritance,now on Broadway "Only connect..." A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous...
Maisie Dobbs : a novel
Winspear, Jacqueline
Paper Book
She started as a maid in an aristocratic London household; studied her way into prestigious Girton College at Cambridge; then became a front-line nurse in World War I. There she found - and lost - an important part of herself. Now she has set up on her own as a private investigator, one who has...
The house at Tyneford
Solomons, Natasha.
Paper Book
Fans of Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden and TV's Downton Abbey will love this sweeping New York Times bestselling historical novel of love and loss.    The start of an affair, the end of an era...  <...
The mysterious affair at Styles
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduces readers to the heroic detective, Hercule Poirot. This is a classic murder mystery set in the outskirts of Essex. The victim is the wealthy mistress of Styles Court. The list of suspects is long and includes her gold-digging new spouse...
Fall of giants
Follett, Ken.
Paper Book
Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.  A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man's world in the mining...
Murder on the Orient Express
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
FROM THE QUEEN OF MYSTERY, THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZED EDITION OF THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME--NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! "The murderer is with us--on the train now . . ." Just...
The sisters : the saga of the Mitford family
Lovell, Mary S.
Paper Book
A portrait of the Mitford sisters follows Jessica, a communist; Debo, the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy, a best-selling novelist; Diana, who was the most hated woman in England; and Unity, who was obsessed with Adolf Hitler.
The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
'They lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs.'Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York...
The dressmaker : a novel
Alcott, Kate.
Paper Book
Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy....
Rebecca
Du Maurier, Daphne
Paper Book
A true classic of suspense in a beautiful new package for a whole new generation of readers.

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