Genre :: Romance (79 books)

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  #100

  The Scarlet Letter

  by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  (19 Reviews)

  187 Points

  "A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the..."

  

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  #102

  Captain Corelli's Mandolin

  by Louis de Bernières

  (4 Reviews)

  183 Points

  "Dr. Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse."

  

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  #103

  Howards End

  by E. M. Forster

  (6 Reviews)

  182 Points

  "One may as well begin with Helens letters to her sister."

  

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  #105

  Vanity Fair

  by William Makepeace Thackeray

  (8 Reviews)

  181 Points

  "While the present century was in its teens, and on one sun-shiny morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies, on Chiswick Mall, a large..."

  

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  #111

  Atonement

  by Ian McEwan

  (10 Reviews)

  176 Points

  "The play – for which Briony had designed posters, programs and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crepe paper – was..."

  

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  #123

  A Room with a View

  by E. M. Forster

  (7 Reviews)

  156 Points

  "The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a...

  

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  #126

  Love in The Time of Cholera

  by Gabriel García Márquez

  (8 Reviews)

  153 Points

  "It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love."

  

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  #131

  Tender is the Night

  by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  (7 Reviews)

  147 Points

  "The hotel and its bright, tan prayer rug of a beach were one.On the pleasant shore of the French Riviera, about half way between Marseilles and the Italian border, stands a large, proud,..."

  

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  #134

  A Suitable Boy

  by Vikram Seth

  (2 Reviews)

  143 Points

  "'You too will marry a boy I choose' said Mrs Rupa Mehra firmly to her younger daughter."

  

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  #135

  Possession

  by A.S. Byatt

  (6 Reviews)

  142 Points

  "The book was thick and black and covered with dust."

  

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