Recs if you like Mansfield Park...

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

classic literature only written by women, because why would a man be there??

pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)

size matters for this list, all these classics are more than 400 pages long. they are THICK. suggestions welcome, i am a very generous interpreter of the term "classic" normally but i'm starting with the golden oldies

very interested in books where the house/estate/setting becomes a character or major player in the plot and themes. not necessarily horror, but that seems the most common! I haven’t read very many tho so this is mostly tbr. suggestions welcome!!!!!

"My courage always arises with every attempt to intimidate me"

All of Jane Austen’s finished works

Something compelling to make you think

A list published by The Guardian on 5/16/2026, as voted on by authors, critics, and academics worldwide.

The Guardian Top 100 Best Novels

all penguins

I'm making a list of authors, the problematic information is very public and easy to find. This list is to inform anyone that doesn't know. The authors are horrible people and I never separated the art from the artist!

Never-ending list that just keeps on growing

This list includes Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Louisa May Alcott, and L M Montgomery

a collection of recommendations from the Made for the Movies forum

I will update this list frequently! Recommendations welcomed.

Planning to read all of Austen works for the month of July (or just this year really).

List of books that may have been on Jane Austen’s bookshelf based on the book and research Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney. There is AT LEAST one book for each author discussed in Romney’s book. I have also included later (more contemporary) literary criticisms that the author mentions.

List of classics for those interested in the genre.

Every book Maeve mentions or reads in Netflix’s Sex Education