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I Could Live There

Description: Books with titles that include words that are a dwelling place: house, home, castle, palace, cabin, hotel, etc. No YA or children's books, please.

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by Charles Dickens

13,980 members

251 reviews

4.2

6 Members: aulsmith, elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

I Capture the Castle

9,383 members

296 reviews

4.1

5 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

18,067 members

272 reviews

3.9

4 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

10,198 members

434 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

8,891 members

115 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,503 members

430 reviews

4.1

4 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Henrik Ibsen

5,507 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Daphne Du Maurier

3,915 members

116 reviews

3.8

4 Members: inge87, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

9

In This House of Brede

by Rumer Godden

1,463 members

34 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: inge87, aulsmith, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

10

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

16,032 members

380 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Man in the High Castle

by Philip K. Dick

14,148 members

366 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

9,926 members

205 reviews

4

3 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness

13

by Marilynne Robinson

6,501 members

215 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

14

Northanger Abbey

22,224 members

418 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

14,232 members

250 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

16

by Stephen King

7,793 members

79 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Kitchen House

by Kathleen Grissom

3,941 members

250 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, Her_Royal_Orangeness

18

by Marilynne Robinson

3,893 members

149 reviews

4

2 Members: Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness

19

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

3,688 members

88 reviews

3.8

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

20

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

3,674 members

248 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

21

3,423 members

59 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

22

by David Mitchell

3,359 members

252 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Housekeeper and the Professor

3,350 members

225 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

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by Jodi Picoult

3,153 members

127 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

25

The Blue Castle

by L. M. Montgomery

3,058 members

117 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: inge87, Her_Royal_Orangeness

26

A Home at the End of the World

by Michael Cunningham

2,672 members

48 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness

27

The Birth House

2,027 members

111 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

28

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,979 members

18 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

29

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories

by Karen Russell

1,647 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

30

1,264 members

34 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

31

by Thomas Tryon

1,177 members

37 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Martha Grimes

1,029 members

16 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963

33

by Martha Grimes

663 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

34

The Hundred-Year House

by Rebecca Makkai

646 members

45 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

35

by Rosina Lippi

458 members

15 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

36

The Autumn Castle

321 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

37

Apartment in Athens

by Glenway Wescott

283 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Lighthouse Island

by Paulette Jiles

173 members

13 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: mkbird, Her_Royal_Orangeness

39

by Anna Stothard

143 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: mkbird, Her_Royal_Orangeness

40

Thornwood House

137 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: KimarieBee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

41

The Cider House Rules

11,897 members

158 reviews

4.1

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

42

The Hotel New Hampshire

7,399 members

76 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

43

The House in the Cerulean Sea

6,974 members

341 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

6,936 members

470 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

45

House of Sand and Fog

by Andre Dubus III

6,714 members

121 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

46

The House at Riverton

5,503 members

253 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

47

by Jodi Picoult

5,254 members

233 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

48

Barchester Towers

by Anthony Trollope

5,004 members

107 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

4,091 members

224 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

50

Look Homeward, Angel

by Thomas Wolfe

3,609 members

50 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

51

A House for Mr Biswas

by V. S. Naipaul

3,510 members

69 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

52

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,132 members

90 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

53

by James Clavell

3,043 members

35 reviews

4

Member: KimarieBee

54

The Mephisto Club

by Tess Gerritsen

3,033 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: KimarieBee

55

by Elizabeth Berg

2,857 members

60 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

56

by Anita Brookner

2,829 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

57

The Glass Palace

by Amitav Ghosh

2,757 members

66 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

58

House of Chains

by Steven Erikson

2,709 members

48 reviews

4.2

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

59

2,578 members

161 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

60

by Richard Matheson

2,433 members

103 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

61

The House on the Strand

by Daphne Du Maurier

2,413 members

63 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

62

by Alastair Reynolds

2,153 members

67 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

63

The House of Thunder

2,142 members

28 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

64

The Girl in the Tower

by Katherine Arden

2,095 members

137 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

65

2,058 members

148 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: KimarieBee

66

by Nicole Krauss

1,990 members

124 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

67

The Professor's House

by Willa Cather

1,977 members

48 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

68

1,926 members

132 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

69

Framley Parsonage

by Anthony Trollope

1,891 members

45 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

Lighthousekeeping

by Jeanette Winterson

1,884 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

71

The Small House at Allington

by Anthony Trollope

1,826 members

48 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

72

by Nelson DeMille

1,816 members

62 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

73

by W. H. Hudson

1,770 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

74

The White Hotel

by D. M. Thomas

1,687 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

75

The Last House on Needless Street

by Catriona Ward

1,623 members

89 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

76

by Minette Walters

1,616 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

77

by Toni Morrison

1,607 members

77 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

78

The House of Sleep

by Jonathan Coe

1,600 members

37 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

79

Blackbird House

by Alice Hoffman

1,591 members

67 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

80

by Tara Conklin

1,555 members

89 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

81

A Spy in the House of Love

1,543 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

82

The House on the Borderland

by William Hope Hodgson

1,508 members

48 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

83

by Rose Tremain

1,472 members

85 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

84

A Land More Kind than Home

1,335 members

113 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

85

The Midnight Palace

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

1,279 members

54 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

86

1,251 members

91 reviews

3.1

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

87

by Elizabeth Berg

1,220 members

71 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

88

The House Next Door

by Anne Rivers Siddons

1,199 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

89

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

1,174 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

90

The House of Gaian (Tir Alainn Trilogy)

1,138 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

91

The Palace of Illusions

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

1,106 members

38 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

92

The Bingo Palace

by Louise Erdrich

1,062 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

93

The Dervish House

by Ian McDonald

1,056 members

51 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

94

1,046 members

77 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

95

The House in Paris

by Elizabeth Bowen

910 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

96

The Winter Palace

by Eva Stachniak

892 members

82 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

97

This House is Haunted

854 members

70 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

98

These Foolish Things

by Deborah Moggach

838 members

61 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

99

The House of Special Purpose

819 members

56 reviews

3.8

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

100

The Magic Cottage

by James Herbert

787 members

15 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: KimarieBee

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September 2014
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