Georgette Heyer - give me your top five

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Heyer is my go-to when I’m down in the dumps and is like lying in a massive warm bath of comfort. Just finished re-reading Sylvester, Venetia and Frederica. What are your absolute top fives for my next read? Strong, dashing hero is compulsory of course.

Mine are:

Cotillion
The Black Sheep
Devil's Cub
Regency Buck
The Nonesuch

I adore The Convenient Marriage (poor Rule having to put up with the eyebrows 🤣)

And The Talisman Ring is an absolute hoot.

Ooh yes - The Masqueraders. I love that one!

The first one I read was The Quiet Gentleman. I came across it at my local library & was hooked.

One of the reasons I love Georgette Heyer is her wonderful secondary characters. Nicky in The Reluctant Widow. Jerry Chirk in The Tollgate. Sir Hugh with his strong views on smuggling in The Talisman Ring. Sherry's friends in Friday's Child. Felix in Frederica and Edmund and Sir Nugent in Sylvester.

No-one has mentioned A Civil Contract. It's a bit different from her usual type of book, and probably best read when you're a bit older, with a bit of life experience. It has probably the best secondary character of them all - Jonathan Chawleigh.

Oh YES. And Lydia Deverill.

I love the way the relationship develops between Adam & Jenny.

Honestly this thread is almost as much of a balm as Georgette herself. I’m making such a long list!

Civil Contract is absolutely my favourite!

Then probably An Infamous Army, Venetia, Frederica and An Unknown Ajax

Regency Buck
Sylvester
Arabella
Devil's Cub
Friday's Child
The Corinthian

I couldn't eliminate one so had to name six.

Frederica is probably my most read book. I love it. And False Colours but I think I'm older than poor Mama which is worrying.

An Infamous Army was recommended to students at Sandhurst as a way of learning about the battle of Waterloo. jenniferkloester.com/an-infamous-army-a-triumph/

Oh I do love Black Sheep.

I like to read GH, Eva Ibbottson & Joan Aiken’s sequels to Jane Austen when I am down in the dumps.

I haven't got a favourite but just came on to say how much i love her, i haven't read one for a while but this thread has made me want to re-read my large pile of her novels.
Controversial maybe but i think she's a better writer than Jane Austin for this genre.

I am so so jealous of anyone who has Heyers left to read. I can still remember the feeling of starting a new one, not knowing who would be in it or what would happen! My all time favourite comfort food.

God I love Georgette Heyer! Can't pick a top five.

Every time I read one I immediately want to start speaking like her characters. The language is just wonderful

If I read several of her novels in a row, I sometimes accidentally start speaking like one of her characters which can be embarrassing.

You make a cake of yourself and sound like a bobbing block?

These Old Shades (first I ever read as a teen and had a soft spot for it it ever since
Devils cub
Fridays child
Sylvester
The Nonesuch

You've inspired me to have an early night with one of my collection now. They are the ultimate comfort reads and I can't wait to introduce them to my daughter when she's a bit older!

I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t exist as this kind of writer without Jane Austen to inspire her.

The Grand Sophie
A Civil Contract
Frederica
The Spanish Bride
The Reluctant Widow

I have found my people on MN.

Ooh I've only read Arabella and one of the detective novels. I will get one on audible.

My grandma was a big fan and had all the books in a row on a shelf above her bed which fascinated me as a child. I read them all and inherited them when she died. Reread them every so often when I need comforting. These Old Shades is my very favourite, it seemed so romantic when I first read it 😊 and so by association I loved Devil’s Cub and An Infamous Army. Hard to choose five really but as others have said A Civil Contract is a favourite and probably Venetia. What a lovely thread 😊