Looking for books that take place in a big house/manor/etc. It doesn’t necessarily have to all take place here, more so just that the house is almost a character itself. Also please no horror, it’s not my jam. Thinking more so along the lines of Outlander, The Secret Garden. Bonus if it also includes some gardening aspects. I know those are very specific requests, but they are some of my favorite quirks 🙂 thanks!
by jumpywizard15
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If you’re open to middle grade fantasy, my favorite series [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a6d5ca1-b2f5-47be-828c-018144d3bbc7) by Jessica Townsend includes a magic hotel that a lot of the story takes place in, and I’d definitely say it fits the “almost a character itself” description!
Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy is a very quirky Gothic style series where the castle is written as a character in and of itself. Titus Groan is the first book in the series, I thoroughly enjoyed the characters but wasn’t as enamoured with the next two in the series.
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil