Best Books: Read about the Real Downton Abbey

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnavron takes a look at the people who used to live at Highclere Castle, the location in which the PBS series Downton Abbey was filmed.

The book focuses on Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon, who lived there during WWI. The Gaurdian reviewed the book last September. Read that review here.

The book was among the top 10 best-selling books in five St. Louis-area independent bookstores from the week ending Feb. 26. The bookstores include Left Bank Books in the Central West End, in St. Charles,  Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves, Subterranean Books in University City, and Sue's News at the St. Louis Galleria.

Adults:

1. Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden

2. Things I Learned While Walking by Daunte Henderson

3. Into the Storm by Reed Timmer

4. Bossypants by Tina Fey

5. Finally a Locally Produced Guidebook to St. Louis... by Amanda Doyle

6. Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

7. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon

8. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

9. Splendid Table's How to Eat Weekends by Lynne Rossetto Kasper

10. Shame the Devil by Debra Brenegan

Children/YA:

1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

3. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

4. George Brown, Class Clown: Attack of the Tighty Whities! by Nancy Krulik

5. One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler

6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

7. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

8. George Brown, Class Clown: Super Burp by Nancy Krulik

9. Never Forgotten by Patricia McKissack

10. Magic Hat by Mem Fox