British Literature

English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and Vladimir Nabokov was Russian, but all are considered important writers in the history of English literature. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels ...more

The Oxford Detective Society (The Oxford Detective Society, #1)
Life of M
The Whitechapel Full Moon Society
The House of Boleyn
The Silent Appeal (The Appeal, #2)
The Phone Swap
The Salt King
Demons and Diplomacy (Ministry of Supernatural Affairs #1)
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
The Bravest Hour (Verity Kent Mysteries, #9)
Murder in Blackfriars (Below Stairs Mystery #9)
A Family Affair
Nineteen Days in Autumn: A New History of 1066
Preaching to the Choir (Terrible Worlds: Transformations)
The Postmistress of Puddlington
It Could Have Been Her
Dissection of a Murder
The Castle in the Glen
Ransom
Life of M
The Oxford Detective Society (The Oxford Detective Society, #1)
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
Look What You Made Me Do
A Time of Witches
We Chase Shadows (We Solve Murders, #2)
When I Kill You
May We Feed the King
The Violin Maker's Secret
Switzy
Slags
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
London Calling
1,249 books — 647 voters
One Day by David NichollsOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelSaturday by Ian McEwanMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Contemporary British Novels
514 books — 410 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Bone Clocks by David  Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 699 voters

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie BlackmanHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanFinding Sky by Joss Stirling
Young Adult fiction by UK authors
464 books — 270 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best #UKYA Books
579 books — 388 voters

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Wuthering Heights
1984
Animal Farm
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Sense and Sensibility

Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross.
Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur

Stephen Fry
There were people who believed their opportunities to live a fulfilled life were hampered by the number of Asians in England, by the existance of a royal family, by the volume of traffic that passed by their house, by the malice of trade unions, by the power of callous employers, by the refusal of the health service to take their condition seriously, by communism, by capitalism, by atheism, by anything, in fact, but their own futile, weak-minded failure to get a fucking grip.
Stephen Fry, Revenge

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