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

Daughter of Egypt
Almost Life
Killing Me Softly
The Shock of the Light
The Geomagician
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
The Beheading Game
A Lady for All Seasons
Strange Girls
Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
A Love Most Daring (Bow Street #3)
A Much Maligned Miss (Victorian Reversal of Fortune, #2)
Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
Who Killed The Earl of Moran? (Casebook of Barnaby Adair #13)
How to Get Away with Murder
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
The Rest of Our Lives
In Her Defense
The Name Game
The Violin Maker's Secret
The New Neighbours
Slags
When the Wolves Are Silent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #21)
Don't Believe Her
How to Get Away with Murder
We Live Here Now
My Husband Next Door
One of Us
I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home
Departure(s)
I've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaTall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie LambBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
The Best British Chick Lit
272 books — 609 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
508 books — 390 voters

Muscling Through by J.L. MerrowThe Magpie Lord by K.J. CharlesGlitterland by Alexis  HallPressure Head by J.L. MerrowThink of England by K.J. Charles
Very British MM
718 books — 506 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,092 books — 983 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
625 books — 1,650 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

Helene Hanff
If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.
Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

Jerome K. Jerome
1lb beefstak, with 1pt bitter beer every 6 hours. 1 ten-mile walk every morning. 1 bed at 11 sharp every night. And don't stuff your head with things you don't understand. ...more
Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

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