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 Day I Lost You
Whispers at Painswick Court
Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All, #3)
Under Gorse and Stone
Miss Ashbury and the Anatomy of Mending a Heart (Love from London, #4)
The Merge
The Burning Library
And Then There Was You
The Bookshop Below
The Marriage Method (The Crinoline Academy, #2)
The Queen Who Came in From the Cold (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #5)
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
Last Call at the Savoy
Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless, #6)
The Heir Apparent
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
Her Last Christmas
The New Year's Party
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
The Psychopath Next Door
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6
Raising Hare: A Memoir
The Woman in the Cabin
A Family Matter
And Then There Was You
The Rest of Our Lives
The New Neighbours
What a Way to Go
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George Orwell
Best British and Irish Literature
1,169 books — 1,111 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
410 books — 268 voters

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingI've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaThe Undomestic Goddess by Sophie KinsellaConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
British Chick Lit
308 books — 360 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

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. RowlingNoughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Best #UKYA Books
578 books — 391 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer'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)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)

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

Kevin Hearne
Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around.
Kevin Hearne, Hounded

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