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

Tea & Alchemy
No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
The Infamous Gilberts
Departure(s)
Like in Love with You
The Sea Child
Rules of the Heart
The Salt Bind
Remember That Day (A Ravenswood Novel)
Belgrave Road: A Love Story
Glyph
The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History
Fire Must Burn (Sparks & Bainbridge, #8)
The Dead Don't Bleed
The Time Hop Coffee Shop
Time Will Tell
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6
The Rest of Our Lives
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8
Raising Hare: A Memoir
The Restoration Garden
My Husband Next Door
And Then There Was You
Departure(s)
The New Neighbours
The Replacement (DS Liam Kilshaw, #2)
We Live Here Now
Dead of Winter
Don't Believe Her
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
165 books — 695 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 — 267 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Downton Abbey-esque Books
604 books — 1,002 voters

Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedVictor's Blessing by Barbara SontheimerWicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Anything You Really Liked
2,582 books — 914 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
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)

William Blake
And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my Arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusale ...more
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Victor Hugo
England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.
Victor Hugo

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