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
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
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

Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboAll the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter
Anything You Really Liked
2,748 books — 1,221 voters
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

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

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

If they wanted their shit stirred, then stirred their shit was jolly well going to be.
Stephen Clarke, A Year in the Merde

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