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

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)
Introducing Mrs. Collins
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
The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan CoeSlam by Nick HornbyUtterly Monkey by Nick LairdLayer Cake by J.J. ConnollyBlack Swan Green by David  Mitchell
Contemporary British Novels
505 books — 388 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 — 608 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
608 books — 1,627 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)

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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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