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
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
1,248 books — 647 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,417 books — 1,661 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 CoboWicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Anything You Really Liked
2,748 books — 1,216 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
716 books — 508 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

The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killi ...more
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