A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura (23 Lists)



From the Book of Invasions by Anonymous
Medieval Welsh and Irish literature
80 books — 52 voters
Seagulls in the Attic by Tessa HainsworthUp With The Larks by Tessa Hainsworth
Cornwall
216 books — 112 voters

Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben HatchThe Tent, the Bucket and Me by Emma KennedyYou are Awful (But I Like You) by Tim Moore
Best UK Road Travel Books
8 books — 3 voters
Waterlog by Roger DeakinAttention All Shipping by Charlie ConnellyWalking Home by Simon Armitage500 Mile Walkies by Mark WallingtonMcCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy
Best UK Travel Books
45 books — 16 voters

Whisky Galore by Compton MackenzieOn a Highland Shore by Kathleen Givens
Scotland
132 books — 44 voters
The Needle in the Blood by Sarah BowerShieldwall by Justin Hill
1066 and such
9 books — 4 voters

And Did Those Feet by Charlie ConnellyWalking Home by Simon ArmitageWalking to Canterbury by Jerry Ellis
Walking the History of England (nonfiction)
44 books — 19 voters
Down the Common by Ann Baer
Historical Research for Writers: England
41 books — 11 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
My Favorite Books about England!
65 books — 24 voters
Dark Knights and Dingy Castles by Terry DearyHorrible Histories Special by Terry Deary
Going to England? Read this
174 books — 30 voters

The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Historical Romance Set During or Around The Norman Conquest (or 1066)
47 books — 60 voters
Beowulf by Seamus HeaneyBeowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh by Unknown
Old English from its Indo-European Roots to the Norman Conquest
192 books — 36 voters

Netherwood by Jane SandersonThe Inn at the Top by Neil Hanson
Yorkshire (fiction and nonfiction)
216 books — 94 voters
Something Red by Douglas NicholasThe Bone Thief by V.M. WhitworthRivals for the Crown by Kathleen GivensOn a Highland Shore by Kathleen GivensThe Traitors' Pit by V.M. Whitworth
Medieval England (Historical Fiction)
389 books — 188 voters

Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
Under London
48 books — 20 voters
The Life and Death of St. Kilda by Tom SteelAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotAttention All Shipping by Charlie ConnellyWalking Home by Simon ArmitageOnce Upon A Time In The West...Country by Tony Hawks
Local History UK
153 books — 23 voters

All Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotHow to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson
Alternate Anglophilia, Or, Brit Non-Lit
89 books — 40 voters
The Darkness Is Light Enough by Chris FerrisWaterlog by Roger Deakin
British and Irish Nature Writing
253 books — 215 voters

The Vikings by Robert Fer...The Far Traveler by Nancy Marie BrownA Viking Voyage by W. Hodding Carter IVBritain in the Middle Ages by Francis Pryor
Viking and Scandinavian Early Historic Archaeology and History
27 books — 11 voters
The English by Matt RuddCounting Sheep by Philip WallingMagic Spring by Richard LewisAnd Did Those Feet by Charlie ConnellyThe Season by Sophie Campbell
Britain: A Cultural Primer
304 books — 48 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonExtra Virgin by Annie Hawes
Favorite Travel Books
2,053 books — 3,996 voters
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
1,065 books — 4,305 voters

1066 and all that by W.C. SellarMayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
History as Literature
754 books — 716 voters