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 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
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
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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
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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
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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)

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Yeah. Floyd is his batman." His what?" Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant." You spend too much time reading, Spenser. You know more stuff that don't make you money than anybody I know. ...more
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