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
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George Orwell
Best British and Irish Literature
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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
165 books — 695 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
1,234 books — 646 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
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)

George Bernard Shaw
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
George Bernard Shaw

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