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 One Day You Were My Husband
Honey
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
Hunger and Thirst
I, Spy
A Perfect Hand
The Night Bus
The Last Lady B
Five-Star Summer
Nemesis Mine
The Inklings Detective Agency
Shadows Never Lie (Shadow Duet, #1)
Shadows Never Leave (Shadow Duet, #2)
Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
Death in the New Forest (New Forest Murder Mysteries #1)
The One Day You Were My Husband
It Could Have Been Her
The Violin Maker's Secret
In Her Defense
The Lowe Job
Look What You Made Me Do
Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block
It's Not What You Think
The Name Game
How to Cheat Your Own Death (Castle Knoll Files, #3)
The New Neighbours
We Live Here Now
Slags
Our Dream Home
Five-Star Summer
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best #UKYA Books
578 books — 389 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,096 books — 1,009 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
1,233 books — 647 voters

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie BlackmanHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanFinding Sky by Joss Stirling
Young Adult fiction by UK authors
411 books — 268 voters
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedVictor's Blessing by Barbara SontheimerWicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Anything You Really Liked
2,699 books — 1,076 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

Holly Smale
1. You left a multipack of Mars Bars on top of your wardrobe. Can I have one? Dad x 2. I had three. Hope that's OK. Dad x 3. I'm just going to have one more. Dad x 4. Harriet, your Dad's made himself sick on an entire multipack of Mars Bars again. Please don't leave sweets where we can find them. A x ...more
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Helene Hanff
If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.
Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

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