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

How to Get Away with Murder
I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home
The Glowing Hours
The Violin Maker's Secret
Royal Spin
The Halifax Hellions (Halifax Hellions, #1-2)
Nonesuch
Nightshade and Oak
All in Her Hands
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (Enola Holmes #10)
This Wretched Beauty
Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain’s Queen Without a Crown – A Feminist History of the Royal Family and Georgian England
An Unconventional Lady
Mists over the Channel Islands
If You’ll Have Me
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8
The Rest of Our Lives
In Her Defense
A Much Maligned Miss (Victorian Reversal of Fortune, #2)
The Violin Maker's Secret
Slags
The New Neighbours
My Husband Next Door
And Then There Was You
The Woman in the Cabin
We Live Here Now
How to Get Away with Murder
Departure(s)
A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage
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
1,373 books — 1,606 voters
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

Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Adventures of Toby Baxter by Tim     WrightOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedVictor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer
Anything You Really Liked
2,603 books — 993 voters

One Day by David NichollsOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelSaturday by Ian McEwanMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Contemporary British Novels
507 books — 389 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
718 books — 506 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

Robert B. Parker
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
Robert B. Parker, Mortal Stakes

Caitlin Moran
But, of course, you might be asking yourself, 'Am I a feminist? I might not be. I don't know! I still don't know what it is! I'm too knackered and confused to work it out. That curtain pole really still isn't up! I don't have time to work out if I am a women's libber! There seems to be a lot to it. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?' I understand. So here is the quick way of working out if you're a feminist. Put your hand in your pants. a) Do you have a vagina? and b) Do you want to be in charge of it? If yo ...more
Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman

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