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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
1,172 books — 1,112 voters
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

I've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaTall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie LambBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
The Best British Chick Lit
272 books — 609 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

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanKatherine by Anya SetonWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanFalls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman
Historical Fiction: The House of Plantagenet
207 books — 477 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. RowlingNoughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Best #UKYA Books
578 books — 391 voters

The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan CoeSlam by Nick HornbyUtterly Monkey by Nick LairdLayer Cake by J.J. ConnollyBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell
Contemporary British Novels
505 books — 388 voters
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingI've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaThe Undomestic Goddess by Sophie KinsellaConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
British Chick Lit
308 books — 360 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
British Wit and Humour
559 books — 303 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
373 books — 292 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonTransAtlantic by Colum McCannThe Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 268 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
410 books — 267 voters

The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda SalisburyHalf Wild by Sally GreenThe Art of Being Normal by Lisa WilliamsonThe Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick NessFinding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
UKYA in 2015
147 books — 263 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Golden Age Queens of Crime: Christie -- Sayers -- Marsh -- Allingham -- Wentworth (fiction)
184 books — 256 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
679 books — 239 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
526 books — 227 voters

Shattered by Teri TerryTrouble by Non PrattSay Her Name by Juno DawsonBanished by Liz de JagerHalf Bad by Sally Green
UKYA in 2014
145 books — 222 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierAtonement by Ian McEwanMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughHowards End by E.M. Forster
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
398 books — 213 voters

A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire (fiction)
313 books — 200 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe whispering magpies by A.J. SAUNDERSHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Paranormal & Fantasy Books Set In The British Isles
332 books — 182 voters

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred WatsonMiss Buncle's Book by D.E. StevensonSomeone at a Distance by Dorothy WhippleThe Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II by Frances Hodgson BurnettMariana by Monica Dickens
Best Persephone Books
150 books — 166 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone Girl by Gillian FlynnDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Books of Secrets
240 books — 126 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Crime, Detective and Mystery Fiction
188 books — 114 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature
53 books — 107 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Best Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Novels
139 books — 103 voters
Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzFledgling by Mark A. CooperSilverFin by Charlie HigsonThe Recruit by Robert MuchamoreJimmy Coates by Joe Craig
British Spy Authors Young Adult
145 books — 88 voters

First Term at Malory Towers by Enid BlytonLast Term at Malory Towers by Enid BlytonUpper Fourth at Malory Towers by Enid BlytonSecond Form at Malory Towers by Enid BlytonThird Year at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Jolly Old-Fashioned British Boarding School Stories
91 books — 80 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe 39 Steps by John BuchanFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOn Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian FlemingA Touch Of Frost by R.D. Wingfield
Good Old British Thrillers
151 books — 72 voters

One Hot Italian Summer by Karina HalleGetting Hot with the Scot by Melonie JohnsonDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesSmitten by the Brit by Melonie JohnsonComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Book Boyfriends With Accents
125 books — 67 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best British Fantasy Authors
153 books — 59 voters

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