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50 UK Books That Rarely Appear on US Booklists

If you see most of these books on a reading list, chances are the creator is from the UK. I've left off many famous books that tend to appear on both UK and US booklists. Have you read more from this list than from the US list? https://www.listchallenges.com/50-us-books-that-dont-appear-on-uk-booklists
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North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
1
Elizabeth Gaskell
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
2
Charles Dickens
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
3
Charlotte Brontë
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
4
George Eliot
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
5
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
6
Virginia Woolf
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
7
James Joyce
The Happy Prince & Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince & Other Stories
8
Oscar Wilde
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
9
Charles Dickens
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
10
Sir Walter Scott
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
11
Ian McEwan
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
12
Sebastian Faulks
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
13
Kazuo Ishiguro
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
14
D.H. Lawrence
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
15
Rudyard Kipling
Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
16
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
17
Henry James
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
18
Salman Rushdie
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
19
Zadie Smith
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
20
Hilary Mantel
King Henry V (William Shakespeare)
King Henry V
21
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
22
William Shakespeare
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
23
E.M. Forster
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
24
Jane Austen
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
25
H.G. Wells
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
26
Stella Gibbons
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
27
Evelyn Waugh
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
28
Robert Graves
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
29
Thomas Hardy
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
30
Wilkie Collins
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
31
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
32
Daphne Du Maurier
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage
33
William Golding
The Sea the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea the Sea
34
Iris Murdoch
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
35
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
36
Irvine Welsh
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
37
Geoffrey Chaucer
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
38
Sir Thomas Malory
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
39
John Milton
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
40
Douglas Adams
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