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Goodreads Best British and Irish Literature

This list has the warm cosy feeling of being in the company of well-loved friends, so appropriate at this time of year. And should mean good scoring opportunities for many of us. Although, to my eyes at least, Irish literature seems to be underrepresented.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
2
Charlotte Brontë
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3
J.R.R. Tolkien
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
6
Oscar Wilde
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
7
J.K. Rowling
The Complete Works (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works
8
William Shakespeare
Chronicles of Narnia Series (C.S. Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia Series
9
C.S. Lewis
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
10
Jane Austen
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
11
George Orwell
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
12
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
13
Mary Shelley
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
14
Jane Austen
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
15
Lewis Carroll
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
16
J.R.R. Tolkien
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
17
Charles Dickens
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
18
William Golding
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
19
Daphne Du Maurier
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
20
Charles Dickens
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
21
Oscar Wilde
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
22
Bram Stoker
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
23
Charles Dickens
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
24
Aldous Huxley
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
25
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
26
J.K. Rowling
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
27
Douglas Adams
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
28
William Shakespeare
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
29
Philip Pullman
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
30
Geoffrey Chaucer
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
31
Ian McEwan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
32
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
33
Virginia Woolf
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
34
George Eliot
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
35
Kazuo Ishiguro
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
36
Jane Austen
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
37
Charles Dickens
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
And Then Were None (Agatha Cristie)
And Then Were None
39
Agatha Cristie
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
40
Jonathan Swift
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