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Top British Books to Read

These classic books take place in England, or at least partly in England. A good way to get to know the British mind.
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
1
George Eliot
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
2
Charlotte Bronte
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
3
Charles Dickens
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
4
Jane Austen
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
5
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Brontë
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
8
Virginia Woolf
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
9
Charles Dickens
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
10
William Thackeray
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
11
Thomas Hardy
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
12
Ian McEwan
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
13
Mary Shelley
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
14
Jane Austen
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
15
Virginia Woolf
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
16
Zadie Smith
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
17
E.M. Forster
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
19
Ford Madox Ford
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
20
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
21
Virginia Woolf
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
22
Jane Austen
Vilette (Charlotte Bronte)
Vilette
23
Charlotte Bronte
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
24
E.M. Forster
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
25
Jonathan Swift
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
26
E.M. Forster
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
27
Jean Rhys
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
28
George Eliot
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
29
Muriel Spark
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
30
Wilkie Collins
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
31
George Gissing
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
32
Sir Thomas Malory
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
33
Kingsley Amis
The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
34
Wodehouse
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
35
Daniel Defoe
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
36
E.M. Forster
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
37
Kenneth Grahame
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
38
Elizabeth Bowen
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
39
C.S. Lewis
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
40
Bill Bryson
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