British Literature Book Summaries

Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
12k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.09
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Empire Summary
Empire
How Britain Made the Modern World
by Niall Ferguson 2003 422 pages
3.93
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages
4.32
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.03
50k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
by Kate Fox 2004 424 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
32k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 1977 288 pages
4.05
16k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
72k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Running Grave Summary
The Running Grave
by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages
4.60
98k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
A Column of Fire Summary
A Column of Fire
by Ken Follett 2017 916 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
by Sue Townsend 1982 272 pages
3.88
50k+ ratings
Young Adult
Humor
Comedy
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right
by Ed West 2012 312 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Year of Wonders Summary
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 328 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
88k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Three Men in a Boat Summary
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages
3.84
77k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Comedy
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell 1968 212 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English
Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
by Erin Moore 2015 223 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
46k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
74k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 440 pages
3.93
50+ ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
We Two Summary
We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
by Gillian Gill 2009 460 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
History
Biography
British Literature
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Walking
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Essays
India
Politics
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.50
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life Summary
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Collected Talks 1960-1969
by Alan W. Watts 2006 272 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Summary
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
by David Nobbs 1975 285 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Humor
Comedy
Psychology
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
by Penelope Lively 2013 240 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red
How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too
by Matthew Brown 2021 300 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Urbanism
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
Sweet Tooth Summary
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages
3.44
51k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
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