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British Literature

The rolling hills and cobbled streets of Britain come alive through penetrating studies of its people, politics, and centuries-old traditions. These compelling works explore everything from the rise and fall of empire to the subtle quirks of modern British life, offering both scholarly insights and intimate portraits of a nation that continues to captivate the world.

British Literature Book Summaries

Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
71k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
Empire Summary
Empire
How Britain Made the Modern World
by Niall Ferguson 2003 422 pages
3.93
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell 1968 212 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
by Penelope Lively 2013 240 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
British Literature
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
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
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
by Kate Fox 2004 424 pages
3.91
10k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Pour Me Summary
Pour Me
A Life
by A.A. Gill 2014 256 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 328 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
British Literature
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
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Scotland Summary
Scotland
A Very Short Introduction
by Rab Houston 2008 172 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Scotland
British Literature
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 1977 288 pages
4.04
15k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
9 Lessons in Brexit Summary
9 Lessons in Brexit
by Ivan Rogers 2019 46 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
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
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life Summary
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Collected Talks 1960-1969
by Alan W. Watts 2006 272 pages
4.42
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
Seriously Funny Summary
Seriously Funny
The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett
by Terry Pratchett 2016 128 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Humor
British Literature
Comedy
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 440 pages
3.92
50+ ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
Politics Summary
Politics
Between the Extremes
by Nick Clegg 2016 304 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Biography Memoir
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
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
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.62
32k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
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
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Novels
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages
4.32
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Wolf Hall Summary
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
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
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
You Are Here Summary
You Are Here
by David Nicholls 2024 368 pages
4.03
45k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Bagehot Summary
Bagehot
The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
by James Grant 2019 368 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Biography
Economics
History
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Going to Church in Medieval England Summary
Going to Church in Medieval England
by Nicholas Orme 2021 496 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
History
Religion
Medieval
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
The Running Grave Summary
The Running Grave
by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages
4.60
93k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.08
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
British Literature
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
British Literature
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Literature
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Year of Wonders Summary
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
British Literature
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.04
50k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.54
12k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
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