The Greatest Books of All Time Set in England

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17150 Margery Kempe Robert Glück 1994 Unknown English
17150 M Train Patti Smith 2015 American English
17150 Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton 2018 British English
17150 Going Solo Roald Dahl 1986 British English
17150 Boy Parts Eliza Clark 2020 British English
17150 Harry Potter Boxset J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17150 Bloody Jack L.A. Meyer 2002 American English
16831 The Adventures And Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 British English
17150 Still Me Jojo Moyes 1998 British English
17150 Where Rainbows End Cecelia Ahern 2004 Irish English
17150 Our London Lives Christine Dwyer Hickey 2024 Unknown English
17150 Myself & Other Animals Gerald Durrell 2024 British English
17150 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2022 British English
17150 The Doomsday Key James Rollins 2009 American English
17150 Agincourt Bernard Cornwell 2009 British English
17150 London Edward Rutherfurd 1997 British English
17120 King Henry Vi, Part 3 William Shakespeare 2001 British English
16762 King Henry Vi, Part 2 William Shakespeare 1594 British English
17120 Henry Vi, Part 1 William Shakespeare 2000 British English
17150 Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me Kate Clanchy 2019 British English
17150 Private Island James Meek 2014 British English
17150 This Boy Alan Johnson 2013 British English
17150 The Rule Of Law Tom Bingham 2010 British English
17150 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17150 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17150 The Case Of Stephen Lawrence Brian Cathcart 1999 British English
17150 Jennie Lee Patricia Hollis 1997 British English
17150 The Sandman, Vol. 7 Neil Gaiman 1994 British English
17150 The Sandman, Vol. 10 Neil Gaiman 1997 British English
17150 The Sandman, Vol. 9 Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
17150 Dear Lupin Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer 2011 British English
17150 Stuart Alexander Masters 2005 British English
17150 Creation Katherine Govier 2002 Canadian English
17150 Slow Horses Mick Herron 2010 British English
17150 Three Daughters Of Eve Elif Shafak 2016 Turkish English
17150 Here Be Dragons Sharon Kay Penman 1985 American English
17150 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17150 The Ties That Bound Barbara A. Hanawalt 1986 American English
17150 Our Man In Rome Catherine Fletcher 2012 Unknown English
17150 The Fall Of The Roman Empire Peter Heather 2005 British English
17150 More Work For Mother Ruth Schwartz Cowan 1983 American English
17150 Ludwig Wittgenstein Ray Monk 1990 British English
17150 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 Unknown English
17150 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17150 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come Jessica Pan 2019 Unknown English
17150 The Wolf Border Sarah Hall 2015 British English
17150 Why Orwell Matters Christopher Hitchens 2002 British English
17150 Harry Potter Series Box Set J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17150 Pandaemonium Humphrey Jennings 1985 British English
17150 Lucinda Brayford Martin Boyd 1946 Australian English
17150 The Letters Of Rachel Henning Rachel Henning 1952 Australian English
17150 John Inglesant Joseph Henry Shorthouse 1881 British English
17150 Dorothy Forster Walter Besant 1884 British English
17150 Welcome To Our Hillbrow Phaswane Mpe 2001 South African English
17150 The Odyssey Of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Coiled Serpent Camilla Grudova 2023 Unknown English
17150 Half A Soul Olivia Atwater 2020 Unknown English
17150 Bellies Nicola Dinan 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Secret Book Of Flora Lea Patti Callahan Henry 2023 American English
17150 The Tower Flora Carr 2024 Unknown English
17150 Soccer In Sun And Shadow Eduardo Galeano 1995 Uruguayan Spanish
17150 Limehouse Nights Thomas Burke 1917 British English
17150 Payment Deferred C. S. Forester 1926 British English
17150 Meet The Tiger Leslie Charteris 1968 British English
17150 The Hammersmith Murders David Frome 1930 British English
17150 Murder At School James Hilton 1931 British English
17150 Verdict Of Twelve Raymond Postgate 1940 British English
17150 A Taste For Honey H.F. Heard 1941 British English
17150 Love Lies Bleeding Edmund Crispin 1948 British English
17150 Among The Thugs Bill Buford 1990 American English
17150 Days Of Grace Arnold Rampersad, Arthur Ashe 1993 American English
17150 The Story Of American Golf Herbert Warren Wind 1975 American English
17150 It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track Ian Penman 2019 British English
17150 Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queen Dexter Palmer 2019 American English
17150 The Penguin Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe American English
17150 Harry Potter Pottermore Publishing 1997 British English
17150 Post Growth Tim Jackson 2021 British English
17150 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17150 Lyra's Oxford Philip Pullman 2003 British English
17150 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17150 The Complete Tales Beatrix Potter 1986 British English
17150 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17150 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17150 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17150 The Winthrop Woman Anya Seton 1958 American English
17150 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17150 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17150 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17150 The Magician Michael Scott 2008 Irish English
17150 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
17150 Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre David Lodge 1997 Unknown English
17150 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17150 I Am Ozzy Ozzy Osbourne 2009 British English
17150 Klf John Higgs 2012 British English
17150 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17150 The Pleasures Of The Imagination John Brewer 1997 British English
17150 Kill Claudio P. M. Hubbard 1979 British English
17150 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17109 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17150 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17150 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17150 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17070 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17150 The Washing Of The Spears Donald R. Morris 1965 American English
17150 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17150 The Rise & Fall Of The Zulu Nation John Laband 1995 Unknown English
17150 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
16830 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17150 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17150 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Marcus Rediker 1987 American English
17150 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17150 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17150 The Wake Paul Kingsnorth 2014 British English
17150 Karl Marx Francis Wheen 1999 British English
17150 Dracula Jon J. Muth Unknown Unknown
17150 White Egrets Derek Walcott 2010 Saint Lucian English
17150 Entered From The Sun George Garrett 1990 American English
17150 The Humans Matt Haig 2013 British English
17150 Churchill Martin Gilbert 1991 British English
17150 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English