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
17175 Churchill Martin Gilbert 1991 British English
17175 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English
17175 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17175 The Etymologicon Mark Forsyth 2011 British English
17150 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17175 The Third Man And Other Stories Graham Greene 2011 British English
17175 The Moon's A Balloon David Niven 1971 British English
17175 The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford 2002 British English
17175 The Kitchen Diaries, Volume I + Ii Nigel Slater 2005 British English
17175 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17175 All Played Out Pete Davies 1995 British English
17175 How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The Fa Cup JL Carr 1975 British English
17175 The Austerity Olympics Janie Hamilton 2009 Unknown English
17175 The Wicked Day Mary Stewart 1983 British English
17175 The Prince And The Pilgrim Mary Stewart 1995 British English
17175 The Sword Of Sunset Rosemary Sutcliff 1963 British English
17175 The Edge Of Light Joan Wolf 1990 American English
17175 The Lion Of England Margaret Butler Unknown English
17175 Cunning Of The Dove Alfred Duggan 1960 British English
17175 Vows Of The Peacock Alice Walworth Graham 1961 Unknown English
17175 Shield Of Honor Alice Walworth Graham 1957 Unknown English
17175 The Firedrake Cecelia Holland 1966 American English
17175 Harry Of Monmouth A. Maugham Unknown Unknown
17175 White Boar Marian Palmer 1988 Unknown English
17175 Falls The Shadow Sharon Kay Penman 1988 American English
17175 The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman 1991 American English
17175 The Firedrake's Eye Patricia Finney 1992 British English
17175 Death Of The Fox George Garrett 1972 American English
17175 The Succession George Garrett 1983 American English
17175 I, Elizabeth Rosalind Miles 1993 British English
17175 Nicholas Cooke Stephanie Cowell 1993 Unknown English
17175 The Physician Of London Stephanie Cowell 1995 Unknown English
17175 White Witch Elizabeth Goudge 1958 British English
17175 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17175 Vindication Frances Sherwood 1993 Unknown English
17175 Monmouth Charles Flood 1977 Unknown English
17175 Burton And Speke William Harrison 1982 Unknown English
17175 The Abstainer Ian McGuire 2020 British English
17175 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17175 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17175 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17175 Charlie Chaplin Vs. America Scott Eyman 2023 Unknown English
17175 The Revolutionary Temper Robert Darnton 2023 American English
17175 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
17175 Natural Light Julian Bell 2023 British English
17175 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17175 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17175 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17175 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17175 Courting India Nandini Das 2023 Unknown English
17175 The New Life Tom Crewe 2023 Unknown English
17175 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17175 The Murder Of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray 2022 Unknown English
17175 J.L. Austin M.W. Rowe 2004 Unknown English
17175 On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock 2023 Unknown English
17175 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
16885 My Autobiography Charles Chaplin 1964 British English
17175 The Harry Potter Collection 1 4 J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17175 Led Zeppelin Bob Spitz 2021 American English
17175 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17175 The Best Of Me David Sedaris 2020 American English
17175 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17175 The Cause Joseph Ellis 2021 American English
17175 A Nobleman’s Guide To Seducing A Scoundrel KJ Charles 2023 British English
17175 The Age Of The Cathedrals Georges Duby 1966 French French
17175 Blood Sport Dick Francis 1967 British English
17175 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17175 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17175 The Diary Of Alice James Alice James 1982 American English
17175 Flesh In The Age Of Reason Roy Porter 2003 British English
17175 Quiet As A Nun Antonia Fraser 1977 British English
17175 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17175 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17175 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R. Cross 2005 American English
17175 The Outrun Amy Liptrot 2016 British English
17175 The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2013 American English
17175 Big Sky Kate Atkinson 2019 British English
17175 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17175 Queer City Peter Ackroyd 2017 British English
17175 A First Time For Everything Dan Santat 2023 American English
17175 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17175 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17175 Trekka Round The World John Guzzwell 1979 British English
17175 Watford Forever Elton John, John Preston Unknown English
17175 Johnson At 10 Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell 2023 British English
17117 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17175 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17175 Why Women Grow Alice Vincent 2023 Unknown English
17175 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17175 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17175 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17175 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17175 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17175 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17175 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17175 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17175 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17175 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17175 Is Science Western In Origin? C.K. Raju Indian English
17175 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17151 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17175 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17175 Enshittification Cory Doctorow Canadian English
17009 Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1847 English English
17175 The Square Of Sevens Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2023 British English
17175 The Last Word Elly Griffiths 2024 British English
17175 How To Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin 2024 Unknown English
16864 The Cloud Of Unknowing And Other Works Anonymous 1375 English Middle english
17175 The Hitchhiker's Trilogy Douglas Adams 1979 British English
17175 1984 & Animal Farm George Orwell British English
16897 Portrait Of A Lady Henrey James 1881 American English
17077 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
16928 The Outlaw Of Torn Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
17175 Daring And The Duke Sarah MacLean 2020 American English
17175 Peepo! Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 1981 British English
17175 Journey To The River Sea Eva Ibbotson 2001 British English
16992 1984 george orwell 1948 British English
16946 Jane Eyre By Bronte, Charlotte [Paperback ] Charlotte Brontë 1847 English English
17053 Endurance Alfred Lansing 1959 American English
17175 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown