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1. English Literature English Literature term is very popular that means a writing in English language. Formerly, it was meant to be British writing. With the course of the time, the concept has changed and now it means a writing produced in English language by any one at...
2. The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book is a fantasy novel for children by award winning British author, Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book is the story of Nobody Owens (called "Bod" for short). At the start of the story, Bod is a toddler who witnesses the murde...
3. Enduring Love By Ian McEwan "Enduring Love" is a novel by award winning writer Ian McEwan, first published in 1997 On an ordinary spring day, while he is enjoying a picnic with his girlfriend, Clarissa, the calm, organised, ordinary life of science writer Joe Rose is turned up...
4. Coraline Coraline is a novella by the British author Neil Gaiman, which was first published in 2002. Coraline is a fantasy tale in which Coraline Jones, a smart, feisty and curious young girl, home from school for the summer holidays finds herself very bored...
5. Black Dogs By Ian McEwan "Black Dogs" is a novel by multi-award winning British author Ian McEwan, first published in 1992. In 1946, a young couple, Bernard and June, set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they plan an idyllic holiday...
6. The Child In Time By Ian McEwan "The Child In Time" is Ian McEwan's third novel, first published in 1987. The Child In Time deals with the tragic theme of child abduction. Stephen Lewis, a children's book author, takes his 3-year-old daughter Kate on a routine Saturday morning sh...
7. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan The Cement Garden" is the first novel written by award-winning British author, Ian McEwan. It was originally published in 1978. The Cement Garden is a beautifully woven, but very dark tale of childhood and lost innocence... The plot of The Ce...
8. Amsterdam By Ian McEwan "Amsterdam" is a novel by multi-award winning author Ian McEwan, first published in 1998. The plot of "Amsterdam" follows two old friends, Clive, a composer and Vernon, a newspaper editor, who attend the funeral of a woman who had been a friend and...
9. Stardust - A Novel By Neil Gaiman Award winning British author, Neil Gaiman wrote the novel, "Stardust" and in it he weaves a sparking, magical tale that will enchant and enthrall anyone who loves a good tale, well told. If you love stories or films such as "The Princess Bride", "Le...
10. Saturday By Ian McEwan "Saturday" is a novel by multi-award winning author, Ian McEwan, first published in 2005. "Saturday" is the story of a day in the life of a 48 year old London neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne. The novel is set on Saturday, 15th February 2003. Henry wake...
11. THE THREE SNOW BEARS by Jan Brett The Three Snow Bears, written by Jan BrettIs a refreshing remake of Goldilocks And The Three Bears. I don't know how anyone could possibly improve on this famous children's bed time story, but the truth is that Jan has done exactly that. This childre...
12. Neverwhere By Neil Gaiman Under the streets of London there's a secret world which is Neverwhere...a dark mysterious place of shadows, tunnels and abandoned underground stations populated by assassins and warriors, angels and vampires, talking rats and a hierarchy of nob...
13. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold In "The Lovely Bones", author Alice Sebold takes a shocking and upsetting theme - the rape and murder of a child, and from this dark background weaves a poignant, thought provoking and uplifting tale of enduring love, acceptance and redemp...
14. American Gods By Neil Gaiman Have you ever wondered what happens to Gods when people stop believing in them? In his internationally acclaimed bestselling novel "American Gods", award winning British author Neil Gaiman tells the intriguing tale of Shadow, an ordinar...
15. Vita Sackville-West I have been fascinated by Vita Sackville-West for over a decade.  This woman was so many extraordinary things:  author, biographer, poet, correspondent, wife, mother, lover, aristocrat, gardener and so much more.  And she did each with...
16. First Love, Last Rites By Ian McEwan First Love, Last Rites is Ian McEwan's first collection of short stories and was originally published in 1975. This collection was Ian McEwan's first published work and comprises a collection of eight short stories, all of which are summarised indiv...
17. On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan "On Chesil Beach" is a novel by multi-award winning author, Ian McEwan first published in 2007 On a summer evening in 1962, two newlyweds sit down to dinner in the honeymoon suite of a Dorset hotel. Edward and Florence are both aged 22, both virgins...
18. British Literature Headquarters BRITISH LITERATURE British Authors, British Books...in fact, everything connected with British Literature! If you have a lens on any aspect of British Literature whether it's about a book, author, retail or whatever, please add your lens here! I...
19. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, is a novel jointly written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and first published in 1990 The plot of the book concerns an unusual young boy, an unconventional angel, an even more...
20. Geoffrey Chaucer Prior to Geoffrey Chaucer most literature in England was written in French or Latin. Chaucer proved that vernacular English could be just as great a vehicle for literature.