British Literature Book Summaries

Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
12.7K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Running Grave Summary
The Running Grave
by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages
4.60
98.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Empire Summary
Empire
How Britain Made the Modern World
by Niall Ferguson 2003 422 pages
3.93
9.5K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages
4.32
266.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.03
50.6K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.68
83.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Literature
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
168.8K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Three Men in a Boat Summary
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages
3.84
77.4K ratings
Classics
Humor
Comedy
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.09
507.2K 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
188.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages
3.78
334.6K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages
3.94
188.8K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
British Literature
The Impossible Fortune Summary
The Impossible Fortune
by Richard Osman 2025 368 pages
4.42
8.0K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Crime
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
50.9K ratings
Young Adult
Humor
Comedy
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
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Death at the Sign of the Rook Summary
Death at the Sign of the Rook
by Kate Atkinson 2024 320 pages
3.76
18.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Of Human Bondage Summary
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages
4.15
59.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
A Spy Alone Summary
A Spy Alone
by Charles Beaumont 2023 369 pages
4.11
4.8K ratings
Espionage
Thriller
Crime
A Column of Fire Summary
A Column of Fire
by Ken Follett 2017 916 pages
4.26
119.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
179.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
High Fidelity Summary
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages
3.90
210.3K ratings
Music
Contemporary
Humor
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
88.2K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
187.0K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
195.0K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
72.2K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
32.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Year of Wonders Summary
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages
4.01
170.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1.0K ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
by Kate Fox 2004 424 pages
3.91
11.0K ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
46.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Victorian
The Bell Summary
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages
3.92
9.8K ratings
Classics
Novels
British Literature
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.50
228 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 1977 288 pages
4.05
16.1K ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7.3K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
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
169 ratings
History
Biography
Medieval History
Every Day Is Mother's Day Summary
Every Day Is Mother's Day
by Hilary Mantel 1985 224 pages
3.59
2.0K ratings
British Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
Sweet Tooth Summary
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages
3.44
51.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
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
223 ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.07
434 ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
A Village Affair Summary
A Village Affair
by Joanna Trollope 1989 305 pages
3.69
2.3K ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.90
4.8K ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell 1968 212 pages
3.58
14.2K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages
3.64
303 ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Walking
Bleak House Summary
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens 1853 1017 pages
4.02
112.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4.1K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
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