England

England's rolling countryside, fog-draped villages, and bustling cities provide the backdrop for some of literature's most compelling stories, from cozy drawing-room mysteries to tales of class, identity, and empire. Whether exploring the cultural roots of English society or the lives of those navigating its traditions and tensions, these books bring the richness of English life vividly to the page.

England 本の要約

Sad Cypress

著： Agatha Christie • 1940

A broken engagement and a poisoned sandwich: a young woman stands trial for murder.

3.94

48,000+

🧐 Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Love Triangle 📜 Inheritance Plot 🌳 Secret Parentage

Sad Cypress

A broken engagement and a poisoned sandwich: a young woman stands trial for murder.

著： Agatha Christie 1940 336 ページ

3.94

48,000+ 件の評価

🧐 Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Love Triangle 📜 Inheritance Plot 🌳 Secret Parentage

A Secret Garden Affair

著： Erica James • 2023

Betrayed, Libby escapes to a Suffolk manor where garden plans expose her family's hidden secrets.

4.21

4,000+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🏡 Found Family 🌳 Generational Saga 🌸 Gardening And Healing

A Secret Garden Affair

Betrayed, Libby escapes to a Suffolk manor where garden plans expose her family's hidden secrets.

著： Erica James 2023 414 ページ

4.21

4,000+ 件の評価

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🏡 Found Family 🌳 Generational Saga 🌸 Gardening And Healing

Elegance

著： Kathleen Tessaro • 2003

A vintage elegance guide. A woman desperate for change. She follows it from A to Z.

3.44

5,000+

✨ Makeover Arc 👥 Found Family 💑 Age Gap Romance 💔 Divorce Recovery 👭 Friendship Dynamics

Elegance

A vintage elegance guide. A woman desperate for change. She follows it from A to Z.

著： Kathleen Tessaro 2003 390 ページ

3.44

5,000+ 件の評価

✨ Makeover Arc 👥 Found Family 💑 Age Gap Romance 💔 Divorce Recovery 👭 Friendship Dynamics

The Girl on the 88 Bus

著： Freya Sampson • 2022

A heartbroken woman boards a London bus to join a stranger's sixty-year search for lost love.

4.04

25,000+

🎫 Missed Connection 💕 Found Family 👴 Age Gap Friendship 🤝 Strangers To Friends ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine

The Girl on the 88 Bus

A heartbroken woman boards a London bus to join a stranger's sixty-year search for lost love.

著： Freya Sampson 2022 400 ページ

4.04

25,000+ 件の評価

🎫 Missed Connection 💕 Found Family 👴 Age Gap Friendship 🤝 Strangers To Friends ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine

Six Little Words

著： Sally Page • 2026

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

4.06

4,000+

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Six Little Words

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

著： Sally Page 2026 368 ページ

4.06

4,000+ 件の評価

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

著： Laura Dockrill • 2024

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

3.86

3,000+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

著： Laura Dockrill 2024 349 ページ

3.86

3,000+ 件の評価

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

著： Lily Morton • 2018

Hired to revive a Cornwall estate, Irishman Oz Gallagher falls for his boss, an off-limits earl.

4.33

5,000+

💼 Workplace Romance 🎩 Class Gap 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌊 English Coast

Hired to revive a Cornwall estate, Irishman Oz Gallagher falls for his boss, an off-limits earl.

著： Lily Morton 2018 274 ページ

4.33

5,000+ 件の評価

💼 Workplace Romance 🎩 Class Gap 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌊 English Coast

In the Market for Murder

著： T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

16,000+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

In the Market for Murder

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

著： T.E. Kinsey 2015 270 ページ

4.12

16,000+ 件の評価

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

Our First Civil War

著： H.W. Brands • 2021

Before fighting Britain, Americans fought each other. The Revolution as a civil war among neighbors.

3.90

1,000+

⚔️ American Revolution 🏛️ Founding Era 🌎 Colonial America 💔 Divided Loyalties 🪖 Military History

Our First Civil War

Before fighting Britain, Americans fought each other. The Revolution as a civil war among neighbors.

著： H.W. Brands 2021 486 ページ

3.90

1,000+ 件の評価

⚔️ American Revolution 🏛️ Founding Era 🌎 Colonial America 💔 Divided Loyalties 🪖 Military History

The Silk Weaver

著： Liz Trenow • 2017

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

3.88

1,000+

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

The Silk Weaver

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

著： Liz Trenow 2017 416 ページ

3.88

1,000+ 件の評価

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

Promise Me

著： Jill Mansell • 2023

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

4.14

12,000+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village

Promise Me

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

著： Jill Mansell 2023 400 ページ

4.14

12,000+ 件の評価

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village

Eleanor

著： Alice Loxton • 2025

A dead queen, twelve stone crosses, a 200-mile walk to find the three that still stand.

3.92

1,000+

👑 Medieval Queens 🚶 Pilgrimage Narratives 🏛️ Architectural Heritage 🪦 Lost Monuments 👩 Forgotten Women

Eleanor

A dead queen, twelve stone crosses, a 200-mile walk to find the three that still stand.

著： Alice Loxton 2025 335 ページ

3.92

1,000+ 件の評価

👑 Medieval Queens 🚶 Pilgrimage Narratives 🏛️ Architectural Heritage 🪦 Lost Monuments 👩 Forgotten Women

Black Water Rising

著： Sean Watkin • 2025

Three dead girls on Liverpool's docks. A retired detective is called back to the water.

3.97

329

🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🔙 Retired Detective 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Black Water Rising

Three dead girls on Liverpool's docks. A retired detective is called back to the water.

著： Sean Watkin 2025 362 ページ

3.97

329 件の評価

🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👮 Police Procedural 🔙 Retired Detective 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 👁️ Killer's Perspective

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

著： Joanna Cannon • 2016

An English avenue, summer 1976: a woman vanishes, and two ten-year-old girls go searching for God.

3.64

30,000+

🔍 Small Town Secrets 👧 Child Narrator 🐐 Community Scapegoating ☀️ Sweltering Summer 🇬🇧 1970s England

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

An English avenue, summer 1976: a woman vanishes, and two ten-year-old girls go searching for God.

著： Joanna Cannon 2016 369 ページ

3.64

30,000+ 件の評価

🔍 Small Town Secrets 👧 Child Narrator 🐐 Community Scapegoating ☀️ Sweltering Summer 🇬🇧 1970s England

Girl A

著： Dan Scottow • 2021

A suburban mother's new life unravels when a stalker unearths the childhood crime she buried.

4.18

2,000+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 👀 Stalker Thriller 👧 Childhood Crime

Girl A

A suburban mother's new life unravels when a stalker unearths the childhood crime she buried.

著： Dan Scottow 2021 344 ページ

4.18

2,000+ 件の評価

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 👀 Stalker Thriller 👧 Childhood Crime

A Shilling for Candles

著： Josephine Tey • 1936

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

3.92

9,000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

A Shilling for Candles

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

著： Josephine Tey 1936 240 ページ

3.92

9,000+ 件の評価

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

Abby Offsides

著： Anna McCallie • 2026

Starting over in a Liverpool football job, she's drawn to the team's married Scottish star.

3.95

4,000+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Abby Offsides

Starting over in a Liverpool football job, she's drawn to the team's married Scottish star.

著： Anna McCallie 2026 368 ページ

3.95

4,000+ 件の評価

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

著： Cathy Cassidy • 2024

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

3.84

113

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

著： Cathy Cassidy 2024 272 ページ

3.84

113 件の評価

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Charles Dickens

著： Claire Tomalin • 2011

He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.

3.92

7,000+

📚 Literary Biography 🖋️ Victorian Authors 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Literary Celebrity ✊ Social Reform

Charles Dickens

He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.

著： Claire Tomalin 2011 527 ページ

3.92

7,000+ 件の評価

📚 Literary Biography 🖋️ Victorian Authors 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Literary Celebrity ✊ Social Reform

Heatwave

著： John L. Williams • 2025

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

3.89

134

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing 🎸 Punk Rock 🌍 Multicultural Britain

Heatwave

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

著： John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 件の評価

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing 🎸 Punk Rock 🌍 Multicultural Britain

Drayton and Mackenzie

著： Alexander Starritt • 2025

Two Oxford opposites launch a company betting their friendship on ambition, love, and the climate.

4.32

1,000+

🏢 Corporate Satire 💔 Love Triangle 🚀 Startup Journey 👬 Male Friendship 📉 Financial Crisis

Drayton and Mackenzie

Two Oxford opposites launch a company betting their friendship on ambition, love, and the climate.

著： Alexander Starritt 2025 579 ページ

4.32

1,000+ 件の評価

🏢 Corporate Satire 💔 Love Triangle 🚀 Startup Journey 👬 Male Friendship 📉 Financial Crisis

The Queen's Lady

著： Barbara Kyle • 1994

A Tudor lady-in-waiting must survive the King's divorce, the fires of heresy, and a forbidden love.

3.80

2,000+

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Lady-In-Waiting 📜 Historical Figures 😈 Rogue Hero ✝️ Religious Persecution

The Queen's Lady

A Tudor lady-in-waiting must survive the King's divorce, the fires of heresy, and a forbidden love.

著： Barbara Kyle 1994 597 ページ

3.80

2,000+ 件の評価

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Lady-In-Waiting 📜 Historical Figures 😈 Rogue Hero ✝️ Religious Persecution

84, Charing Cross Road

著： Helene Hanff • 1970

One book order to London begins a twenty-year transatlantic friendship told entirely in letters.

4.17

98,000+

✉️ Epistolary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🏪 Booksellers 📖 Rare Books 💌 Literary Friendship

84, Charing Cross Road

One book order to London begins a twenty-year transatlantic friendship told entirely in letters.

著： Helene Hanff 1970 106 ページ

4.17

98,000+ 件の評価

✉️ Epistolary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🏪 Booksellers 📖 Rare Books 💌 Literary Friendship

Rotten to the Core

著： T.E. Kinsey • 2022

A murdered cider warden, an apple in his mouth, and a secret brotherhood's twenty-year-old crime.

4.43

7,000+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🔐 Secret Society 💀 Cold Case Revenge 👑 Aristocrat And Servant 🎩 Edwardian England

Rotten to the Core

A murdered cider warden, an apple in his mouth, and a secret brotherhood's twenty-year-old crime.

著： T.E. Kinsey 2022 333 ページ

4.43

7,000+ 件の評価

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🔐 Secret Society 💀 Cold Case Revenge 👑 Aristocrat And Servant 🎩 Edwardian England

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