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 Tóm tắt sách

Sad Cypress

của 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.

của Agatha Christie 1940 336 trang

3.94

48.000+ đánh giá

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

A Secret Garden Affair

của 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.

của Erica James 2023 414 trang

4.21

4.000+ đánh giá

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

Elegance

của 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.

của Kathleen Tessaro 2003 390 trang

3.44

5.000+ đánh giá

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

The Girl on the 88 Bus

của 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.

của Freya Sampson 2022 400 trang

4.04

25.000+ đánh giá

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

Six Little Words

của 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.

của Sally Page 2026 368 trang

4.06

4.000+ đánh giá

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

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

của 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.

của Laura Dockrill 2024 349 trang

3.86

3.000+ đánh giá

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

của 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.

của Lily Morton 2018 274 trang

4.33

5.000+ đánh giá

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

In the Market for Murder

của 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.

của T.E. Kinsey 2015 270 trang

4.12

16.000+ đánh giá

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

Our First Civil War

của 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.

của H.W. Brands 2021 486 trang

3.90

1.000+ đánh giá

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

The Silk Weaver

của 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.

của Liz Trenow 2017 416 trang

3.88

1.000+ đánh giá

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

Promise Me

của 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.

của Jill Mansell 2023 400 trang

4.14

12.000+ đánh giá

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

Eleanor

của 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.

của Alice Loxton 2025 335 trang

3.92

1.000+ đánh giá

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

Black Water Rising

của 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.

của Sean Watkin 2025 362 trang

3.97

329 đánh giá

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

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

của 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.

của Joanna Cannon 2016 369 trang

3.64

30.000+ đánh giá

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

Girl A

của 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.

của Dan Scottow 2021 344 trang

4.18

2.000+ đánh giá

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

A Shilling for Candles

của 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.

của Josephine Tey 1936 240 trang

3.92

9.000+ đánh giá

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

Abby Offsides

của 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.

của Anna McCallie 2026 368 trang

3.95

4.000+ đánh giá

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

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

của 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.

của Cathy Cassidy 2024 272 trang

3.84

113 đánh giá

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

Charles Dickens

của 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.

của Claire Tomalin 2011 527 trang

3.92

7.000+ đánh giá

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

Heatwave

của 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.

của John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 đánh giá

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

Drayton and Mackenzie

của 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.

của Alexander Starritt 2025 579 trang

4.32

1.000+ đánh giá

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

The Queen's Lady

của 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.

của Barbara Kyle 1994 597 trang

3.80

2.000+ đánh giá

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

84, Charing Cross Road

của 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.

của Helene Hanff 1970 106 trang

4.17

98.000+ đánh giá

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

Rotten to the Core

của 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.

của T.E. Kinsey 2022 333 trang

4.43

7.000+ đánh giá

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

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