Books from England
723 popular english books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from England.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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A thrilling prequel story to the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER IS THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 AND WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020
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King Lear by William Shakespeare EN
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"Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which an English king foolishly splits his kingdom between the two daughters plotting his doom and disinherits his favorite for speaking out against him." --
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From the green hilltops of Kampala, to the terraced houses of London, Neema Shah’s extraordinarily moving debut Kololo Hill explores what it means to leave your home behind, what it takes to start again, and the lengths some will go to protect their loved ones. 'Shah explores the chaos and fear of ordinary people’s lives during Amin’s rule, weaving personal stories of love and betrayal into heightening tension and violence . . . nail-biting.' - Independent Uganda, 1972. A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. They must take only what they can c... continue
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Kriegsklingen by Joe Abercrombie DE
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Dies ist die atemberaubende Geschichte von Logen, dem Barbarenkrieger, der eigentlich nur seine Ruhe haben will – wenn er nicht ständig um sein Leben kämpfen müsste. Und die Geschichte von Großinquisitor Glokta, der eigentlich durch nichts zu erschüttern ist – bis er auf eine lebende Legende trifft, die in seiner Stadt eine magische Intrige spinnt, und die das ganze Reich zu erschüttern droht …
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L’uomo che scambiò sua moglie per un cappello by Oliver Sacks IT
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Oliver Sacks è un neurologo, ma il suo rapporto con la neurologia è simile a quello di Groddeck con la psicoanalisi. Perciò Sacks è anche molte altre cose: «Mi sento infatti medico e naturalista al tempo stesso; mi interessano in pari misura le malattie e le persone; e forse anche sono insieme, benché in modo insoddisfacente, un teorico e un drammaturgo, sono attratto dall’aspetto romanzesco non meno che da quello scientifico, e li vedo continuamente entrambi nella condizione umana, non ultima in quella che è la condizione umana per eccellenza, la malattia: gli animali si ammalano, ma solo l’u... continue
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La cruz azul y otros cuentos by Gilbert Keith Chesterton ES
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Cuentos elegidos por Borges de Gilbert K. Chesterton.
Este volumen consta de una serie de cuentos que simulan ser policiales y que son mucho más. Cada uno de ellos nos propone un enigma que, a primera vista, es indescifrable. Se sugiere después una solución no menos mágica que atroz y se arriba
por fin a la verdad, que procura ser razonable. Cada uno de los cuentos es un apólogo y es asimismo una breve pieza teatral. Los personajes son como actores que entran en escena.
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La piedra lunar by Wilkie Collins ES
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La novela narra la historia de un diamante tan brillante como la luna, una gema rara originaria de la India, que hereda una noble inglesa. Al final de una recepción en la casa de campo de la joven heredera, el diamante desaparece. El sargento Cuff, un perspicaz detective londinense, inicia la investigación, pero algo siniestro y elusivo parece acechar a todos aquellos que, de una forma u otra, se cruzan en su camino con la espléndida y siniestra piedra lunar.
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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon EN
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The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon's classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity, using as its focus one of the most fascinating of all Victorian heroines.