British Authors?

Question

For my English class we have to read a book by a british author. The teacher gave us a list of books and their authors for a guide line of what we could read, she said that the person did not have to be on the list for us to read the book. I have a book for this semesters assignment but I need one for the next semester. I have looked at all of the books on the list and none of them interest me. So if you could please tell me of some British Authors or books that you know are written by one but can't remember the name. The books have to be a novel, and have more than 300 pages.

Just thought I would put this up here. I know about JRR Tolkin, JK Rowling, and CS Lewis. I love them all.

Answer 1

This was probably on your list, but I suggest J.K Rowling. If you watch the movies and then read book 5, that would go great.

There's also:

C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien

Answer 2

Well for the classics you can read some Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice,Sense and Sensibility or Emma; you could try Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, or Agnes Grey by Ann Bronte; or try some Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'uberbilles, Far From the Maddening Crowd, or The Mayor of Castorbridge; D.H. Lawrence: Lady Chatterly's Lover, Sons and Lovers; Charles Dickens: Great Expectatios, David Cooperfield, you could really go old school and read Beowuf or Caterbury Tales.... Vanity Fair by William Thackery...The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins; End of the Affair by Graham Greene...Passage to India by E. M. Forrester, Room With a View by E.M. Forrester...

More recent authos include A.S. Byatt: Angels and Insects, Possession; Nick Hornby: High Fidelity, About a Boy; Fay Weldon is a good one however, while her books are intense they can be rather short in legnth. P. D. James writes mysteries, Barbara Vine write psychological thrillers and as Ruth Rendell she writes mysteries. Helen Fielding wrote the Bridgette Jones books.
Happy reading!

Answer 3

any british authors right? there's the brontes, who wrote Jane Eyre(charlotte bronte), and Wuthering Heights(Emily bronte). there's The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. George Eliot was another british author, she wrote Silas Marner. J.R.R Tolkien would be a good option i suppose. oh and we must not forget Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(Sherlock Holmes)!!! oh and JK Rowling of course.

Answer 4

I would recommend books by Agatha Christie. Every single one of them is fascinating...particularly the books in the Miss Marple series. It shouldn't be too difficult to find one with more than three hundred pages.
Christie is renowned as the queen of crime. Her books are outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. SHE IS A SPECTACULAR AUTHOR! I can guarantee a good read.

Answer 5

Why don't you try reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens? Not sure if it's long enough, is the only problem, but surely that would be interesting!!

And then later in your life you could look like the smart person in the room when everyone says, "Well, I've seen the Muppets Christmas Carol" and you say, "Oh, I read the original text."

:)

Answer 6

I really like Patrick O'brians work. The series that begins with Master & Commander is some of the best historical fiction ever written.

Answer 7

Here is a website that lists contempory british authors.

http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?n=&nt=British&gr=&t=&pb=