(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best british & irish literature

On a related note, there's an amazing short story/book called The Uncommon Reader. Premise is that the Queen develops a love of good literature, and becomes engrossed in it, and dissatisfied with her life as a monarch.

The Heaven Tree trilogy. The Heaven Tree Trilogy (The Heaven Tree / The Green Branch / The Scarlet Seed) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446517089/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jxbXDb77J9ZNH

What period/part of the world are you into?

Try...

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel if you're into Tudor England

Anything by Mary Renault if you're into ancient Greece

[The Emperor series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(book_series) by Conn Iggulden if you're into ancient Rome

Also excellent historical fiction but books that don't cover the entire era...

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchel - Early 1800's Dutch trading post in Edo era Japan.

The English Passengers by Mathew Neale. 1800's trip to Australia involving the British.

I love these two books.

There are a couple of really good books that expand on this universe. My SO recently got the Tolkien Bestiary (1979 version), which is very good!

My neighbour was on the UK version and she filled me in with some of the process.

They actually go through 3 or 4 "audition-auditions" before going in front of the main judges and cameras. In these, they get told about mics and stuff.

You might also want to try Chart Throb by Ben Elton, it's a satire about all these shows while also revealing some of the mechanics of how they are made. As a bonus, it's a great read.

Ben Elton’s new book Identity Crisis .

> Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage.

> A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn’t ‘get’ a single thing about anything anymore.

I’m only half way through but really enjoying it so far, it has passed the 6 laugh test.

Hey and welcome and although I'm almost sure someone has already told you, you should read "A year in the Merde" although after 6 years it might already be too late =)

Sounds like Happiness by Canadian author Will Ferguson. Great book!

My mistake there... It is Kureishi with a K.

The ISBN numbers and a lot more are linked from the articles:

The Buddha of Suburbia -- BTW the BBC mini-series adaptation was f-ing great.

My Son the Fanatic -- I did not watch the film but it don't look good from here

My unreserved recommendation for one of the greatest short stories of the last 20 years: The Body

I'm not sure if you're maybe looking for something more ghostly, but if you're all right with things like goblins and elves, I wonder if you might like Tom Holt? I would suggest The Portable Door or Little People.

"My Uncle Oswald" is an excellent Roald Dahl book, quite different to a lot of his other writings. I highly recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/My-Uncle-Oswald-Roald-Dahl/dp/0140055770/

You know what strikes me as a commonality in your list here? Narcissistic protagonists. With very few exceptions these are all novels of profound selfishness. The quintessential narcissist is Holden Caufield, but recommending The Catcher in the Rye feels too easy. Instead I'll give you Lux the Poet, by Martin Millar. It's got Angels, Punk Rock, the Brixton Riots and a good dashing of cocaine.

You should read The Uncommon Reader, it's super short and really all about reading and loving books. 126 pages. You can read it in one sitting on a lazy weekend afternoon.

I’ll give you three, just in case you’ve read the one I was gonna give you.

Good luck.

https://www.amazon.com/Comparing-Religions-Jeffrey-J-Kripal/dp/1405184582

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Esotericism-Guide-Perplexed-Guides/dp/1441136460

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Goddess-Complete-Birrell-Hughes/dp/B002C3UTM2

• Jingo - Book 21 - $3.79
  
• The Color of Magic - Book 1 - $3.99
  
• The Light Fantastic - Book 2 - $3.99
  
• Pyramids - Book 7 - $3.99
  
• The Long Earth - $3.99
  
• The Fifth Elephant - Book 24 - $3.99
  
• Making Money - Book 36 - $3.99
  
• The Last Continent - Book 22 - $3.99
  
• Thud! - Book 34 - $3.99

Yarrr, ye can read a book called 'Flashman on the March'. These here shineys are a central plot device, Flashman has ter get 50,000 of them across Ethiopia, an' shags an blunders 'is way across the country like a true English gentleman.

Stephen Fry wrote an alternate History novel about someone smarter and more strategic being leader due to present day scientists sending a pill back in time to make all men infertile the night Adolf would've been conceived.

Making History by Stephen Fry

This book is close - but he doesn't kill his wife, he divorces her.

Double Vision

https://www.amazon.com/Double-Vision-Novel-Pat-Barker/dp/0374209057

Is this sort of how the story went?

There really isn't a definitive best book in Fiji. The only literature we did from Fiji in school were short stories. I thought Subramani was pretty good so try this:

https://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Eaters-Stories-Fiji/dp/0894106317

The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield is absolutely amazing.

Au fait, pour motiver ton mari, fais lui lire "A year in the Merde" et demande lui s'il veut être "Jake the American" dans le roman.

reminds me of this book.

The book: http://www.amazon.com/My-Uncle-Oswald-Roald-Dahl/dp/0140055770