Listmania!
Curious books set in the UK
The End of Mr. YThe End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.01
Fantastic book of curiosity, adventure and some bizarre theories about how the concious and subconcious world is made up.
Small Town Antichrist (A Scots Armageddon)Small Town Antichrist (A Scots Armageddon) by Iain Grant
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.01
Tongue-in-cheek devil takes over the world via Scottish administration
Rebecca (Virago modern classics)Rebecca (Virago modern classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.34
Classic tale of obsession and control from beyond the grave set on the Cornish coast
PigtopiaPigtopia by Kitty Fitzgerald
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £0.01
English tale of outsiders and a love of pigs.
Lovers of Old FilmsLovers of Old Films by Ophelia Finsen
Buy new: £8.00 / Used from: £12.84
Locals in York with filmstar fixations going a little too far?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass (Penguin Classics)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass (Penguin Classics) by Lewis Carroll
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £2.46
It starts off in England! Brilliant British eccentricity.
Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices (Penguin Modern Classics)Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices (Penguin Modern Classics) by Dylan Thomas
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.22
I don't usually read poetry, but I love this book. Set in a little Welsh coastal town and full of curious characters.
The Wasp FactoryThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01
Not for the faint-hearted. But a very clever and nasty little book set in Scotland.
The Stornoway WayThe Stornoway Way by Kevin MacNeil
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01
Not the most cheerful of books, but brilliant: set on Lewis, the outer Hebridies in Scotland.
These Demented LandsThese Demented Lands by Alan Warner
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01
Follow up to Morvern Callar. Scottish madness - great read.
Aberystwyth Mon AmourAberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce
Buy new: £4.95 / Used from: £1.68
First in a series of detective stories set in Aberystwyth, Wales.
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy used from: £1.95
Great British writer. Birth of big brother. British dystopia.
Divided KingdomDivided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
British dystopia - the country is split up into four different personality types.
HaweswaterHaweswater by Sarah Hall
Buy new: £4.80 / Used from: £0.01
Set in the Lake District at the turn of the century. About the building of Haweswater and the people who lived there before.
The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £2.35
This guy can really writer. A butler reflecting on his life and the changing face of England.
The Bottle Factory OutingThe Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
Buy used from: £124.95
Curious character driven tale set in an Italian wine factory in London.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics)The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics) by Muriel Spark
Buy new: £5.86 / Used from: £0.69
Set in Edinburgh, about an eccentric, strong willed teacher and her schoolgirl crowd.
Pig IslandPig Island by Mo Hayder
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
Another dark tale set in Scotland! Up on the islands.
The American BoyThe American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01
Historical mystery set in Georgian England.
The WildThe Wild by Esther Freud
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £1.08
About hippies and their children in England. Esther Freud writes amazing books for adults about children.
Fred and EdieFred and Edie by Jill Dawson
Buy used from: £0.01
1920s England: tale of love and murder.
Sleep With MeSleep With Me by Joanna Briscoe
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Modern London living for young couple and an obsession with a French girl.
Eve GreenEve Green by Susan Fletcher
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01
Fantastic book set in rural Wales.
A Jealous GhostA Jealous Ghost by A.N. Wilson
Buy used from: £0.99
Creepy tale about an American student taking a nanny job in an English isolated home. Who is obsessed with James' Turn of the Screw.
The CryptographerThe Cryptographer by Tobias Hill
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01
About a tax inspector and an inventor of computer code for electronic money. Set mostly in England.