 | The English: A Portrait of a People by Jeremy Paxman
Buy used from: £0.01 All of Paxman's snidey skills packed into an examination of the English people. Often funny and always imparting new and fascinating facts. A real favourite.
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 | A Fete Worse Than Death: A Journey Through an English Summer by Iain Aitch
Buy used from: £0.01 A new writer to me but sums up our odd relationship with the summer with side-splitting effect. Already bought a couple for friends as gifts. Great writing and extremely funny.
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 | In Search of England (In Search of) by H.V. Morton
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.20 One of the originals and still one of the best written. Funny, warming and charming.
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 | Eccentric Britain (Bradt Travel Guide Peruvian Wildlife) by Benedict le Vay
Buy new: £7.50 / Used from: £0.07 Eccentric Britain may be the title, but the English are most examined here. Great to take on trips with you and finding out odd facts about where you are.
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 | An Audience with an Elephant: And Other Encounters on the Eccentric Side by Byron Rogers
Buy used from: £1.51 Great shorts about the English nature and English character.
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 | Head Over Heels in the Dales by Gervase Phinn
Buy new: £3.15 / Used from: £0.01 Phinn is a school inspector, which allows him to examine the traumas of growing up and the funny things that both kids and adults say. Also paints a perfect picture of the English, especially Yorkies.
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 | Under an English Heaven by Robert Radcliffe
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Probably one of the best at examining the'stiff upper lip' and the Dunkirk spirit etc. Beautifully crafted.
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 | Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £3.71 / Used from: £0.01 Doesn't quite get the English with the same wit as my number 2, but a classic nonetheless.
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 | England, Their England (Picador Books) by A.G. Macdonell
Buy new: £2.30 / Used from: £1.16 Not a big fan of cricket but this examination of the English playing it [by a Scot!] is a diamond.
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 | England: An Elegy by Roger Scruton
Buy used from: £2.39 Wordy, but worth it. Upbeat rather than something like Nick Cohn's views. A man who loves and understands the country, even if I don't agree with all he finds.
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