Top 10 Classic English Language Authors

Best British Writers 20th Century on March 2024 Shopping Deals at Bestonio.com

  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

    • ASIN: 0385341008
    • ISBN: 9780385341004
    • Brand: Dial Press
    • Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. “Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love “I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? ... [Read More]

  • 1984

    • ASIN: B003JTHWKU
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

    • ASIN: B007978NPG
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  • The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

    • ASIN: B0782X9PFP
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉThe celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian ... [Read More]

  • Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles Book 1)

    • ASIN: B005569HMG
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

  • And Then There Were None

    • ASIN: B000FC1RCI
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

  • Best Kept Secret (Clifton Chronicles Book 3)

    • ASIN: B008BU75IQ
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

    Jeffrey Archer's mesmerizing saga of the Clifton and Barrington families continues...1945, London. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promo... [Read More]

  • The Hobbit

    • ASIN: 0345339681
    • ISBN: 0345339681
    • Brand: J.R.R. Tolkien Books
    • Manufacturer: Del Rey

    The enchanting prequel to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the classic fantasy that inspired Peter Jackson’s major motion picture trilogyWhen Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bil... [Read More]

  • Sea of Memories

    • ASIN: B06Y5PSTB5
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    When Kendra first visits her ailing grandmother, Ella has only one request: that Kendra write her story down, before she forgets…In 1937, seventeen-year-old Ella’s life changes forever when she is sent to spend the summer on the beautiful Île de Ré and meets the charismatic, creative Christophe. They spend the summer together, exploring the i... [Read More]

  • Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, Book 1)

    • ASIN: B0052RDHTM
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

    • ASIN: 0307408876
    • ISBN: 0307408876
    • Brand: Erik Larson
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    #1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of childr... [Read More]

  • Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness

    • ASIN: B01N0H7AEF
    • Manufacturer: Endeavour Media

    'It brings its subject vividly, unforgettably back to life.' - The Washington PostBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill led one of the most astonishing lives that public service has ever witnessed. Famed for his courageous leadership against Hitler in WW2, his witticisms and his larger-than-life persona, comparatively little is known of Churchil... [Read More]

  • The Secret Wife: A captivating story of romance, passion and mystery

    • ASIN: B01D4O804G
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    ** The USA Today Bestseller****The number one Kindle bestseller**‘A cleverly crafted novel and an enthralling story… A triumph.’ DINAH JEFFERIESA Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . .Love. Guilt. Heartbreak.1914Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a... [Read More]

  • The Sins of the Father (Clifton Chronicles Book 2)

    • ASIN: B00633W614
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

  • Garner's Modern English Usage

    • ASIN: 0190491485
    • ISBN: 0190491485
    • Brand: Oxford Univ Pr
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, prete... [Read More]

  • The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)

    • ASIN: B002TXZS8A
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Mightier Than the Sword: A Novel (Clifton Chronicles Book 5)

    • ASIN: B00MELK918
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

    Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives?When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow ... [Read More]

  • Cometh the Hour: Book Six Of the Clifton Chronicles

    • ASIN: B00YWZU0MC
    • ISBN: 1466867507
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

    Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia.Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?Lady Virgini... [Read More]

  • The Tuscan Child

    • ASIN: 1503951812
    • ISBN: 1503951812
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… “Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” —NPRIn 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his st... [Read More]

  • Edge of Eternity: Book Three of the Century Trilogy

    • ASIN: 0451474023
    • ISBN: 0451474023
    • Brand: Follett Ken
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion.In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they made their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the ... [Read More]

  • Top 10 Classic English Language Authors

    Top 10 20th Century Novels

    Top 10 English Writers