Best Working-Class British Books

1.
Of Love and Hunger
Of Love and Hunger 4.02 avg rating — 645 ratings
2.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,825 ratings
3.
The Siege of Pleasure (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky #2)
The Siege of Pleasure (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky #2) 3.93 avg rating — 163 ratings
4.
The Midnight Bell (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, #1)
The Midnight Bell (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 279 ratings
5.
From the City, from the Plough
From the City, from the Plough 4.29 avg rating — 470 ratings
6.
The Lowlife
The Lowlife 4.25 avg rating — 405 ratings
7.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,592 ratings
8.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,301 ratings
9.
Saved
Saved 3.42 avg rating — 717 ratings
10.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,983 ratings
11.
Absence of Women
Absence of Women 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
12.
The Rabbit
The Rabbit
by: Ted Lewis
4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
13.
They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night 4.06 avg rating — 50 ratings
14.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,914 ratings
15.
Fallout
Fallout 3.16 avg rating — 58 ratings
16.
Brimstone and Treacle
Brimstone and Treacle 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings
17.
The Grass Arena
The Grass Arena 4.16 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
18.
Ethel and Ernest
Ethel and Ernest 4.20 avg rating — 3,820 ratings
19.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,750 ratings
20.
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey 3.61 avg rating — 4,334 ratings
21.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,566 ratings
22.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,324 ratings
23.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 4.04 avg rating — 10,247 ratings
24.
Seeing the Blossom: Two Interviews and a Lecture
Seeing the Blossom: Two Interviews and a Lecture 4.39 avg rating — 56 ratings
25.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,103 ratings
26.
Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1)
Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1)
by: Ted Lewis
3.94 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
27.
Plender
Plender
by: Ted Lewis
3.98 avg rating — 164 ratings
28.
GBH
GBH
by: Ted Lewis
3.84 avg rating — 781 ratings
29.
The Homecoming
The Homecoming 3.69 avg rating — 10,091 ratings
30.
The Complete Plays
The Complete Plays
by: Joe Orton
4.15 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
31.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede 3.82 avg rating — 26,148 ratings
32.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.08 avg rating — 2,462 ratings
33.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,812 ratings
34.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,872 ratings
35.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,074 ratings
36.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating — 320,843 ratings
37.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London 4.09 avg rating — 97,519 ratings
38.
The Kenneth Williams Diaries
The Kenneth Williams Diaries 4.22 avg rating — 873 ratings
39.
The Plains of Cement (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky #3)
The Plains of Cement (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky #3) 4.30 avg rating — 136 ratings
40.
The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude 4.08 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
41.
The Nether World
The Nether World 3.87 avg rating — 992 ratings
42.
The Lonely Londoners
The Lonely Londoners 3.70 avg rating — 13,079 ratings
43.
The Queen and I
The Queen and I 3.71 avg rating — 6,818 ratings
44.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,622 ratings
45.
The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,877 ratings
46.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,143 ratings