What to Read After The English
Readers who loved The English by Jeremy Paxman keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The English is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The English
Empire
The Making of Modern Britain
Restoration London
An utterly impartial history of Britain
The battle for the Falklands
The English Civil War
Bright Young People
William Pitt the Younger
Watching the English
A Little History of the World
Notes from a Small Island
Empire
My Trade
London
The adventure of English
1000 years of annoying the French
Samuel Pepys
A History of Modern Britain
Stephen Fry in America
A short history of Byzantium
A History of the World
Downsize This!
London Orbital
Among the Russians