10 Top british literature books like Here We Are by Graham Swift

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Here We Are

By: Graham Swift

3.45

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his newest novel, acclaimed author Graham Swift marries the erratic devastations of reality with…

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1. The Blue Afternoon

By: William Boyd

3.78

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Boyd, the author of A Good Man in Africa and Brazzaville Beach, here gives us something entirely ne… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"Love is not a feeling. It does not belong to that category of bodily experience which would include, for instance, pain."

-William Boyd, The Blue Afternoon

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2. Passing On

By: Penelope Lively

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Booker-Prize winning author Penelope Lively is that rare writer who goes from strength to strength … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • british literature
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3. The Black Snow

By: Paul Lynch

3.66

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

The startling new novel from a brilliant young Irish novelist on the rise, who "has a sensational g… read more

Similar categories in Paul Lynch's The Black Snow book and Graham Swift's Here We Are

  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth

By: William Boyd

5.00

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as … read more

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5. Marshlands

By: Matthew Olshan

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

"A first novel of considerable maturity: powerful, original, cunningly constructed, and timely." --… read more

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6. Prophet Song

By: Paul Lynch

4.10

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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7. Bournville

By: Jonathan Coe

3.81

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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8. Lessons

By: Ian McEwan

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

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9. Elizabeth Finch

By: Julian Barnes

3.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and pa… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"In the case of George and the Dragon – an encounter in which the dice were theologically loaded – any morally sentient human being must surely sympathise with the poor dragon."

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

"I don’t know what the average allotment of good luck in a life is or should be — it’s an unanswerable question, and doubtless there is no ‘should’ in it anyway — but I do know that she was part of my…"

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

"Korean woman who had escaped from the North to the South. She was talking about love. ‘If you grow up in the West,’ she said, ‘you may think romance occurs naturally, but it does not. You learn how t…"

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

"We must certainly consider, not just in this class, but outside it, in our own turbulent and fretful lives, the element of chance. The number of people we deeply meet is strangely few. Passion may mi…"

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

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10. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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11. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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12. Paris Echo

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Here is Paris as you have never seen it before – a city in which every building seems to hold the e… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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13. Grybo sapnas

By: Gabija Grušaitė

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

„Grybo sapnas“ – tai romanas apie žmones, pasiklydusius savo vidiniuose labirintuose. Visuomenės ak… read more

Similar categories in Gabija Grušaitė's Grybo sapnas book and Graham Swift's Here We Are

  • fiction
Cover of The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers

14. The Perfect Golden Circle

By: Benjamin Myers

3.92

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

From a British literary sensation, the story of two rural outcasts and the crop circles they create… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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15. Here We Are

By: Graham Swift

3.45

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his newest novel, acclaimed author Graham Swift marries the erratic devastations of reality with… read more

Similar categories in Graham Swift's Here We Are book and Graham Swift's Here We Are

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • english literature
  • 21st century
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

16. Light Perpetual

By: Francis Spufford

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed and award‑winning author of Golden Hill, an “extraordinary…symphonic…… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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17. Moneta & labirintas II

By: Mantas Adomėnas

4.11

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Romane „Moneta & labirintas II“ Lietuvos saugumo Giliosios geopolitikos skyriaus žvalgybininkas Tom… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann

18. The Pine Islands

By: Marion Poschmann

3.15

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

When Gilbert Silvester, a journeyman lecturer on beard fashions in film, awakes one day from a drea… read more

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  • literature
  • 21st century
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future by Tom Bullough

19. Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future

By: Tom Bullough

3.98

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarn Helen - Helen's Causeway - is the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the nort… read more

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20. Mylimi kaulai

By: Kotryna Zylė

4.55

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

„Mums į šonus įsirėžusios skalbinių virvelės, tėvas nugara atsirėmęs į karsto dangtį, pagalvoju, ka… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country by Juliet Nicolson

21. Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country

By: Juliet Nicolson

3.44

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not st… read more

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  • british literature

12 Best novels books like Here We Are by Graham Swift

Transform Your Habits

The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Passing On

Penelope Lively

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Bournville

Jonathan Coe

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lessons

Ian McEwan

4.00

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Transform Your Habits

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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