English fiction is at 823

Books in this section are grouped by time period. You'll find recent English fiction around the call numbers 823.914 - 823.92 and older fiction around the call numbers 823.7 - 823.912 

Browse a selection of: 

• Contemporary English fiction

• Classic English fiction

In the Headington Library you'll find other literatures on Level 4 in Zones D and E. Some books will be in translation, others in the original language:

• German fiction is at 833

• French fiction is at 843

• Spanish and Latin American fiction is at 863

• Japanese literature is at 895.6

• Explore African fiction

Much of our young adult and children's fiction will be held at Harcourt Hill Library. If you are based at Headington, you can place a hold to have these books sent to your home library.

Browse a selection of children's and young adult fiction

Oxford Brookes is the home of the Booker Prize Archive and we have a collection of all the shortlisted Booker Prize titles in the Headington Library on Level 4 , Zone D (on the low shelves). You can borrow any of the shortlisted titles from 2001 onwards. In addition we hold loan copies of many of the shortlisted titles from before 2021 - these are filed in the normal book sequence on Level 4. 

Explore novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize

Graded readers are simplified versions of English books which could be useful for any student who wants to improve their English language reading skills. 

To browse the Library's collection of graded readers:

• Check this list English Reading Resources: Graded Readers

• Go to Level 2, in Zone E (silent study area) - the readers are shelved at the call number 428.64 and they can all be borrowed. The books are mainly novels and short stories with a few non-fiction titles.