Stephen Fry's books, fiction and nonfiction. His nonfiction _The Ode Less Travelled_ turned me onto British comic verse poet Wendy Cope, whose books can be hard to find.

David Lodge's _The British Museum is Falling Down_ is a funny update of Ulysses/The Odyssey.

These are the 20th century British novelists I've enjoyed reading: Hanif Kureishi, Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark, Sheila Gibbons, Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter, Douglas Adams.

20th c. British authors on my to-read list: Beryl Bainbridge, Sara Maitland, Ben Elton, Graham Greene.

British author currently reading: Julian Barnes's novel _Arthur & George_, of the friendship between Arthur Conan Doyle and George Edalji. Sure, the setting is late 19th century, but the writing style is modern.

Bonus history book which is also funny and 20th century, if Irish: Spike Milligan's _Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall_.

Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim, The Green Man
David Lodge: Changing Places, Small World, Nice Work, Paradise News, Therapy, Thinks
Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited

Do you like art history?

If you do, you might want to check into some medieval manuscript art history books. They can be pretty interesting in a weird way. One I know of that is pretty cool is "Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art" by Michael Camille. I don't know that it is specifically about England though. It sounds like it would be pretty boring to read about the stuff in the margins of manuscripts, but it is actually kind of fascinating in a nerdy sort of way.

The options are endless:

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill. Nearly Joycean in scope and utilization of authentic Irish accents (yes, it's Irish, not English, but I am an Anglophile and loved it). It's the stories of two teenage boys that fall in love during the Irish revolution.

EM Forster, he only wrote six novels but they are all gems. I especially like Maurice and A Passage to India.

If you like Dickens and also enjoy fantasy you would be doing yourself a disservice by not reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke. It is Dickensian in scope and setting but imagines an alternate universe where magic exists.

The Instance of the Fingerpost - A historical mystery set in Restoration England by Iain Pears.

As Meat Loves Salt, a romance between two men set during the English Civil War. It's a romance in the traditional sense of the word, not the Harlequin sense.

All of these books should feed your Anglophilia.

Watching the English:The Hidden Rules of English Behavior http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780340818862-0

Stephen Fry's auto-bio: Moab is My Washpot
http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781569472026-0
He describes his grade school years in an English Boarding school for a good chunk of the book with great anedotes and general hilarious delivery.

If you like a bit of medieval history, try "My Lord John" by Georgette Heyer. She spent years doing research and it is a good read. The only thing wrong with it is that she did not get time to finish the series. It is a biography, and really readable. Don't be put off by the fact that most of her books are regency romance. She also wrote some fun country house murder mysteries.

I imaging that you have read Nick Hornby's stuff which is so so English, and a lot of fun. If not, strongly recommended.

If you want a taste of the racist, class conscious 1920s and 30s, read some of Dornford Yates. Despite the mores of the time which are so apparent, they are ripping yarns. The first one is "Blind Corner". I find the racism and anti-semitism of a lot of authors from the 20's onwards very offensive, but it it is good to get past being offended, see them as snapshots of the times and realise that we have come a long way....

Also rather spiffing is the Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne. Jolly good show.

The whole "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series - british humour at it's best.

Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat" - the hilarious misadventures of three men travelling down the Thames in a row boat. There's also a sequel of sorts, "Three Men on the Bummel".

"1066 And All That" - a spoof English history written by a public school don, very funny if you are familiar with the sort of English history taught in British schools.

I also second the P.G. Wodehouse mention - wonderful stuff.

And Roald Dahl...the childrens books are classic but he's also done a whole load of adult short stories which are brilliant and very dark.

Are you a modern Anglophile? Try Zadie Smith. Very funny and perceptive.