WAutomated Alice is a fantasy novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1996. The book follows Alice's travels to a future Manchester city populated by Newmonians, Civil Serpents and a vanishing cat.
WCordelia is a 1949 historical novel by the British writer Winston Graham. He wrote it for the Book of the Month Club and enjoyed commercial success in the United States. It is set in Manchester in the 1860s.
WThe Curry Mile is a 2006 novel written by Manchester-based British Pakistani novelist, Zahid Hussain. The debut novel was also the first book published by Suitcase Press. The book is set on Wilmslow Road, also known as the Curry Mile, in the Rusholme area of Manchester. The novel is a piece of urban realism written in dual narrative. It charts the life of a Pakistani family in the restaurant trade.
WElidor is a children's fantasy novel by the British author Alan Garner, published by Collins in 1965. Set primarily in modern Manchester, it features four English children who enter a fantasy world, fulfill a quest there, and return to find that the enemy has followed them into our world. Translations have been published in nine languages and it has been adapted for television and radio.
WFame is the Spur is a novel by Howard Spring published in 1940. It covers the rise of the socialist labour movement in Britain from the mid 19th century to the 1930s. The title comes from John Milton's poem Lycidas: "Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise / / To scorn delights, and live laborious days".
WHard Facts is a 1944 novel by the British writer Howard Spring. A young curate is sent to work in Manchester, where he encounters the Dunkersly family who own a struggling printing firm. It was followed by a sequel Dunkerley's in 1946.
WI Met a Lady is a 1961 novel by the British writer Howard Spring. During the First World War a boy is sent from Manchester to stay in Cornwall due to improve his health. There he meets an unusual group of characters who influence him strongly and intertwine with his life over the coming decades.
WLove on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film.
WThe Manchester Man is a novel by the British writer Isabella Banks. It was first published in three volumes in 1876 under her married name, Mrs G. Linnæus Banks. The story follows the life of a Manchester resident, Jabez Clegg, during the nineteenth century and his rise to prosperity in the booming industrial city. It depicts a number of real historical events such as the Peterloo Massacre.
WManchester Slingback is a crime novel by Nicholas Blincoe, set in the Canal Street area of Manchester, the city's Gay Village. The novel contrasts the underground status of the village during the 1980s, when the city's Chief Constable was James Anderton, with its flourishing as a tourist attraction in the 1990s.
WMary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class.
WMonster Love is the debut novel of English author Carol Topolski, published in 2008 by Fig Tree, an imprint of Penguin and was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. According to The Guardian it 'shocked and impressed in equal measure' and has been compared to Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin.
WNeedle in the Groove is a 1999 novel by Jeff Noon. A music/spoken word CD was released on the same day as the book.
WNorth and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. With Wives and Daughters (1865) and Cranford (1853), it is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television three times. The 2004 version renewed interest in the novel and attracted a wider readership.
WNymphomation is a novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1997.
WRachel Rosing is a 1935 novel by the British writer Howard Spring. It is the sequel to Shabby Tiger, published the previous year.
WShabby Tiger is a 1934 novel by the British writer Howard Spring. It was followed by a sequel Rachel Rosing in 1935.
WThe Song Rising is a 2017 supernatural dystopian novel by British writer Samantha Shannon, the third in The Bone Season series.
WVurt is a 1993 science fiction novel written by British author Jeff Noon. The debut novel for both Noon and small publishing house Ringpull, it went on to win the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was later listed in The Best Novels of the Nineties.
WWinds of the Day is a 1964 novel by the British writer Howard Spring. It was Spring's final novel.