Books in the United Kingdom have been studied from a variety of cultural, economic, political, and social angles since the formation of the Bibliographical Society in 1892 and since the History of books became an acknowledged academic discipline in the 1980s. Books are understood as "written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers".
Pollard and Redgrave (1928), Short-Title Catalogue of Books…1475-1640
Donald Wing (1945–1951), Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700
W. W. Greg (1954), Some Aspects and Problems of London Publishing, 1550–1650
Helmut Gneuss, ed. (1996). Books and Libraries in Early England. Variorum. ISBN0860786021.
J. Raven, H. Small, and N. Tadmor (eds.), The Practice and Representation of Reading in England (Cambridge UP, 1996)
History of the Book in Britain. Cambridge University Press. 1998–2014. ISBN0521573467. (6 volumes)
published in 21st century
Sally Mapstone; et al., eds. (2007–2012). Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN9780748619122.
Leah Price (2012). How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain. Princeton University Press. ISBN978-0691114170.
Michael F. Suarez; H. R. Woudhuysen, eds. (2013). The Book: A Global History. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-967941-6.. Contains chapters: "Britain, c.1475-1800" by Andrew Murphy; "Britain, 1801-1914" by Leslie Howsam; "Britain from 1914" by Claire Squires
"Reading Experience Database, 1450–1945". UK: Open University. 30,000 records of reading experiences of British subjects, both at home and abroad, and of visitors to the British Isles