Best Books Set in London

2
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
25,019 members
580 reviews
4.1
12 Members
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3
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
13,722 members
249 reviews
4.2
11 Members
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4
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
36,884 members
457 reviews
3.9
11 Members
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5
Mrs Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
20,749 members
332 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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6
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
17,222 members
317 reviews
½ 3.7
11 Members
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7
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
13,689 members
248 reviews
½ 3.7
9 Members
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Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
5,360 members
128 reviews
½ 3.4
8 Members
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9
Dark Fire
by C. J. Sansom
2,565 members
115 reviews
4.1
8 Members
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84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
5,884 members
354 reviews
4.2
9 Members
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11
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
39,741 members
637 reviews
4
8 Members
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12
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
38,680 members
438 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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13
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
24,885 members
527 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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14
The Ruby in the Smoke
by Philip Pullman
4,137 members
101 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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15
The Crimson Petal and the White
by Michel Faber
6,748 members
198 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
16,939 members
265 reviews
½ 3.6
7 Members
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17
Saturday
by Ian McEwan
10,371 members
226 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
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Possession
by A.S. Byatt
13,007 members
289 reviews
4
7 Members
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19
Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
7,019 members
471 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
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1984
by George Orwell
82,389 members
1,275 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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21
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
24,389 members
241 reviews
3.8
6 Members
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22
Rivers of London
by Ben Aaronovitch
6,083 members
373 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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23
The Road Home
by Rose Tremain
1,458 members
86 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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24
Nights at the Circus
by Angela Carter
2,679 members
52 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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25
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
7,501 members
207 reviews
4
5 Members
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26
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
6,781 members
78 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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27
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,792 members
106 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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28
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
by Barbara Comyns
724 members
29 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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29
Spider
by Patrick McGrath
661 members
4 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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30
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
15,905 members
215 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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31
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
17,790 members
339 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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32
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
8,309 members
593 reviews
4
5 Members
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33
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
12,753 members
232 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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34
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
14,765 members
192 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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35
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
5,863 members
102 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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36
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
54,140 members
773 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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37
Small Island
by Andrea Levy
4,011 members
140 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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38
Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
3,527 members
72 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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39
The Swimming-Pool Library
by Alan Hollinghurst
2,026 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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40
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
6,563 members
172 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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41
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,403 members
153 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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42
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
6,594 members
101 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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43
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
14,908 members
202 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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44
The Buddha of Suburbia
by Hanif Kureishi
2,985 members
54 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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45
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
7,715 members
102 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
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46
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
21,127 members
282 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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47
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
1,734 members
65 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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48
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
4,151 members
70 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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49
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
1,420 members
49 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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50
Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,961 members
195 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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51
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
by Eve Harris
322 members
21 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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52
Before I Go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson
6,216 members
476 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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53
The Hand That First Held Mine
by Maggie O'Farrell
1,152 members
73 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Soupdragon, elkiedee, RiversideReader
54
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
5,950 members
227 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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55
Hearts and Minds
by Amanda Craig
205 members
12 reviews
4
3 Members
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56
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith
9,900 members
583 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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57
A Far Cry from Kensington
by Muriel Spark
1,285 members
55 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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58
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
17,914 members
1,121 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
59
NW
by Zadie Smith
2,443 members
99 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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60
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
8,487 members
146 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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61
A Cupboard Full of Coats
by Yvvette Edwards
303 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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62
Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie
19,062 members
326 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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Explanations
aulsmith : Main setting is Never-Never Land
63
Frost in May
by Antonia White
926 members
24 reviews
3.9
2 Members
lahochstetler, elkiedee
64
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
by Elizabeth Taylor
1,251 members
59 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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65
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
by Helen Fielding
8,503 members
109 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
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66
The Diaries of Jane Somers
by Doris Lessing
548 members
12 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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67
A Week in December
by Sebastian Faulks
1,344 members
74 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
Chatterbox, Nickelini
68
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
3,826 members
81 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
69
The Children Act
by Ian McEwan
2,969 members
184 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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70
Mary Poppins
by P. L. Travers
6,419 members
164 reviews
3.8
3 Members
merrystar, elkiedee, alex68
71
An Empty Death
by Laura Wilson
109 members
4 reviews
3.9
2 Members
elkiedee, RiversideReader
72
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
7,871 members
287 reviews
4
3 Members
Nickelini, ahef1963, kara.shamy
73
What a Carve Up!
by Jonathan Coe
2,344 members
54 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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74
The British Museum is Falling Down
by David Lodge
926 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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75
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith
4,431 members
240 reviews
4
2 Members
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76
The Other Way Round
by Judith Kerr
319 members
6 reviews
4.1
2 Members
elkiedee, RiversideReader
77
Slade House
by David Mitchell
3,301 members
253 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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78
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
by Helene Hanff
1,173 members
43 reviews
4
2 Members
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79
A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
8,677 members
192 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
Nickelini, ManWithAnAgenda
80
Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens
5,621 members
89 reviews
4
2 Members
souloftherose, drakeg
81
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters
5,116 members
147 reviews
4
2 Members
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82
Un Lun Dun
by China Miéville
3,502 members
194 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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83
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
by Winifred Watson
2,277 members
160 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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84
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
by Chris Wooding
751 members
18 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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85
Offshore
by Penelope Fitzgerald
1,330 members
55 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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86
How to Be Good
by Nick Hornby
7,720 members
111 reviews
3.2
2 Members
smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda
87
The Book of Fires
by Jane Borodale
482 members
41 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Soupdragon, RiversideReader
88
The Death List
by Paul Johnston
250 members
13 reviews
3.1
Member
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89
A Long Walk to Wimbledon
by H. R. F. Keating
38 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
souloftherose, RiversideReader
90
Hawksmoor
by Peter Ackroyd
1,868 members
42 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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91
Notes on a Scandal
by Zoë Heller
3,091 members
105 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
roby72, alex68
92
An Experiment in Love
by Hilary Mantel
559 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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93
The Wombles
by Elisabeth Beresford
332 members
6 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, elkiedee
94
The Millstone
by Margaret Drabble
933 members
25 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Nickelini, ahef1963
95
White Boots
by Noel Streatfeild
976 members
13 reviews
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, elkiedee
96
Blackout
by Connie Willis
3,216 members
220 reviews
3.8
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
97
Ordinary Thunderstorms
by William Boyd
1,305 members
79 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Chatterbox
98
The World My Wilderness
by Rose Macaulay
266 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Soupdragon
99
After You
by Jojo Moyes
4,178 members
172 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
100
Wrapped
by Jennifer Bradbury
318 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
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