Best Books Set in London

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Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
24,361 members
564 reviews
4.1
11 Members
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3
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
13,376 members
242 reviews
4.2
10 Members
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4
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
35,422 members
439 reviews
3.9
10 Members
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5
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
19,941 members
322 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
16,680 members
310 reviews
½ 3.7
10 Members
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
13,431 members
240 reviews
½ 3.7
9 Members
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Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
5,277 members
129 reviews
½ 3.4
8 Members
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Dark Fire
by C. J. Sansom
2,491 members
111 reviews
4.1
8 Members
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84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
5,692 members
340 reviews
4.2
9 Members
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
38,181 members
614 reviews
4
7 Members
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12
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
37,136 members
421 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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The Ruby in the Smoke
by Philip Pullman
4,050 members
99 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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The Crimson Petal and the White
by Michel Faber
6,625 members
194 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
16,620 members
256 reviews
½ 3.6
7 Members
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
23,550 members
504 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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Saturday
by Ian McEwan
10,161 members
224 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
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Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
6,884 members
466 reviews
½ 3.4
5 Members
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The Road Home
by Rose Tremain
1,430 members
84 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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Possession
by A. S. Byatt
12,685 members
286 reviews
4
6 Members
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1984
by George Orwell
79,292 members
1,241 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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22
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
23,309 members
227 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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Nights at the Circus
by Angela Carter
2,585 members
51 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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Rivers of London
by Ben Aaronovitch
5,707 members
359 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
6,497 members
76 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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26
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
by Barbara Comyns
685 members
28 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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Spider
by Patrick McGrath
644 members
4 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
15,171 members
210 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
7,961 members
574 reviews
4
5 Members
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The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
12,486 members
225 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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31
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
14,322 members
190 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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Small Island
by Andrea Levy
3,950 members
140 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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33
Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
3,366 members
68 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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The Swimming-Pool Library
by Alan Hollinghurst
1,967 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
6,350 members
168 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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36
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
4,324 members
148 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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37
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
7,260 members
199 reviews
4
4 Members
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38
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
6,377 members
101 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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39
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
14,757 members
196 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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40
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,681 members
104 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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41
The Buddha of Suburbia
by Hanif Kureishi
2,923 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
17,084 members
328 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
5,652 members
96 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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44
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
52,326 members
751 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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45
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
1,693 members
64 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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46
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
3,965 members
67 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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47
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
1,364 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
by Eve Harris
308 members
21 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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49
Before I Go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson
6,021 members
465 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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50
The Hand That First Held Mine
by Maggie O'Farrell
1,107 members
70 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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51
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
7,477 members
101 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
5,727 members
225 reviews
4
3 Members
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Hearts and Minds
by Amanda Craig
199 members
12 reviews
4
3 Members
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54
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith
9,443 members
569 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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55
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
16,735 members
1,082 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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56
NW
by Zadie Smith
2,350 members
95 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
8,225 members
143 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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58
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
20,017 members
260 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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59
A Cupboard Full of Coats
by Yvvette Edwards
291 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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60
Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie
18,098 members
311 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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Frost in May
by Antonia White
906 members
23 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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62
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
by Elizabeth Taylor
1,184 members
57 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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63
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
by Helen Fielding
8,375 members
106 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
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64
The Diaries of Jane Somers
by Doris Lessing
532 members
12 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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A Week in December
by Sebastian Faulks
1,312 members
74 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
3,677 members
80 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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67
The Children Act
by Ian McEwan
2,846 members
177 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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68
Mary Poppins
by P. L. Travers
6,094 members
156 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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69
An Empty Death
by Laura Wilson
106 members
4 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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70
Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,789 members
188 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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71
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
7,681 members
279 reviews
4
3 Members
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72
What a Carve Up!
by Jonathan Coe
2,295 members
52 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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73
The British Museum is Falling Down
by David Lodge
910 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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A Far Cry from Kensington
by Muriel Spark
1,233 members
55 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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75
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith
4,197 members
232 reviews
4
2 Members
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76
The Other Way Round
by Judith Kerr
305 members
6 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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77
Slade House
by David Mitchell
3,113 members
247 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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78
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
by Helene Hanff
1,134 members
42 reviews
4
2 Members
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79
A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
8,556 members
192 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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80
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters
4,986 members
143 reviews
4
2 Members
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81
Un Lun Dun
by China Miéville
3,432 members
191 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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82
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
by Winifred Watson
2,211 members
159 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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83
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
by Chris Wooding
738 members
18 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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84
Offshore
by Penelope Fitzgerald
1,281 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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85
How to Be Good
by Nick Hornby
7,616 members
114 reviews
3.2
2 Members
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86
The Book of Fires
by Jane Borodale
475 members
41 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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87
The Death List
by Paul Johnston
244 members
13 reviews
3.1
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88
A Long Walk to Wimbledon
by H. R. F. Keating
37 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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89
Notes on a Scandal
by Zoë Heller
3,047 members
102 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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90
An Experiment in Love
by Hilary Mantel
538 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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91
The Wombles
by Elisabeth Beresford
315 members
5 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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92
The Millstone
by Margaret Drabble
907 members
25 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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93
White Boots
by Noel Streatfeild
926 members
11 reviews
4
2 Members
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94
Blackout
by Connie Willis
3,094 members
211 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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95
Ordinary Thunderstorms
by William Boyd
1,268 members
77 reviews
½ 3.5
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Chatterbox
96
The World My Wilderness
by Rose Macaulay
257 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
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97
After You
by Jojo Moyes
3,819 members
158 reviews
½ 3.6
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98
Wrapped
by Jennifer Bradbury
312 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
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99
Capital
by John Lanchester
1,180 members
63 reviews
3.8
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100
Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens
5,418 members
86 reviews
4
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