CITY · UNITED KINGDOMBooks set in Brixton, London
51.461, -0.116
11 books · 10 authors · 1891–2022
11 books here
Most-set authors
Candice Carty-Williams (2) · Penelope Fitzgerald (1) · Hanif Kureishi (1) · Sarah Waters (1) · John Lanchester (1) · Graham Greene (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6) · romance (2) · historical fiction (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Brixton, London (11)
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie childhood home and primary setting
Offshore
Penelope Fitzgerald
primary setting
The Buddha of Suburbia
Hanif Kureishi
Bromley suburb
People Person
Candice Carty-Williams
South London
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
1920s South London lodging house
Capital
John Lanchester
Clapham (Pepys Road)
The End of the Affair
Graham Greene
primary setting, wartime London
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Arthur Conan Doyle
Neville St Clair's home, named explicitly in the text
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
Muriel Spark
the Rye and surrounding streets
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Peckham
Pigeon English
Stephen Kelman
primary setting
Notable locations in Brixton, London
Camberwell2Peckham2Battersea Reach, Thames1Bromley1Camberwell, London1Clapham1Clapham Common1Lee1Peckham, London1
Nearby books
A Shock
Keith Ridgway
1 km · South London
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
1 km · South London
Capital
John Lanchester
2 km · Clapham
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
2 km · Camberwell, London
People Person
Candice Carty-Williams
2 km · Camberwell
The End of the Affair
Graham Greene
2 km · Clapham Common
Transcription
Kate Atkinson
3 km · Dolphin Square
Pigeon English
Stephen Kelman
3 km · Peckham, London