CITY · UNITED KINGDOMBooks set in London, England
51.507, -0.128
11 books · 10 authors · 1988–2023
11 books here
Most-set authors
Hilary Mantel (2) · Xiaolu Guo (1) · Fran Littlewood (1) · Kate Morton (1) · Jessica George (1) · Cesca Major (1)
Genres
literary fiction (2) · historical fiction (2)
Books set here
Set in London, England (9)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Xiaolu Guo
Chinese student navigating London life
Amazing Grace Adams
Fran Littlewood
Contemporary London — Grace Adams walks across the city to deliver a birthday cake to her estranged daughter
Maame
Jessica George
South London — Maddie navigates British-Ghanaian identity, caregiving, and independence
Maybe Next Time
Cesca Major
London — Emma relives the same day over and over, riding the Tube and trying to save her marriage
Mother London
Michael Moorcock
London from the Blitz to the 1980s — the city itself as central character
The Forest on the Edge of Time
Jasmin Kirkbride
2020 COVID lockdown London — contemporary chapters before time travel begins
The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel
Cromwell final years, Tudor court
The New Life
Tom Crewe
1890s London — two men navigating queer lives under the threat of the Labouchere Amendment
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Cromwell at Austin Friars, Tudor court
Nearby books
1984
George Orwell
0 km · London
2666
Roberto Bolaño
0 km · London
A Bit of Difference
Sefi Atta
0 km · London
A Case of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle
0 km · London
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
0 km · London
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Xiaolu Guo
0 km · London
A Darkling Plain
Philip Reeve
0 km · London
A Friend from England
Anita Brookner
0 km · London