CITY · UNITED KINGDOMBooks set in London Traction City
51.514, -0.098
9 books · 7 authors · 1838–2023
9 books here
Most-set authors
Charles Dickens (3) · Philip Reeve (1) · Neil Gaiman (1) · Bernardine Evaristo (1) · Samantha Harvey (1) · Sarah Waters (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · science fiction (1) · historical fiction (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in London Traction City (5)
Mortal Engines
Philip Reeve
The mobile predator city of London, anchored by the surviving St Paul's Cathedral
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
Heart of the legal district and High Court of Chancery
Mr Loverman
Bernardine Evaristo
Hackney Caribbean community
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
orbital setting, 16 sunrises
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Fagin's den, Oliver arrives
Also featuring London Traction City (4)
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Site of a life-threatening ordeal with the Black Friars
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Location of Tellson's Bank, described in the text as standing in the shadow of Temple Bar on Fleet Street
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
Frances and Lilian's murder trial
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
false clue / knight's tomb scene
Notable locations in London Traction City
Blackfriars1Chancery Lane1Fleet Street1Hackney, London1International Space Station1Lincoln's Inn1Old Bailey, London1Saffron Hill1Temple Church, London1
Nearby books
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
0 km · Old Bailey, London
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
0 km · Blackfriars
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
1 km · Fleet Street
Hawksmoor
Peter Ackroyd
1 km · St Mary Woolnoth
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
1 km · Temple Church, London
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
1 km · Gracechurch Street
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Arthur Conan Doyle
1 km · Swan Lane
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
1 km · Cornhill