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London is known for its rich literary tradition, from beloved classics such as Oliver Twist and Sherlock Holmes to modern hits like the Harry Potter and Bridget Jones series. Among an extensive lineup of tales set in London are many gems you’ve yet to discover.

We’ve hand-selected 25 highly acclaimed novels that reflect the culture and style of the city, including award nominees, page-to-screen titles, and even a selection from the creator of Downton Abbey. Cheers!

Our 25 Picks

Brilliant novels set in London
Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners
Colin MacInnes

from $5.49

Brick Lane
Brick Lane
Monica Ali

from $4.19

The Ballad of Peckham Rye
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
Muriel Spark

from $7.09

Ordinary Thunderstorms
Ordinary Thunderstorms
William Boyd

from $4.09

High Fidelity
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby

from $3.69

King Solomon's Carpet
King Solomon's Carpet
Ruth Rendell

from $4.09

The road home
The road home
Rose Tremain

from $4.69

City of the Mind
City of the Mind
Penelope Lively

from $4.39

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Xiaolu Guo

from $5.29

Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella

from $3.99

London
London
Edward Rutherfurd

from $4.39

The Night Watch
The Night Watch
Sarah Waters

from $4.19

Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision
Keith Lowe

from $5.09

The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia
Hanif Kureishi

from $5.19

Past Imperfect
Past Imperfect
Julian Fellowes

from $4.69

Neverwhere
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman

from $4.09

White Teeth
White Teeth
Zadie Smith

from $3.99

London Fields
London Fields
Martin Amis

from $4.89

Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger

from $3.69

The Face of a Stranger
The Face of a Stranger
Anne Perry

from $3.99

Ten Things I've Learnt About Love
Ten Things I've Learnt About Love
Sarah Butler

from $6.29

Saturday
Saturday
Ian McEwan

from $3.59

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

from $3.99

Under the Net
Under the Net
Iris Murdoch

from $6.19

An Equal Music
An Equal Music
Vikram Seth

from $4.99

London’s Ace Detectives
More sleuths than even Sherlock could track down
The Brutal Telling
The Brutal Telling
Louise Penny

from $5.39

The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey

from $4.19

A Fatal Grace (Dead Cold)
A Fatal Grace (Dead Cold)
Louise Penny

from $6.39

Still Life
Still Life
Louise Penny

from $4.69

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie

from $3.99

A Rule Against Murder (The Murder Stone)
A Rule Against Murder (The Murder Stone)
Louise Penny

from $8.09

A Trick of the Light
A Trick of the Light
Louise Penny

from $6.89

The Beekeeper's Apprentice : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
The Beekeeper's Apprentice : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Laurie R. King

from $3.99

The Cruelest Month
The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny

from $6.49

Bury Your Dead
Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny

from $5.79

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie

from $3.99

The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle

from $4.89

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie

from $5.59

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
Agatha Christie

from $5.69

Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie

from $4.89

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

from $4.05

The ABC Murders
The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie

from $3.99

Hallowe'en Party
Hallowe'en Party
Agatha Christie

from $4.39

The Murder on the Links
The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie

from $5.59

Agata Christie Five Miss Marple Novels
Agata Christie Five Miss Marple Novels
Agatha Christie

from $6.29

Children’s Tales
Madeline, Peter Pan, and so much more
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling

from $3.99

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff

from $3.59

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

from $3.99

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis

from $3.59

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White

from $3.59

The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

from $3.99

New Moon
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer

from $3.69

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling

from $4.29

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling

from $4.19

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling

from $4.39

Mockingjay
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins

from $4.19

The Giver
The Giver
Lois Lowry

from $3.59

Twilight
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer

from $3.59

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling

from $3.89

Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss

from $4.09

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling

from $3.59

Catching Fire
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

from $3.69

Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein

from $4.39

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling

from $4.09

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann

from $8.99

Literary Fiction
Tried-and-true classics and modern fiction
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

from $3.99

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
George Orwell

from $3.99

The Alchemist
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

from $5.09

The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway

from $3.99

The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

from $4.19

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck

from $3.99

Dark Places
Dark Places
Gillian Flynn

from $4.09

The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

from $3.99

L'Étranger
L'Étranger
Albert Camus

from $3.99

The Road
The Road
Cormac McCarthy

from $4.19

Beloved
Beloved
Toni Morrison

from $3.79

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Charlotte Brontë

from $3.59

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck

from $3.99

One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez

from $3.99

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

from $3.99

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

from $5.59

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky

from $4.09

East of Eden
East of Eden
John Steinbeck

from $5.39

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky

from $4.59

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett

from $3.59

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The Hobbit
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien

from $3.99

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

from $3.59

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
George Orwell

from $3.99

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

from $3.99

The Alchemist
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

from $5.09

The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

from $3.99

7 Habits of Highly Effective People
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey

from $3.59

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell

from $5.29

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling

from $4.19

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

from $3.99

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen

from $3.59

Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

from $4.29

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book
Miguel Ruiz

from $5.69

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling

from $3.89

How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie

from $4.09

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling

from $3.59

Catching Fire
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

from $3.69

All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr

from $6.09

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling

from $4.09

Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens

from $3.99

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