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Books Set in London

Rank Title Author Added

1

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding

16,946 members

265 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

2

by George Orwell

82,468 members

1,276 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

3

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,187 members

774 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

4

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,804 members

638 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

5

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

36,886 members

457 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963
Explanations: ahef1963: Half in London, half in Paris.

6

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

27,084 members

779 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963
Explanations: ahef1963: Half in London, half in the north of England.

7

25,039 members

580 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

8

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,923 members

528 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

9

14,920 members

202 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

10

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15,932 members

215 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

11

9,847 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

12

by Kate Atkinson

7,945 members

350 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

13

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

by G.K. Chesterton

7,081 members

170 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

14

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,886 members

354 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

15

The Night Watch

by Sarah Waters

4,404 members

153 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

16

by Edward Rutherfurd

4,549 members

76 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

17

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,965 members

195 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

18

by P. L. Travers

6,432 members

164 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

19

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,493 members

121 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

20

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,799 members

106 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

21

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

by Sue Townsend

3,590 members

65 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

22

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,827 members

81 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

23

Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

by John Cleland

3,340 members

58 reviews

3.2

Member: ahef1963

24

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith

3,298 members

92 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

25

Unnatural Death

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,192 members

84 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

26

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,068 members

89 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

27

by Agatha Christie

3,316 members

53 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

28

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

2,622 members

54 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

29

Lord Peter Views the Body

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,769 members

41 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

30

The Man in the Queue

by Josephine Tey

1,676 members

61 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

31

The Black Prince

by Iris Murdoch

1,504 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

32

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

1,813 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

33

by Mark Billingham

1,299 members

48 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

34

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

by Helene Hanff

1,173 members

43 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

35

London Transports

by Maeve Binchy

776 members

11 reviews

3.2

Member: ahef1963

36

The Burning Girl

by Mark Billingham

785 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

37

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Norton Critical Edition]

by Robert Louis Stevenson

510 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

38

The Middle Ground

by Margaret Drabble

349 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

39

by Charles Dickens

24,422 members

242 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

40

by Polly Toynbee

5 members

Member: ahef1963

41

by Sarah Waters

7,880 members

287 reviews

4.1

42

A Darker Shade of Magic

by V. E. Schwab

7,554 members

326 reviews

3.9

43

The Man from St. Petersburg

2,705 members

31 reviews

½ 3.5

44

Testament of Youth

by Vera Brittain

2,164 members

53 reviews

4.1

45

The Princes in the Tower

2,053 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

46

The Killing Doll

by Ruth Rendell

415 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

47

Testament of Friendship

by Vera Brittain

317 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

48

A Lovely Way to Burn

by Louise Welsh

200 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

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