As someone who has always loved London I always appreciate when books are set there. I don’t live in London so I’m not gonna say that each of these are completely accurate and reflect the city accurately… but I enjoyed them all! So here are 14 different books set in London!
The King is Dead – Benjamin Dean
James is 17-years-old when his dad, the king, unexpectedly dies and he is forced onto the throne becoming the first ever mixed-race British Monarch. He quickly finds that he is woefully unprepared for what is about to come. Alongside grieving his dad and dealing with the racist public, his secret boyfriend has disappeared and someone is leaking all of his secrets to the tabloids.
GENRE: Young Adult, Mystery
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The Upper World – Femi Fadugba
During the worst week of Esso’s life, an accident knocks him into a place beyond space and time where he can see glimpses of the future. But if what he saw was right, he must change the course of history if he wants to live.
15 years later, Rhia’s past is filled with questions, and she’s just been assigned a new tutor. Turns out Dr. Esso isn’t here randomly and he needs her help.
GENRE: Young Adult, Science Fiction
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Hex and the City – Kate Johnson
Poppy is a witch with magical hair that lives next to Highgate cemetery and works at a magic shop in Covent Garden. One day she accidentally (and drunkenly) curses a pendant at the shop and sells it to gorgeous celebrity magician, Axl Storm. Poppy needs to find Axl and stop the curse before all hell breaks loose.
GENRE: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
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The Name of the Star – Maureen Johnson
Rory Deveaux moves from Louisiana to London to start a new life at an English boarding school on the same day that someone begins recreating the horrifying murders of Jack the Ripper. The police are left with no leads but one day, Rory sees a mysterious man near one of the crime scenes and believes him to be a main suspect. Except that no one else could see him.
Rory soon finds herself the next target and must find out what is going on and where the suspect went.
GENRE: Young Adult, Paranormal
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Magnolia Parks – Jessa Hastings
Magnolia Parks is a beautiful, self-involved and slightly neurotic London socialite.
BJ Ballentine is the guy who broke her heart.
Everyone knows that Magnolia and BJ are meant to be but they can’t seem to see it themselves. Magnolia dates other men, BJ
GENRE: Adult, Romance
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Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones is a 30-something single woman living in London who is determined to lose weight, stop smoking, and sort her life out. Through her diary, Bridget keeps track of everything in her life, from the arrogant man she met as a child, to her handsome boss that she begins sleeping with.
GENRE: Adult, Romance
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The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
Tiffy and Leon share a bed but they’ve never met.
Tiffy is desperate for somewhere cheap to live and Leon needs money so they agree to share a one bed flat. Tiffy works days, Leon works nights and they communicate through post-it notes. And, it works for them… but everyone thinks it’s weird.
GENRE: Adult, Romance
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Clockwork Angel – Cassandra Clare
Set in 1878, Tessa Gray has arrived in London in search of her brother. She immediately gets into trouble and is saved by Will and Jem, mysterious demon hunters called Shadowhunters. They find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organisation of vampires, demons, warlocks and humans, and must figure out a way to stop them before it’s too late
GENRE: Young Adult, Paranormal, Historical, Romance
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The Invocations – Krystal Sutherland
A supernatural serial killer who leaves no evidence is killing young witches.
Zara’s sister was one of the victims and she’s not willing to let her sister go that easily – even if it means learning necromancy.
Jude is the daughter of a billionaire who made a bad deal with a demon and now her soul is slowly turning necrotic.
Emer is the daughter of a witch who sells spells to desperate young women in exchange for part of their souls, and she’s the solution to both of their problems.
They come together to attempt to stop the serial killer before they end up on his hit list
GENRE: Young Adult, Paranormal, Mystery
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Stalking Jack the Ripper – Kerri Maniscalco
17-year-old Audrey Rose was born into a life of wealth and privilege but she has a secret forbidden life – she’s been studying forensic medicine with her uncle. And, they’ve recently been dragged into the investigation of a savage serial murderer… but the search for answers brings her closer to her own life than she would ever expected.
GENRE: Young Adult, Historical, Mystery
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The Household – Stacey Halls
A quiet house just outside of London is waiting to welcome a group of young women. Urania Cottage is a place women go for a second chance. The girls that will be arriving are fallen women – prostitutes, petty thieves … anyone that needs another chance at life. But how badly do they want it?
In a mansion a few miles away, one of the benefactors of Urania Cottage has just learned that her stalker has been released from prison and her life is about to collide with these women in a way she never expected.
GENRE: Adult, Historical
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The Husbands – Holly Gramazio
Lauren returns home one night to find a strange man in her flat and he’s claiming to be her husband. But she didn’t have a husband when she left earlier that day.
But then he heads up into the attic and a different man comes down, also claiming to be her husband. Lauren quickly realises that she can get a new husband simply by sending him up in to the attic, but how can you choose just one when you know how easy it is to get another one?
GENRE: Adult, Literary
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