Fantasy books of London

[krtek a houby]

Was so sure there was a separate thread for this genre.

So, am talking about series like The Borribles, Rivers of London and stand-alones like Never where. Tales set in or about London.

Speaking of which, this looks very interesting indeed.

Watchmen's Alan Moore Reveals Cover & Irresistible Premise of New Book THE GREAT WHEN (Coming October)

The Long London quintet begins!

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Any London fantasy reads to recommend? Cheers!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Rivers of London series

Rivers of London (book series) - Wikipedia

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Edited to add
I'm blaming the fact it was 2am that I somehow missed it being mentioned in the OP.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

An Alex Verus Novel

Buy books online and find book series such as An Alex Verus Novel written by Benedict Jacka from PenguinRandomHouse.com

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

Read some of these too

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Read this too but so long ago I don't remember if it is good or not. I got the sequel so must be ok. Mind you I have a high tolerance for trash.

The City's Son (The Skyscraper Throne, #1)

Running from her traitorous best friend and her estrang…

www.goodreads.com

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

And this

London Falling – Paul Cornell

Seem to remember it being a bit grimmer than some.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Anansi Boys partly takes place in London but isn't particularly London centric so not sure if that counts

Anansi Boys - Wikipedia

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[toblerone3]

Just finished read The Book of Dave by Will Self about a floded theocratic future London based on the ravings of London cab driver obsessed with his son from his estranged partner. Apparently Will Self used to post on here.

The Book of Dave

When cabdriver Dave Rudman's wife of five years deserts…

www.goodreads.com

 

[SpookyFrank]

Kraken by China Mieville has some strong 'look how many places in London I can describe' energy. Owes a lot to Neverwhere.

 

[May Kasahara]

Roofworld | Christopher Fowler website

www.christopherfowler.co.uk

Not high fantasy (ironically) but a great little fantastical thriller.

 

[fucthest8]

I loved the Shadow Police series, Paul Cornell if you know his work, rag tag bunch of coppers dealing with supernatural stuff, very different to Rivers of London, just as good and, I would argue, more tightly plotted. Also only 3 books.

 

[mojo pixy]

Anansi Boys partly takes place in London but isn't particularly London centric so not sure if that counts

Anansi Boys - Wikipedia

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Neverwhere, totally London

 

[Silas Loom]

Can we count books set in England with a fair share of London scenes, in the Diagon Alley vein? If so, two historicals: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (S Clarke) and Babel (RF Kuang).

 

[Pickman's model]

London appears in the count brass novels 9f Michael moorcock

 

[Silas Loom]

Can we count books set in England with a fair share of London scenes, in the Diagon Alley vein? If so, two historicals: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (S Clarke) and Babel (RF Kuang).

And also, if we accept kids’ fiction, The Lives Of Christopher Chant, Diana Wynne Jones. The future Chrestomanci starts off in London, but as far as I recall none of the parallel worlds have a parallel capital.

 

[krtek a houby]

Rivers of London series

Rivers of London (book series) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Edited to add
I'm blaming the fact it was 2am that I somehow missed it being mentioned in the OP.

No worries, it's worth mentioning again

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

No worries, it's worth mentioning again

Certainly the most london of the entries.
Only book to have an event happen on the street I lived on.

 

[Storm Fox]

And this

London Falling – Paul Cornell

Seem to remember it being a bit grimmer than some.

I wasn't a fan, one of the characters is

Spoiler: The reason I didn't like it.

another irl author and they are not just mentioned in passing but is part of the active plot, it ruined the suspension of disbelief and I gave up

 

[cesare]

The Anubis Gates - Wikipedia

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Mostly set in London. I haven't read it myself so it's a recommendation from someone else.

 

[Orang Utan]

The Anubis Gates - Wikipedia

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Mostly set in London. I haven't read it myself so it's a recommendation from someone else.

That was one of the first sci-fi books I ever read. It’s great. Little did I know that it would come to be regarded as one of the first examples of ‘steampunk’.

 

[Orang Utan]

Simon Morden’s books are mostly set in alternate/post-apocalyptic London - the Down Station and Metrozone series.
Also, China Miéville’s first two books, King Rat and Un Lun Dun are London-focused, except they’re not very good.

 

[cesare]

That was one of the first sci-fi books I ever read. It’s great. Little did I know that it would come to be regarded as one of the first examples of ‘steampunk’.

You're making me want to read it myself now!

 

[Orang Utan]

You're making me want to read it myself now!

I would have been 14-15 years old when I read it, so consider it a tentative recommendation! It might be terrible! I loved James Herbert and Shaun Hutson at about that time and wouldn’t necessarily recommend them nowadays!

 

[cesare]

I would have been 14-15 years old when I read it, so consider it a tentative recommendation! It might be terrible! I loved James Herbert and Shaun Hutson at about that time and wouldn’t necessarily recommend them nowadays!

I've ordered it on kindle now, will get round to it and post up what I think, thanks!

 

[A380]

Brentford Trilogy ( 12 books) by Robert Rankin. I haven’t read the first ones since I was 17/18 but they seemed good then.

 

[Orang Utan]

I've ordered it on kindle now, will get round to it and post up what I think, thanks!

I just did too!

 

[cesare]

I just did too!

Great minds etc ...

 

[Pickman's model]

Brentford Trilogy ( 12 books) by Robert Rankin. I haven’t read the first ones since I was 17/18 but they seemed good then.

The antipope and East of Ealing superb

 

[Pickman's model]

London in the magician's nephew

 

[krtek a houby]

London in the magician's nephew

That's the one Narnia book that really stood out, imho. Charn, the woods between the worlds, a dying sun... always wished CS Lewis could have expanded on it.

 

[Ax^]

I would have been 14-15 years old when I read it, so consider it a tentative recommendation! It might be terrible! I loved James Herbert and Shaun Hutson at about that time and wouldn’t necessarily recommend them nowadays!

was going to mention the rats series myself