Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Are there any good books set in London that reference streets/shops/landmarks etc? Keen on modern day fiction, could be romance but not smut. No sci fi Thanks! by yeahhgood
mikeontablet on January 31, 2026 10:47 pm Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series is fantasy, so may not suit you, but definitely fits your criteria in spades.
goomi99 on January 31, 2026 11:02 pm NW by Zadie Smith is a good one. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, too — not contemporary, but truly incredible. Hope you find what you’re looking for! ETA: Smith’s White Teeth is also set in London, I think — and it’s much funnier 🙂
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Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series is fantasy, so may not suit you, but definitely fits your criteria in spades.
NW by Zadie Smith is a good one. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, too — not contemporary, but truly incredible. Hope you find what you’re looking for!
ETA: Smith’s White Teeth is also set in London, I think — and it’s much funnier 🙂
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