Craig Taylor

Essays by 80 Londoners. A unique look into London from a local perspective from people who live, left, and love London.

Year: 2012 Genre: Nonfiction

Virginia Woolf

A snapshot of London life in Bloomsbury on one wintry evening. Beautifully descriptive and transportive. You almost feel warmed by the candle light Woolf describes.

Year: 1930 Genre: Short Story

Hilary Mantel

A historical novel about the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell int he court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More.

Year: 2009 Genre: Fiction

Neil Gaiman

A bizarre novel about a subterranean world of London, and interesting take on the footprint of London.

Year: 1996 Genre: Fiction

Virgina Woolf

A day in the life of a high-society woman hosting a party at her London home that night

Year: 1925 Genre: Fiction

Elaine Dundy

Honey Flood arrives in London with only her quick wits and a scheme. To get what she wants, she'll have to seduce the city's brightest literary star.

Year: 1964 Genre: Fiction

Monica Ali

A bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after.

Year: 2003 Genre: Fiction

Keith Lowe

Andy’s obsession with the London Underground is interfering with his life. On the eve of his wedding, he makes a drunken bet that challenges him to travel through ever single Tube station in just one day.

Year: 2014 Genre: Fiction

Nina Stibbe

Nina Stibbe moved to London in 1982, hired as a nanny to the sons of London Review of Books editor Mary-Kay Wilmers and her ex-husband, director Stephan Frears. Cue candid encounters with some of London's literary elite, as neighbours such as Alan Bennett popped round for dinner.

Year: 2014 Genre: Nonfiction