We first came across this book via books on the underground, an organisation that does just what it says a couple of book lovers plant top books on the tube in london for people to find, read and then return for the next person. The london underground book of love, a harry potter fanfic. The classics and the contemporaries, heres a list of 100 mustread novels set in london, the most bustling and fantastic of cities. Books travelling around the london underground network waiting to be read. London underground is an intriguing mashup of wwii fiction, government conspiracies, and science gone very, very wrong. Top ten crime novels set in london londons a maze, both in space and time. To say that london is a city marked by literature risks understatement. Ive started reading this historical fiction novel about the city of london over more than 2 thousand years. Underground, by tobias hill in hills debut novel london underground worker casimir tries to catch a man.
A novel about a man riding the subway all day doesnt automatically offer much excitement, and to keep. London historical fiction book group london, united. If you have a favorite ya book set in or with major scenes set in london, shout about it in the comments. In this epic novel edward rutherfurd takes the reader on a magnificent journey across sixteen centuries from the days of the romans to the victorian engineers of tower bridge and the era dockland development of today. Travels beneath the city streets digital original by smith, stephen isbn. Fiction books and novels curated by expert booksellers.
This is london, man, a capital, a great big city where every. In it, a businessman slips down into the magical underworld beneath london, and while the city itself is just the regular old city you might actually visit, gaimans imagination creates an incredible fantasy world just under the streets, based on the tube stops of the london underground. Browse the best in new fiction, literary fiction and award winning fiction. Many of londons most famous icons are inspired by transport and we have a fantastic selection of publications that tells their story. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The novel, described by pratchett as historical fantasy rather than historical fiction, includes cameos by charles dickens, sir robert peel, benjamin disraeli, joseph bazalgette and even sweeney todd. A new book on the london underground draws on previously unused sources and images to celebrate its crucial role covering 150 years, from the steam age to. Hidden laboratories and government offices from wwii offer a maze of corridors and abandoned medical experiments. London underground books london transport museum shop. These books are classics, bestsellers, famous, unknown, underrated, overrated, perfect for you, or just terrible for you. Ive been reading a new book titled the days and nights of london now as told by those who love it, hate it, live it, left it and long for it by craig taylor.
List of london undergroundrelated fiction wikipedia. When i set about creating my own investigator, dc nick belsey, i knew he needed to. By now, sirius is sure that remus has no concept of this book and is completely unaware of the social rules that govern it or society as a whole. Mack the knife, now a transgender hero of londons riotous. It opens with the citys residents suffering and dying from the sweating sickness. So lets skip all that unpleasantness and read the books that celebrate our life choices, and maybe if we all wish hard enough, london will let us live in it.
Chris angus is the author of several works of nonfiction and. Capping off the regencyera london underground trilogy, leigh matches roguish yet chivalrous thomas oconnell, the new duke of northfield, with ambitious, spirited lucia marini, the new manager. Gaimans website faq states that a novel length sequel to the book is a possibility. Of course, since this is 3 on a ya theme and not a big, thick book list, this is but a mere glimpse of london through the ya world. Any sherlock holmes book, by sir arthur conan doyle. The majority of the novel consists of 253 character descriptions, each one 253 words. Although dodger is technically a childrens book, pratchetts trademark charm and sense of humour easily won me over. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22. The climax of this murder mystery takes place on the underground. London underground by chris angus this is a novel of suspense, a thriller. Langdon starts off the book as the guest of former studentturnedbillionaire edmond kirsch, who is staging a provocative presentation at the guggenheim museum bilbao and hinting at the answers to two of the fundamental questions of human existence. Perhaps representative of the novels aim is a marbled page midway through the book, a homage to. Andys obsession with the london underground is interfering with his life. Are you looking for books about londons transport history, architecture or design.
It was about time that we create a comprehensive list of childrens books about london. The london underground is the worlds oldest underground rail system and has inspired countless works of art. If youve ever perused the london section of a local bookshop, youll have some appreciation for just how many volumes about the capital are. Combine this with the london tube stations deep underground, with some closed down.
From the urban wit of thackeray, and the fog everywhere darkness of charles dickens, all the way to the hysterical realism of zadie smith, the city has long been the plaything of some of the worlds most recognizable writers and it shows. Best before is the first single taken from fictions latest ep, instant memories. This time, remus manages to find a seat opposite sirius, who expects him to fully ignore him as per the london underground book of rules. Im 20 now i dont know very much about it, but it was a fiction book about a boy who lives in a government who decides everything for you. I may go get a nonfiction book about the underground now. Books on the underground is as simple as it sounds. These go back to the middle ages and earlier still, to roman times, to archaeology.
Oliver twist 1838, the old curiosity shop 1840, a christmas carol 1843, david copperfield 1850, bleak house 1853, little dorrit 1857, a tale of two cities 1859, great expectations 1861, our mutual friend 1865, and the mystery of edwin drood 1870. I had heard how complicated londons underground was, what with submerged rivers and wwii secrets and this story gave tantalizing info along with an interesting story with good characters. Call it being inspired, but i thought itd be worth exploring london a bit through young adult fiction. All the boys leave in separate rooms underground connected by tunnels and the teachers are the only ones. Top 10 childrens books about london london mums magazine. Subterranean rivers carve channels through darkened caverns.
Top ten crime novels set in london strand magazine. It is also a work of history that evokes many of the unsolved, catastrophic events of the past. A list the london underground is 150 years old today. Watch a behind the scenes of me wandering around london at crazy oclock to get all the abandoned streets footage. Many works of fiction are set in the london underground system or use it as a major plot element. We aim to have the book for each meetup selected at least two months ahead so that everyone has plenty of. Mack the knife, now a transgender hero of londons riotous underground. Its hidden alleyways, buried layers of history, and extremes of poverty and wealth all cry out for detection. Neverwhere is the companion novelisation written by english author neil gaiman of the. Many of charles dickens most famous novels are at least partially set in london. Learn about this fascinating tube system with our collection of books showing old tube maps, the development of the underground the design icons that have shaped it into what it is today. Our book club meets every 68 weeks on a monday evening in central london to discuss a historical novel that we have selected beforehand.
Combine this with the london tube stations deep underground, with some closed down and others shut off entirely, and it. The waterloo and city line by leanne shapton, the severed streets by paul cornell, the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. London based italian author francesca lombardo brings enjoyment, hope, courage, determination and urban culture to young people with her newly released childrens book series beatrice and the london bus. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the tube riders. We are not an official tfl endorsed project, we are a notforprofit organisation run solely by a pair of london book lovers. It includes a number of people speaking about their experiences with the underground and as. London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the world. This list is not exhaustive, if your favourite londonset book isnt mentioned, add it. I look forward to reading edward rutherfurds other historical novels. Underground fiction posted on 31102012 by cherry potts i was chatting with robert hulse the director of the excellent brunel museum the other day about stations, and mentioned barbara vines king solomons carpet which got me on to thinking about how the.