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Rumpole of the Bailey (Sir John Mortimer, 1978).

This stage play, on which the film My Fair Lady is based, tells the story of a young Cockney girl groomed for high society.

Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw, 1913).

This realistic and suspenseful tale of love, obsession, and murder plays out amid the shifting culture of post-WWII upper-class London.

The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters, 2014).

In Lucia in London (1927), the protagonist attempts social climbing in the big city. A rural village in the 1930s becomes a social battlefield. This big and sprawling historical novel begins in ancient times and continues through to the 20th century. In AD 75, an investigator from Rome probes a murder in what was then known as Londinium. The Jupiter Myth (Lindsey Davis, 2002).London's movers and shakers commit sins and scandals in this detective story. In the Presence of the Enemy (Elizabeth George, 1996).Another good read is Hornby's 1998 coming-of-age story, About a Boy. This humorous novel traces the romantic misadventures and musical musings of a 30-something record-store owner. A Crimean War veteran seeks refuge working in the London sewer system, but is sucked into a murder mystery. A London woman lives beyond her means in this funny tale of modern English life. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella, 2001).The son of a self-proclaimed suburban guru gets swept up in the fast lane of 1970s London. The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi, 1990).A year in the life of a single 30-something woman in London is humorously chronicled in diary form (also a motion picture). Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding, 1996).

A Bangladeshi woman in an arranged marriage to an older man raises her family - and starts an affair with a young radical - in contemporary London (also a 2007 film). Some favorites that feature London include Persuasion, the beloved Austen book partially set in Bath, and Charles Dickens' tale of a workhouse urchin, Oliver Twist. An English-born writer gives a historical analysis of Britain's pivotal WWII air battles versus the German Luftwaffe.ДЇor the classics of British fiction, read anything - and everything - by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and the BrontГ«s. With Wings Like Eagles (Michael Korda, 2009).A British archaeologist and historian provides a comprehensive yet succinct overview of English history. A Traveller's History of England (Christopher Daniell, revised 2005).Bradley presents a treasure trove of history about London's iconic gateway to Europe. St Pancras Station (Simon Bradley, 2007).In this irreverent and delightful memoir, US expat Bryson writes about his travels through Britain - his home for two decades. Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson, 1995).A London clockmaker solves the problem of keeping time aboard a ship - a timely read for visitors to Greenwich. The author uses an imaginative biographical approach to tell London's story. London: The Biography (Peter Ackroyd, 2001).The New Yorker's former London correspondent captures life in the city in the early 1990s. Letters from London (Julian Barnes, 1995).This superb, three-volume biography recounts the amazing life of Winston Churchill from 1874 to 1965. The Last Lion (William Manchester, final book completed by Paul Reid 1983, 1988, and 2012).Two thousand years of city history is laid out over 1,000 pages. A History of London (Stephen Inwood, 1998).Hornby's memoir illuminates the British obsession with soccer. The author re-creates 16th-century life in the era of England's first great queen.

Elizabeth's London (Liza Picard, 2005).In the sequel, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, the writer travels to London.

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Correspondence between a proper London bookseller and an outspoken New York writer turns into a trans-Atlantic friendship (also a 1987 movie with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft).

84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff, 1970).

(And see our similar lists for elsewhere in Europe.) Books: Nonfiction To learn more about London past and present, check out a few of these books and films.

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