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Fiction

Ackroyd, Peter, Hawksmoor. (1993), Penguin. Mystery chiller about rebuilding London after the Great Fire.

Al-Shaykh, Hanan, Only in London. (2002), Bloomsbury. Elegant and witty account of the Arab diaspora in contemporary London.

Boyd, William, Armadillo. (1998), Penguin. Accomplished comic thriller about a Pimlico loss-adjuster.

Duffy, Maureen, Capital. (2001), Harvill Press. An amateur archaeologist looks to the city’s future while searching for clues to its destruction in the Dark Ages.

Duncan, Glen I, Lucifer. (2003), Scribner. The devil incarnate takes a trip around the city.

Green, Henry, Caught. (2001), Panther. A story of male friendship on active service with the Auxiliary Fire Service during the Blitz.

Hoban, Russell, The Bat Tattoo. (2002), Bloomsbury. Romance blooms between an antique dealer and crash-test dummy designer on the steps of the V&A.

Moorcock, Michael, Mother London. (2000), Scribner. Four ‘mental patients’ eavesdrop on the margins of the city.

Sinclair, Ian, Downriver. (1995), Vintage. The legacy of Thatcherism with a Thames perspective.

Self, Will, Grey Area. (1996), Penguin. Very articulate and funny divertimenti on Soho and London life.

Non-fiction

Ackroyd, Peter, London, The Biography. (2000), Chatto & Windus. The story of the capital told with endless imagination, thought and humour. The best.

Archer, Caroline, Tart Cards. (2003), Mark Batty. Intriguing volume that transforms hundreds of the prostitutes’ calling cards left in phone boxes into design classics.

Glinert, Ed, A Literary Guide to London. (2000), Penguin. The movements of writers of all kinds systematically traced through the streets.

Jones, Edward and Woodward, Christopher, A Guide to the Architecture of London. (1992), Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The A-Z (with photographs) of London’s architecture, building by building.

Porter, Roy, London A Social History. (1994), Hamish Hamilton. A lively, detailed and refreshing history of the Londoner.

Rasmussen, Steen Eiler, London The Unique City, (1982), MI T Press. A study of the city and its people that has become a minor classic.

Trench, Richard and Hillman, Ellis, London under London. (1993), John Murray. A wonderful study of the people, pipes, tunnels, and lost rivers of a fascinating subterranean world.

Weinreb, Ben and Hibbert, Christopher, (Eds.), The London Encyclopaedia. (1983), Macmillan. The history of any building, park, street, statue that ever was part of London, or still is. A tome.

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