12 Londons

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London is such a fascinating city. I'm trying to read 12 different NON-FICTION books about it. 

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Five Days in London, May 1940 by John Lukacs

Five Days in London, May 1940

John Lukacs

256 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
After London: or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies

After London: or, Wild England

Richard Jefferies

236 pages • paperback • 1885

fiction classics science fiction adventurous slow-paced
Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures by Nick Stevens, Jason Sandy

Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures

Shire Library

Nick Stevens, Jason Sandy

96 pages • paperback

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem

Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames

Lara Maiklem

320 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

Steven Johnson

299 pages • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Necropolis: London and Its Dead by Catharine Arnold

Necropolis: London and Its Dead

Catharine Arnold

304 pages • digital • 2006

nonfiction history challenging dark informative slow-paced
London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets by Fiona Rule
London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets
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Fiona Rule

London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets

Fiona Rule

304 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction history informative lighthearted fast-paced
Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson

Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City

Kate Winkler Dawson

352 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious slow-paced
The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors by Carla Valentine

The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors

Carla Valentine

304 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction memoir science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Back in the Frame: How to Get Back on Your Bike, Whatever Life Throws at You by Jools Walker

Back in the Frame: How to Get Back on Your Bike, Whatever Life Throws at You

Jools Walker

368 pages • paperback • 2019

biography memoir informative inspiring slow-paced