Ten useful London books
1‘The London Encyclopedia’ edited by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert
The definitive A-Z of London.
2 ‘In Search of London’ by HV Morton
A walk through the city in the 1950s by one of London’s great writers.
3 , 4 ‘Curious London’ by Robin Cross and ‘Eccentric London’ by Tom Quinn and Ricky Leaver
Oddities, curios and general strangeness of all shapes and sizes.
5 ‘Time Out London Guide’ by us
You can’t live here without it.
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6 ‘London: The Biography’ Peter Ackroyd
A dense, detailed and dauntingly heavy history of the city.
7 ‘The Annals of London’ by John Richardson
A year-by-year guide.
8 ‘Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names’ by AD Mills
Etymology.
9 ‘Discovering London Statues and Monuments’ by Margaret Baker and ‘Discovering London Plaques’ by Derek Sumeray
Whom they’re for, where they are, who erected them and why.
10 ‘The London Compendium’ by Ed Glinert
A street-by-street history.
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