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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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
Circle Line: Around London in a Small Boat by Steffan Meyric Hughes

Circle Line: Around London in a Small Boat

Steffan Meyric Hughes

253 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction travel adventurous informative slow-paced
What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story by Emily Chappell

What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

Emily Chappell

310 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction biography memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Do Not Pass Go: From the Old Kent Road to Mayfair by Tim Moore

Do Not Pass Go: From the Old Kent Road to Mayfair

Tim Moore

340 pages • paperback • 2002

nonfiction history travel adventurous dark funny slow-paced