Best books about London? Fiction or non-fiction

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Would love your suggestions.

Also, and particularly if you know Greenwich or Whitehall, A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn is very good.

Oh, just thought of another…..Iris Murdoch's Under the Net is great, really funny and evocative of London.

Zadie Smith - White Teeth and NW are both excellent.

Glad I found this old thread, as I was just about to ask the same question. On the back of the suggestions, I've ordered the Rivers of London series for my son who is at uni in London.

Has anyone read "London Orbital" by Iain Sinclair? It's a non-fiction book about a walk around the M25. It seems to get very good reviews, and I think it's right up my FiL's street.

Bombsites and Lollipops: My 1950s East End Childhood by Jacky Hyams gives great insight into postwar London childhood