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London
1.  London by Edward Rutherfurd
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  "A great novel. Rutherford makes London's magnificently complex history clear and concise with his semi-biographical history of people."
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Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire: A Confidential Report
2.  Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire: A Confidential Report by Iain Sinclair
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  "A wonderfully human history of one of London's most iconic boroughs"
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3.  253 by Geoff Ryman
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  "A great little read, for tube geeks (like me) and normal people. Part triller, part poetry, part philosophy. Perfect for reading on the tube in fact!"
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A Journey Through Ruins: The Last Days of London
4.  A Journey Through Ruins: The Last Days of London by Patrick Wright
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  "A riveting history of the future. London's ordinary architecture (where her 7million+ inhabitants live) under the microscope."
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London Orbital
5.  London Orbital by Iain Sinclair
The list author says:
  "Along with the others by Iain Sinclair on this list this book describes London from a perfectly accessible and completely retraceable point-of-view. In this case London's notorious orbital is explored"
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London: The Biography
6.  London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd
The list author says:
  "Whilst I may not agree with all of Ackroyd's conclsuions this intimate history of London is a marvelous read. His enthusiasm and love of the old city oozes from the pages."
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London: City of Disappearances
7.  London: City of Disappearances by Iain Sinclair
The list author says:
  "Sinclair here documents the lost & hidden history of London. Rather than the tedious documentation of other texts on this subject Sinclair brings the myths and legends of the city to life on the page."
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Yes We Have No: Adventures in Other England
8.  Yes We Have No: Adventures in Other England by Nik Cohn
The list author says:
  "Makes my top10 despite not being soley on the city, but it's insights into what Cohn dubs "other England" stops off in the capital enough to make it needed on this list. It also just a brilliant book."
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The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future
9.  The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future by Will Self
The list author says:
  "If you love Self you'll be smitten anyway. even if you don't this book is a funny and scary future history based on the rantings of the remarkable London cabbie, the life blood of the city's streets."
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Lights Out for the Territory
10.  Lights Out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair
The list author says:
  "Sinclair does it again! If you want to KNOW London walk it, I will say no more."
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Mother London
11.  Mother London by Michael Moorcock
The list author says:
  "Best described as the voices that make London, the half heard conversations of the bits of peoples lives discerned from thier public conversations."
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Downriver
12.  Downriver by Iain Sinclair
The list author says:
  "In this one Sinclair leaves the easily walkable streets and uses London's old superhighway, the Thames. Tracing Thatchers misbegotten legacy, and the wounds she inflicted on the banks of the river."
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The Making of Modern London
13.  The Making of Modern London by Gavin Weightman
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  "A proper reference book that makes the list. Humphries brings the history of London alive through oral histories, straight from the horses mouth accounts of the places and the lives of the city."
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Tunnel Visions: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher
14.  Tunnel Visions: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher by Christopher Ross
The list author says:
  "Another great book on the tube. This time Christopher Ross recounts his experience of working on the underground, and the influence of his past travels on his time on the tube."
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London Street Atlas (spiral) (A-Z Street Atlas)
15.  London Street Atlas (spiral) (A-Z Street Atlas) by Geographers A-Z Map Company
The list author says:
  "The only map of London you will ever need. If it ain't on this map, it ain't London."
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City Walks - London: 50 Adventures on Foot
16.  City Walks - London: 50 Adventures on Foot by Craig Taylor
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  "Lovely little collection of walks, be your very own Iain Sinclair!"
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White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings
17.  White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings by Iain Sinclair
The list author says:
  "Another contribution from Sinclair. Part thriller, part hstory, part fantasy. Whitechapel in all her hideous Victorian glory."
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London After Dark
18.  London After Dark by Robert Cowan
The list author says:
  "A great photo essay of the nocturnal city, hard to come by these days, but well worth a butchers. Fantastically evocative images beautifully captioned."
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Family and Kinship in East London (Penguin Modern Classics)
19.  Family and Kinship in East London (Penguin Modern Classics) by Michael Young
The list author says:
  "A more academic text in which Willmott and Young examine the social complexity of the working class London. Rather patronising by to today's standards, but a seminal text in 1969."
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Down and Out in Paris and London (Penguin Modern Classics)
20.  Down and Out in Paris and London (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "Just ignore the Parisian bit ;)"
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London Labour and the London Poor (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
21.  London Labour and the London Poor (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by H. Mayhew
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  "What can I say, a materpiece. The forerunner of Willmott and Young. A truely excellent insight into London life as it was really lived."
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The London Underground (Shire Library)
22.  The London Underground (Shire Library) by Andrew Emmerson
The list author says:
  "Another great photo essay of the nervous system of the city, the tube. Possibly the geekiest book on the list!"
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London Deluxe
23.  London Deluxe by Richard Bryant
The list author says:
  "The magnificence of London captured once again in photographs. This time however Bryant's skill is fantastically illuminated by Ackroyd's text (dare I say prose?)"
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London Notebook (Moleskine City Pocket Book)
24.  London Notebook (Moleskine City Pocket Book) by Moleskine
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  "The Moleskine classic for the budding psychogeographers amongst you."
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Edge of the Orison: In the Traces of John Clare's 'Journey Out of Essex'
25.  Edge of the Orison: In the Traces of John Clare's 'Journey Out of Essex' by Iain Sinclair
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  "And to end with Sinclair. John Clare and his flight from an asylum in Essex away from the London that had turned him 'mad'."
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