Rivers of London

#44 in Urban fantasy

Rivers of London

Ben Aaronovitch

First published 2011Original language EN

7.87.8 / 10
Score out of 10816 ratingsConfidence 85%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#44 of 45 in Urban fantasy ahead of 2% of the category
342
Pages
about 6 h
Reading time

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About the book

Rivers of London is the first novel in the Rivers of London series by English author Ben Aaronovitch. The novel was released on 10 January 2011 through Gollancz and was well received by critics, earning a Galaxy National Book Awards nomination for Aaronovitch in the New Writer of the Year award. The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.

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Reading order · Rivers of London

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7.58.08.5
7.58.08.5
Score per volume11 volumes on a timeline, 2011 to 2025 · Best-rated volume: Foxglove Summer
  1. Rivers of London
    Rivers of London2011 · 816 ratingsThis book
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. Moon Over Soho
    Moon Over Soho2011 · 459 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  3. Whispers Under Ground
    Whispers Under Ground2012 · 22 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Broken Homes
    Broken Homes2013 · 355 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  5. Foxglove Summer
    Foxglove Summer2014 · 327 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  6. The Furthest Station
    The Furthest Station · 142 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  7. The Hanging Tree
    The Hanging Tree · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  8. Lies Sleeping
    Lies Sleeping2018 · 236 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  9. False Value
    False Value · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  10. Amongst Our Weapons
    Amongst Our Weapons · 161 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  11. Stone and Sky
    Stone and Sky2025 · 60 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 816 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 85% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Urban fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library7.624 3%
Google Books9.013 2%
Hardcover7.7779 96%

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It has 342 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.

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