
#44 in Urban fantasy
Rivers of London
- 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.
Reading order · Rivers of London
Full order & progress →- Rivers of LondonThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Moon Over Soho
8.08.0 / 10 - Whispers Under GroundWhispers Under Ground–Not ranked yet
- Broken Homes
8.28.2 / 10 - Foxglove Summer
8.38.3 / 10 - The Furthest Station
7.97.9 / 10 - The Hanging Tree
–Not ranked yet - Lies Sleeping
8.28.2 / 10 - False Value
–Not ranked yet - Amongst Our Weapons
8.28.2 / 10 - Stone and Sky
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.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 24 | 3% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 13 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 779 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Rivers of London?
It has 342 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
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