What to Read After The Thames
Readers who loved The Thames by Peter Ackroyd keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Thames is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Thames
Necropolis
Victorian London
Dr. Johnson's London
Restoration London
London
1700
The English Civil War
Icons of England
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
A history of Britain
Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics
The Oxford illustrated history of the British monarchy
A history of London
Lights out for the territory
Elizabeth's London
The Commonwealth of Thieves:
The weaker vessel
London Under
Shakespeare
Samuel Pepys
house of Doctor Dee.
Hawksmoor
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?
Bedlam