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Ben Aaronovitch's career started with a bang writing for Doctor Who, subsided in the middle and then, as is traditional, a third act resurgence with the bestselling Rivers of London series.

Born and raised in London he says that he'll leave his home when they prise his city out of his cold dead fingers.
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Average rating: 4.06 · 644,635 ratings · 49,633 reviews · 158 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 147,956 ratings — published 2011 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 73,315 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 64,105 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 54,724 ratings — published 2013 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 49,356 ratings — published 2014 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London, #6) 4.22 avg rating — 40,125 ratings — published 2016 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7) 4.24 avg rating — 32,162 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	False Value (Rivers of London, #8) 4.10 avg rating — 26,464 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9) 4.32 avg rating — 20,361 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5) 4.10 avg rating — 21,303 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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STOLEN PICTURE OPTIONS TELEVISION RIGHTS TO BEN AARONOVITCH��S RIVERS OF LONDON

STOLEN PICTURE OPTIONS TELEVISION RIGHTS TO BEN AARONOVITCH��S RIVERS OF LONDON
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Series by Ben Aaronovitch

Rivers of London Graphic Novels (12 books)
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Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Cartmel (Goodreads Author),

Brian Williamson (Illustrator),

Stefani Renne (Colorist),

Robert Steen (Letterer)

3.87 avg rating — 29,303 ratings

Rivers of London: Body Work (5 books)
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Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Cartmel (Goodreads Author),

Lee Sullivan (Artist),

Luis Guerrero (Colorist)

3.90 avg rating — 10,844 ratings

Rivers of London: Black Mould (5 books)
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Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Cartmel (Goodreads Author),

Rian Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Cover Art),

Lee Sullivan (Artist),

Luis Guerrero (Colorist)

3.98 avg rating — 4,159 ratings

Rivers of London: Detective Stories (4 books)
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Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Cartmel (Goodreads Author),

Robert Hack (Cover Art),

Lee Sullivan (Artist),

Luis Guerrero (Colorist)

3.97 avg rating — 3,392 ratings

Rivers of London: Cry Fox (4 books)
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Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Cartmel (Goodreads Author),

Lee Sullivan (Illustrator),

Luis Guerrero (Illustrator)

3.93 avg rating — 2,839 ratings

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The Intellectuals and The Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880 - 1939

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Sparks and Scales (Mishap's Heroes #5)

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Ojibwa: People of Forests and Prairies

by Michael G. Johnson

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Quotes by Ben Aaronovitch (?)

“For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

tags: humour

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“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes

tags: cold, good-book, winter

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“I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting".
"Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?”
― Ben Aaronovitch

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Ben’s Quotes

“You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history”
― Iain Banks

tags: history, reading, sci-fi

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“Colonel Otto, do you have a, perhaps, fuller and more detailed account than your preliminary one of why my Imperial Security building is now largely an underground installation? From a technical perspective.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

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“My Dad says that being a Londoner has nothing to do with where you're born. He says that there are people who get off a jumbo jet at Heathrow, go through immigration waving any kind of passport, hop on the tube and by the time the train's pulled into Piccadilly Circus they've become a Londoner.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

tags: london

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“I am not a fate worse than death, dammit!”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

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“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte