Join either side of the Atlantic as we dive into our favourite London/New York novels. It’s an episode full of stiff upper lips, demonic possessions, sociopaths, bedsits, alcoholic dollmakers, sassy parrots, and white asparagus. Plus we talk about our must visit NY-LON bookshops and reading spots, and we look ahead to new releases set in and around the Big Smoke and the Big Apple we can’t wait to read.

Recent reads

Universality by Natasha Brown

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa (translated by Polly Barton)

Stories of Place:///zinc.level.blindfold edited by Niamh McAnally

Our Favourite NY-LON Novels

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

The Vulnerables by Sigird Nunez

Look At Me by Anita Brookner

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler

NY-LON Books We're Excited to Read in 2025

Confessions by Catherine Airey

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay MacCleod Chapman

Lorne by Susan Morrison

Cursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

An Opinionated Guide to Literary London by John Clegg

Also mentioned

The Strand Bookstore

Books Are Magic

Codex

The London Library

Housmans Bookshop

John Sandoe Books

Judd Books

Daunt Books

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