Ben Aaronovitch Books in Order
The complete bibliography of Ben Aaronovitch, featuring the bestselling Rivers of London series, Doctor Who novels, graphic novels, and reading order.
Last updated: January 17, 2026
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Publication Order
34 books
Stone and Sky
by Ben Aaronovitch
2025
Peter Grant and the extended Folly family take a working holiday to Scotland. What starts as a trip to Aberdeen turns into a hunt for a mysterious big cat and a confrontation with local magic.
The Masquerades of Spring
by Ben Aaronovitch
2024
A novella set in 1920s New York. British wizard Augustus Berrycloth-Young is enjoying the Jazz Age until Thomas Nightingale arrives, dragging him into a case involving enchanted saxophones and mobsters.
Stray Cat Blues
by Ben Aaronovitch
2024
A cat-woman asks the Folly for help rescuing her sisters from a chimera brothel. Peter and the talking foxes launch a raid on a gangster-run establishment.
Winter's Gifts
by Ben Aaronovitch
2023
A novella featuring FBI Agent Kimberley Reynolds. She travels to frozen Wisconsin to investigate a mysterious disappearance and uncovers a historical horror connected to a doomed 19th-century expedition.
Here Be Dragons
by Ben Aaronovitch
2023
A wyvern is spotted flying over London. Peter and Nightingale take to the skies in a police helicopter to hunt the beast, uncovering a rock star's pact with the supernatural from the 1960s.
Deadly Every After
by Ben Aaronovitch
2022
Olympia and Chelsea accidentally release a 19th-century illustrator trapped in a tree. He brings dark versions of fairy tales to life, forcing the sisters to clean up the mess without Peter’s help.
Amongst Our Weapons
by Ben Aaronovitch
2022
A murder in the London Silver Vaults leads Peter to a ring imbued with dangerous magic. The case involves a lost order of knights, the Spanish Inquisition, and an angel that threatens to destroy the Folly.
What Abigail Did That Summer
by Ben Aaronovitch
2021
While Peter was out of town in *Foxglove Summer*, his cousin Abigail Kamara had her own adventure. With the help of talking foxes, she investigates teenagers mysteriously disappearing around Hampstead Heath.
Monday, Monday
by Ben Aaronovitch
2021
Miriam Stephanopoulos takes the lead as a Swedish werewolf arrives in London. Peter Grant must help contain the lycanthrope before it causes havoc in the city.
Tales from the Folly
by Ben Aaronovitch
2020
A collection of short stories set in the Rivers of London universe. It includes glimpses into Nightingale’s past, Abigail’s adventures, and other magical oddities across the city.
The October Man
by Ben Aaronovitch
2019
A novella set in Germany. Tobias Winter, an investigator for the German equivalent of the Folly, travels to the vineyards of the Mosel river to solve a mystery involving rotten grapes and a local river goddess.
The Fey and the Furious
by Ben Aaronovitch
2019
Peter Grant goes undercover in the world of illegal street racing. He discovers that the races are crossing over into Fairyland, with magical creatures betting on the outcome.
False Value
by Ben Aaronovitch
2019
Peter goes undercover at a secretive tech startup founded by an American billionaire. He has to balance corporate espionage with magic as he uncovers a plot involving Ada Lovelace’s analytical engine and "enchanted" code.
Action at a Distance
by Ben Aaronovitch
2019
A flashback story revealing Thomas Nightingale’s past. In 1957, a younger Nightingale hunts a serial killer in London who is using the occult to prey on women.
Water Weed
by Ben Aaronovitch
2018
Two minor river goddesses, Chelsea and Olympia, get involved in growing magical marijuana. When a drug lord tries to take over their operation, Peter has to intervene.
Lies Sleeping
by Ben Aaronovitch
2018
The Faceless Man is unmasked and on the run. Peter Grant and the Folly launch a major operation to bring him down, but the villain has one final, catastrophic plan that draws on the oldest legends of London.
Cry Fox
by Ben Aaronovitch
2018
Russian mobsters return to London to target the witch Varvara. To get Peter’s attention, they kidnap his cousin Abigail, forcing the Folly into a desperate rescue mission.
The Furthest Station
by Ben Aaronovitch
2017
A novella. Commuters on the Metropolitan Line are reporting terrifying ghostly encounters. Peter and his cousin Abigail investigate the end of the line, hunting a spectre that is traumatizing passengers during rush hour.
Detective Stories
by Ben Aaronovitch
2017
A collection of short comic cases. Peter faces his detective exam while recounting some of his stranger investigations, including a case of a possessed washing machine.
Black Mould
by Ben Aaronovitch
2017
A sentient, aggressive mold is attacking luxury apartments in London. Peter teams up with Sahra Guleed to stop the fungus before it consumes the city's wealthy residents.
A Rare Book of Cunning Device
by Ben Aaronovitch
2017
A short audio-drama story. Peter Grant is called to the British Library to deal with a poltergeist that is throwing books around the reading room.
The Hanging Tree
by Ben Aaronovitch
2016
A magical death at an exclusive party pulls Peter into the world of the super-rich. With the daughter of the river goddess Lady Ty involved, Peter must navigate drug cartels and high-society magic to find the Faceless Man.
Night Witch
by Ben Aaronovitch
2014
A Russian oligarch’s daughter is kidnapped by a creature from Slavic folklore. Peter and Nightingale must navigate the world of diplomatic immunity and forest spirits to find her.
Foxglove Summer
by Ben Aaronovitch
2014
Peter leaves London for the countryside of Herefordshire to investigate the disappearance of two young girls. He finds a rural community hiding ancient secrets, local wizards, and something dangerous living in the woods.
Broken Homes
by Ben Aaronovitch
2013
A stolen grimoire and a suspicious suicide lead Peter to the Skygarden estate in South London. As he hunts for the Faceless Man, he realizes the tower block was built for a magical purpose that threatens the whole city.
Body Work
by Ben Aaronovitch
2013
Peter Grant investigates a series of "killer cars" roaming London. The case involves a possessed BMW and a dark secret from the history of British manufacturing.
Whispers Under Ground
by Ben Aaronovitch
2012
When an American art student is stabbed with a piece of magical pottery, Peter Grant must descend into the London Underground. The investigation reveals a hidden community living in the tunnels and a grudge buried deep beneath the city.
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
by Ben Aaronovitch
2011
Probationary Constable Peter Grant discovers a world of magic when he interviews a ghost in Covent Garden. He is soon recruited by the Folly to help resolve a dispute between the gods of the River Thames and stop a spirit possessing Londoners.
Moon Over Soho
by Ben Aaronovitch
2011
Peter Grant investigates a series of suspicious deaths among London's jazz musicians. The trail leads him into the club scene of Soho, where he finds a dark magical signature draining the life from talented performers.
Genius Loci
by Ben Aaronovitch
2007
A Bernice Summerfield adventure. Benny fakes her credentials to join an archaeological dig on the colony world of Jaiwan, only to discover that the planet's history—and its ghosts—are waking up.
So Vile a Sin
by Andrew Lane
1997
The epic conclusion to the New Adventures' Psi-Powers arc. The Doctor returns to the 30th Century to confront a secret brotherhood, while his companion Roz Forrester faces her destiny within the Earth Empire.
The Also People
by Andrew Lane
1995
The Doctor takes Ace and Bernice to the People, a super-advanced civilization living inside a Dyson Sphere. In a world where technology looks like magic and no one ever needs to work, a murder shocks the utopia.
Transit
by Andrew Lane
1992
A *Doctor Who* New Adventure set in a gritty future where the solar system is connected by a mass transit network. The Doctor and Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart investigate a dark entity possessing the system.
Remembrance of the Daleks
by Ben Aaronovitch
1990
A novelisation of the classic TV serial. The Seventh Doctor returns to London in 1963 to deal with two warring factions of Daleks who are hunting for a Time Lord artifact left behind at Coal Hill School.
Where should I start?
If you are new to his work:
Rivers of London (aka Midnight Riot) → Moon Over Soho → Whispers Under Ground
If you are a Doctor Who fan:
Remembrance of the Daleks → The Also People → So Vile a Sin
If you want to read the graphic novels in order:
Body Work → Night Witch → Black Mould
Author bio
Ben Aaronovitch is a Londoner through and through. Born in the city in 1964, he has famously stated that he will only leave when the city is "prised from his cold, dead fingers." This deep, almost obsessive connection to the British capital isn’t just a fun piece of trivia; it is the beating heart of his work.
He didn't grow up in a vacuum, though. Creativity seems to run in the family. His brothers are also well-established in the public eye—Owen Aaronovitch is an actor, and David Aaronovitch is a prominent journalist and broadcaster. But while his siblings found their paths, Ben found his voice telling stories about spaceships, aliens, and eventually, magic cops.
His writing career kicked off with a bang in the late 1980s. He found instant success as a screenwriter for the classic BBC series Doctor Who. He penned two beloved serials for the show: Remembrance of the Daleks and Battlefield. Remembrance in particular is often cited by fans as one of the highlights of that era, mixing explosive action with clever sci-fi concepts. Following that success, he wrote for the space opera soap Jupiter Moon and the long-running medical drama Casualty.
Things were looking good, but the life of a freelance writer is rarely a straight line.
As the 1990s rolled on, the television work began to dry up. The phone stopped ringing quite so often. To make ends meet, Aaronovitch took a job that many writers would find fitting, if a bit humbling: he became a bookseller. He worked at the Covent Garden branch of Waterstones, a massive bookshop in the heart of London’s tourist district.
It turned out to be the perfect place for a career pivot.
While shelving paperbacks in the crime and science fiction sections, Aaronovitch began to wonder why the two genres were kept so far apart. He realized there was a gap in the market for a story that combined the gritty realism of a police procedural with the fantastical elements of urban fantasy. He didn't want a dark, brooding superhero; he wanted a regular copper who just happened to deal with ghosts and wizards.
That idea eventually became Rivers of London (published in the US as Midnight Riot).
The book introduced readers to Peter Grant, a young constable in the Metropolitan Police who discovers that magic is real and very messy. Unlike many fantasy heroes, Peter deals with supernatural threats using police paperwork, risk assessments, and modern technology. The novel was a runaway hit, resonating with readers who loved the unique mix of dry humor and magical mayhem.
The success of that first book allowed Aaronovitch to hang up his bookseller’s lanyard and return to full-time writing.
Today, the "Rivers of London" universe is a sprawling franchise. It includes over a dozen novels and novellas, as well as a successful line of graphic novels that Aaronovitch writes himself. Readers continue to flock to his work for its meticulous research into actual police procedure, its diverse cast of characters, and its wry, intelligent wit. Most of all, they love it for its setting. In Aaronovitch’s books, London is more than just a backdrop; it is a living, breathing character, described with the kind of knowledge you only get from a lifetime of walking its streets.
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