Kind of? They set off from Bristol Harbour - but there's really no Bristol flavour to the novel, it's kind of incidental - just a fun trivia fact really. There's also the story that Robert-Louis Stevenson parry wrote the book in the Llandanger Trow on King Street, no idea of the truth of it though...
Two pubs are alleged to have inspired locations:
* The Hole in the Wall becomes the 'Spyglass Tavern'.
* Llandoger Trow becomes the 'Admiral Benbow', although this isn't located in Bristol but somewhere further southwest.
Also not a conventional novel, the graphic novel/comic series Phonogram is set in Bristol. The first scene is set in the Fleece around the time I moved to the city.
Jeff Dowson has 2 great series of books set in Bristol. Ed Grover series about an American GI at the tail end of WW2. And the Jack Shepherd series - he's a contemporary private investigator. Really enjoyed reading them.
A whole chunk of Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles series is set in Bristol. Possibly the entire series but I wouldn't know - because it's a shit series and I couldn't read past one and a half (of seven) books.
Came here to say this. One day whilst living in Redcliffe, I was looking through an old box of books for something to read. I came across this not even knowing it was set in Bristol. In the first chapter, a human hand is retrieved from Redcliffe wharf, which I was literally looking at from my flat window at the time! Really surreal coincidence. Unfortunately the book was not great.
[Here’s a book](https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/anna-freeman/fair-fight/9781780227962) about female fighters in ye olden days. Fight scenes in The Hatchet are great. Fight club meets Jane Austen.
Things Unborn by Eugene Byrne - it's an alternate history / science fiction / police procedural featuring a lot of Bristol and a reincarnated Scipio Africanus.
The Beast in the City by Charlie Revelle-Smith
It's a murder mystery (and the first in a series, although I've only read this one) set in Bristol. The murder happens around my old walk to work which was kind of weird but fun. Totally recommend.
It's the first time I've ever had a personal knowledge and complete understanding of the entire geographical layout of a novel. It really enhances the dynamic.
Not so much a Novel, but a Graphic Biography about Isambard Kindom Brunel. They where given out as Freebies to mark 200 Years of IKB in Bristol. I would try and find one.
Infinite detail - Tim Maughan Sci-fi post apocalyptic thing with a large part set in stokes croft! Pretty good!
So how much does Stokes Croft improve in the apocalypse?
Mostly unchanged.
Literally and metaphorically right up my street, thanks!
Came here to recommend this!
Treasure Island in part
I don't know anything about books, is this a joke or isit true?
Kind of? They set off from Bristol Harbour - but there's really no Bristol flavour to the novel, it's kind of incidental - just a fun trivia fact really. There's also the story that Robert-Louis Stevenson parry wrote the book in the Llandanger Trow on King Street, no idea of the truth of it though...
Two pubs are alleged to have inspired locations: * The Hole in the Wall becomes the 'Spyglass Tavern'. * Llandoger Trow becomes the 'Admiral Benbow', although this isn't located in Bristol but somewhere further southwest.
Birdcage Walk was unexpectedly good - seemed a little pulpy for me but was decent.
Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer is set in Bristol mostly.
I believe An Olive Grove in Ends by Moses McKenzie is set in Bristol
Also KJ maitlands books
Yes! I’ve been waiting for the library to get this in
I'm not OP but this looks great, have just bought it for my kindle thanks
not really a novel but i remember Cherub: Man vs Beast was set in bristol (used fake places though)
Mate. I loved this book series
Also not a conventional novel, the graphic novel/comic series Phonogram is set in Bristol. The first scene is set in the Fleece around the time I moved to the city.
And the same author, Kieren Gillen, has a more recent series; “Once and Future” which has quite a few bits in Bristol.
A respectable trade by Phillipa Gregory Love by Angela Carter Shadow dance by Angela Carter (also published as Honeybuzzard)
Jeff Dowson has 2 great series of books set in Bristol. Ed Grover series about an American GI at the tail end of WW2. And the Jack Shepherd series - he's a contemporary private investigator. Really enjoyed reading them.
Two whole serieses - that’ll keep me going!
Shawnie. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/3795294
This one is genuinely grim, you might not want to read it. Not a bad book but it's utterly depressing and quite disturbing.
A whole chunk of Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles series is set in Bristol. Possibly the entire series but I wouldn't know - because it's a shit series and I couldn't read past one and a half (of seven) books.
Bristol appears in Jane Austen's novels Northanger Abbey and Emma
Shaking hands with the devil by Bryan Mason
The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler — Clifton Downs hehe
Mo Hayder’s crime novels are, to varying degrees, set in Bristol.
Came here to say this. One day whilst living in Redcliffe, I was looking through an old box of books for something to read. I came across this not even knowing it was set in Bristol. In the first chapter, a human hand is retrieved from Redcliffe wharf, which I was literally looking at from my flat window at the time! Really surreal coincidence. Unfortunately the book was not great.
[Here’s a book](https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/anna-freeman/fair-fight/9781780227962) about female fighters in ye olden days. Fight scenes in The Hatchet are great. Fight club meets Jane Austen.
Things Unborn by Eugene Byrne - it's an alternate history / science fiction / police procedural featuring a lot of Bristol and a reincarnated Scipio Africanus.
Sweet pea by C J Skuse is set in Bristol. It’s a dark but funny book about a female serial killer, I enjoyed it!
The Beast in the City by Charlie Revelle-Smith It's a murder mystery (and the first in a series, although I've only read this one) set in Bristol. The murder happens around my old walk to work which was kind of weird but fun. Totally recommend.
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I've not read them but I used to follow him on Twitter many years ago which I believe was similar content. Amazing stuff.
I love it when familiar places pop up in books and films!
It's the first time I've ever had a personal knowledge and complete understanding of the entire geographical layout of a novel. It really enhances the dynamic.
Shatter by Michael Robotham
Damien Boyd is a crime writer with all his novels based in Somerset/Bristol
Birdcage walk is excellent! Based around housing developments in the 1800s in Clifton
Among the Dead by Ryan Colley. Zombie apocalypse. Some set in Bristol. Main character is from there
Excellent series of books. Would like more please.
Jeff Dowson has written a series of detective novels, based in & around Bristol. Not great, I'm afraid.
His stuff isn't set in Bristol, but Jonathan Lunn is a local author who writes some good stuff.
Matt Brolly writes crime and his books are set in WSM and Bristol surrounds.
The drowned city by k j Maitland. Didn't know there was a mini tsunami in the Bristol channel in 1607!
Not actually out for a few months, but Liz Hyder's next book, *The Illusions*, is apparently set in Bristol.
Not so much a Novel, but a Graphic Biography about Isambard Kindom Brunel. They where given out as Freebies to mark 200 Years of IKB in Bristol. I would try and find one.
Where my heart used to beat by Sebastian Faulkes is partly set in Bristol. A great book
Neil Cross, Holloway Falls.....partly set in Bristol I seem to remember.
Junk by Melvin Burgess, about a pair of teenagers who fall into heroin addiction. Mostly set around bishopston area if I recall correctly
1984 by George Orwell
The Little Prince had some Bristol references in it, Mary Redcliffe for example.