Ben Aaronovitch is a renowned British author, born in 1964 in London. He is well-known for his series "Rivers of London" and his works often fall under the genres of science fiction, urban fantasy, crime fiction, mystery, and thriller. Aaronovitch discovered his talent for writing at an early age and began his career as a screenwriter for television shows such as Doctor Who, Casualty, and Jupiter Moon.
Aaronovitch's family consisted of his parents, two elder brothers, a couple of sisters, and a dog. His father, Sam Aaronovitch, was an economist and a Communist. Unfortunately, Aaronovitch had a difficult childhood, which led him to alcohol addiction and radical politics at a young age. Despite these challenges, he began writing in his twenties and found success as a screenwriter for various television shows. However, a setback occurred when the makers of one of the shows pulped all his writings, leading to a dark phase in his life. This period is described in his novel "Dark Knight".
Aaronovitch's career had a bumpy start, with early success in screenwriting for Doctor Who, followed by a lull, and then a resurgence with the "Rivers of London" series. He has been living and working in London for most of his life, and has expressed a strong attachment to the city, stating that he will not leave it willingly. Currently, he continues to write and reside in London, producing bestselling novels and maintaining his reputation as a skilled author.
PC Peter Grant / Rivers of London Books
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Title
Year
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1
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
2011
2
Moon Over Soho
2011
3
Whispers Under Ground
2012
4
Broken Homes
2013
5
Foxglove Summer
2014
6
The Hanging Tree
2016
7
The Furthest Station
2017
8
Lies Sleeping
2018
9
The October Man
2019
10
False Value
2019
11
Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection
2020
12
What Abigail Did That Summer
2021
13
Amongst Our Weapons
2022
14
Winter's Gifts
2023
PC Peter Grant / Rivers of London Series in Chronological Order
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
2011
2
Moon Over Soho
2011
3
Whispers Under Ground
2012
4
Broken Homes
2013
5
Foxglove Summer
2014
6
What Abigail Did That Summer
2021
7
The Furthest Station
2017
8
The Hanging Tree
2016
9
The October Man
2019
10
Lies Sleeping
2018
11
False Value
2019
12
Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection
2020
13
Amongst Our Weapons
2022
14
Winter's Gifts
2023
Rivers of London / Peter Grant Graphic Novels (with Andrew Cartmel, with Celeste Bronfman, with Joseph Maria Beroy)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Rivers of London: Volume 1 - Body Work
2013
2
Rivers of London: Volume 2 - Night Witch
2014
3
Rivers of London Volume 3: Black Mould
2017
4
Rivers of London Volume 4: Detective Stories
2017
5
Rivers of London Volume 5: Cry Fox
2018
6
Rivers of London Vol. 6: Water Weed
2018
7
Rivers of London Vol. 7: Action at a Distance
2019
8
Rivers of London Vol. 8: The Fey and the Furious
2019
9
Rivers of London Vol. 9: Monday, Monday
2021
10
Rivers of London Vol. 10: Deadly Every After
2022
Doctor Who Novelizations Books
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Title
Year
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1
The Time of Angels
1963
2
Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks
1964
3
Doctor Who and the Zarbi
1965
4
Doctor Who and the Crusaders
1966
5
The Massacre
1966
6
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
1974
7
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion
1974
8
Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters
1974
9
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
1974
10
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
1974
11
Doctor Who and the Daemons
1974
12
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen
1974
13
Doctor Who and the Cybermen
1975
14
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot
1975
15
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
1975
16
Doctor Who and the Green Death
1975
17
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders
1975
18
Doctor Who and the Three Doctors
1975
19
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks
1976
20
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen
1976
21
Doctor Who and the Web of Fear
1976
22
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster
1976
23
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion
1976
24
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
1976
25
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors
1976
26
Doctor Who and the Space War
1976
27
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks
1976
28
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth
1977
29
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
1977
30
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius
1977
31
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977
32
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters
1977
33
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil
1977
34
Doctor Who and the Mutants
1977
35
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil
1977
36
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom
1977
37
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
1977
38
Doctor Who and the Ark in Space
1977
39
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
1977
40
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior
1978
41
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen
1978
42
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars
1978
43
Death to the Daleks
1978
44
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock
1978
45
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment
1978
46
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion
1978
47
Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl
1979
48
Doctor Who and the War Games
1979
49
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear
1979
50
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death
1979
51
Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy
1979
52
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks
1979
53
Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation
1979
54
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara
1980
55
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood
1980
56
Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor
1980
57
Doctor Who and the Underworld
1980
58
Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time
1980
59
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon
1980
60
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll
1980
61
Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden
1980
62
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus
1980
63
Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon
1980
64
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit
1981
65
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World
1981
66
Doctor Who and the State of Decay
1981
67
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child
1981
68
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
1982
69
Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate
1982
70
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
1982
71
Doctor Who and the Visitation
1982
72
Full Circle
1982
73
Doctor Who and the Sunmakers
1982
74
Logopolis
1982
75
Meglos
1983
76
Four to Doomsday
1983
77
Time-Flight
1983
78
Terminus
1983
79
Castrovalva
1983
80
Arc of Infinity
1983
81
Mawdryn Undead
1983
82
Earthshock
1983
83
The Five Doctors
1983
84
Kinda
1983
85
Snakedance
1984
86
The Aztecs
1984
87
The Dominators
1984
88
Enlightenment
1984
89
Inferno
1984
90
Warriors of the Deep
1984
91
The Highlanders
1984
92
Frontios
1984
93
Galaxy Four
1985
94
The Gunfighters
1985
95
The Time Monster
1985
96
The Krotons
1985
97
Planet of Fire
1985
98
The Mind of Evil
1985
99
The Caves of Androzani
1985
100
The Myth Makers
1985
101
Marco Polo
1985
102
The Invasion
1985
103
Cybermen - The Invasion
1985
104
The Awakening
1985
105
The Two Doctors
1985
106
Timelash
1985
107
The Faceless Ones
1986
108
The Seeds of Death
1986
109
The Ark
1986
110
The Savages
1986
111
Doctor Who: The Ark
1986
112
Doctor Who: The Savages
1986
113
Black Orchid
1986
114
The Twin Dilemma
1986
115
The Mark of the Rani
1986
116
The Celestial Toymaker
1986
117
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1986
118
The King's Demons
1986
119
Fury from the Deep
1986
120
The Mind Robber
1986
121
The Rescue
1987
122
The Reign of Terror
1987
123
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1987
124
The Time Meddler
1987
125
The Ambassadors of Death
1987
126
The Space Museum
1987
127
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
1987
128
The Sensorites
1987
129
The Romans
1987
130
The Mysterious Planet
1987
131
Time and the Rani
1987
132
The Macra Terror
1988
133
Terror of the Vervoids
1988
134
The Underwater Menace
1988
135
The Wheel in Space
1988
136
Edge of Destruction
1988
137
The Smugglers
1988
138
Vengeance on Varos
1988
139
The Ultimate Foe
1988
140
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1989
141
Delta and the Bannermen
1989
142
The Dalek's Master Plan: The Mutation of Time
1989
143
Paradise Towers
1989
144
The War Machines
1989
145
Attack of the Cybermen
1989
146
Dragonfire
1989
147
The Chase
1989
148
Mindwarp
1989
149
Silver Nemesis
1989
150
Planet of Giants
1990
151
The Happiness Patrol
1990
152
The Space Pirates
1990
153
Remembrance of the Daleks
1990
154
Survival
1990
155
Ghost Light
1990
156
The Curse of Fenric
1990
157
Battlefield
1991
158
The Pescatons
1991
159
The Power of the Daleks
1993
160
The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film
1996
161
The Eleventh Hour
2012
162
City of Death
2015
163
The Christmas Invasion
2018
164
Rose
2018
165
Doctor Who: Rose
2018
166
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
2019
167
Resurrection of the Daleks
2019
168
The Crimson Horror
2020
169
Dalek
2021
170
The Witchfinders
2021
171
The Fires of Pompeii
2022
Doctor Who: New Adventures Books
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Title
Year
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1
Nightshade
1992
2
Love and War
1992
3
Transit
1992
4
The Highest Science
1993
5
The Pit
1993
6
Deceit
1993
7
Lucifer Rising
1993
8
White Darkness
1993
9
Shadowmind
1993
10
Birthright
1993
11
Iceberg
1993
12
Blood Heat
1993
13
The Dimension Riders
1993
14
The Left-Handed Hummingbird
1993
15
Conundrum
1994
16
No Future
1994
17
Tragedy Day
1994
18
Legacy
1994
19
Theatre of War
1994
20
All-Consuming Fire
1994
21
Blood Harvest
1994
22
Strange England
1994
23
First Frontier
1994
24
St. Anthony's Fire
1994
25
Falls the Shadow
1994
26
Parasite
1994
27
Warlock
1995
28
Set Piece
1995
29
Infinite Requiem
1995
30
Sanctuary
1995
31
Human Nature
1995
32
Original Sin
1995
33
Sky Pirates!
1995
34
Zamper
1995
35
Toy Soldiers
1995
36
Head Games
1995
37
The Also People
1995
38
Shakedown
1995
39
Just War
1996
40
Warchild
1996
41
Sleepy
1996
42
Death and Diplomacy
1996
43
Happy Endings
1996
44
GodEngine
1996
45
Christmas on a Rational Planet
1996
46
Return of the Living Dad
1996
47
The Death of Art
1996
48
Damaged Goods
1996
49
Bad Therapy
1996
50
Oh No It Isn't!
1997
51
Eternity Weeps
1997
52
The Room With No Doors
1997
53
Lungbarrow
1997
54
The Dying Days
1997
55
So Vile a Sin
1997
Bernice Summerfield Books (by with Stephen Cole, with Jacqueline Rayner)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus
2005
2
The Big Hunt
2005
3
The Tree of Life
2005
4
The Two Jasons
2007
5
Genius Loci
2007
6
The Weather on Versimmon
2012
Doctor Who Big Finish Short Trips Anthologies (with Justin Richards, with Paul Cornell, with Andrew Cartmel, with Dan Abnett, with Robert T. Jeschonek, with Juliet E. McKenna, with William H. Keith Jr., with James Goss, with Jonathan Morris, with Matthew Sweet, with Stephen Cole, with Trevor Baxendale, with Gary Russell, with Jacqueline Rayner, with Benjamin Adams, with Keith R.A. DeCandido, with Steven Savile, with Marc Platt, with James Swallow, with Simon Guerrier, with Robert Shearman, with Joseph Lidster, with Peter Anghelides, with Andy Campbell, with Matthew Griffiths, with Cavan Scott, with Jim Sangster, with Paul Saint, with John Binns, with Lance Parkin, with Kate Orman, with Gareth Roberts, with Eddie Robson, with Jonathan Blum, with Jim Mortimore, with David Bailey, with Steve Lyons, with Neil Corry, with Paul Magrs, with Nicholas Briggs, with Rebecca Levene, with John S. Drew, with Stephen Dunn, with Simon Bucher-Jones, with Scott Handcock, with Simon Barnard, with Paul Leonard, with Graeme Burk, with Todd Green, with Iain McLaughlin, with Andy Frankham-Allen, with Stuart Manning, with Stewart Sheargold, with Gareth Wigmore, with Ian Farrington, with Philip Purser-Hallard, with Violet Addison, with Pete Kempshall, with Robert Smith?, with L.M. Myles, with Mark Smith, with Stel Pavlou, with Richard Salter, with Richard Salter, with Jonathan Clements, with Arnold T. Blumberg, with Paul Morris, with Nigel Fairs, with Mark Wright, with Robert Dick, with John Isles, with Xanna Eve Chown, with Samantha Baker, with Scott K. Andrews, with Joff Brown, with Charles Auchterlonie, with Marcus Flavin, with Ben Woodhams, with Nick May, with Steven Alexander, with Richard Goff, with Michael Rees, with Tim Lambert, with John Callaghan, with Michael Coen, with Simon Moore, with Bernard O’Toole, with J.R. Loflin, with Caleb Woodbridge, with Michael Montoure, with Dann Chinn, with Chris Wing, with James C. McFetridge, with Anna Bratton, with Einar Olgeirsson, with Mike Amberry, with Andrew K. Purvis, with Gary Owen, with Brian Dooley, with Colin Harvey, with Lizzie Hopley, with Helen Raynor, with John Davies, with Mark Magrs, with Ann Kelly, with Michael Abberton, with Scott Allan Woodard, with Scott Matthewman, with David N. Smith, with Andrew Campbell, with Huw Wilkins, with Jeremy Daw, with Alex Leithes, with Alexander Leithes, with John Seavey, with Stephen Hatcher, with Matthew James)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Zodiac
2002
2
Companions
2003
3
A Universe of Terrors
2003
4
The Muses
2003
5
Steel Skies
2003
6
Past Tense
2004
7
Life Science
2004
8
Reprecussions
2004
9
Monsters
2004
10
2040
2004
11
A Christmas Treasury
2004
12
Seven Deadly Sins
2005
13
A Day in the Life
2005
14
The Solar System
2005
15
The History of Christmas
2005
16
The Centenarian
2006
17
Time Signature
2006
18
Destination Prague
2007
19
Snapshots
2007
20
Defining Patterns
2007
21
Farewells
2007
22
Dalek Empire
2007
23
The Ghosts of Christmas
2007
24
The Quality of Leadership
2008
25
Transmissions
2008
26
How the Doctor Changed My Life
2008
27
Christmas Around the World
2008
28
Indefinable Magic
2009
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Comic Books (with Andrew Cartmel)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #1
2018
2
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #2
2018
3
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #3
2018
Professor Bernice Summerfield Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
A Life of Surprises
2002
2
Death and the Daleks
2003
3
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries