Reading - our top five picks of books based in Essex WHAT better time to delve into the depths of a novel is there than during the coldest winter months? With a national lockdown preventing us from getting out and about as much as we normally would, we have put together a list of five famous novels which are all set in Essex for you to enjoy.
1. The Essex Serpant This award-winning novel, by Sarah Perry, follows the newly widowed Cora who relocated from London to an Essex village intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature has returned to the area.