Many works of fiction are set in the London Underground system or use it as a major plot element. This is a partial list.

Novels

  • Ben Aaronovitch: Whispers Under Ground (2012)
  • Margery Allingham: Death of a Ghost (1934). The climax of this murder mystery takes place on the Underground.
  • Julian Barnes: Metroland (1981)
  • Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code (2003)
  • Agatha Christie: The Man in the Brown Suit (1924). The mystery begins with the death of a passenger at Hyde Park Corner station.
  • Tom Clancy: Patriot Games (1987; also 1992 film)
  • Christopher Fowler: Bryant and May off the Rails: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery (2011)
  • Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere (1997; also 1996 television series)
  • Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon: Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities (2008)
  • Lisa Goldstein: Dark Cities Underground (1999)
  • James Herbert: The Rats (1974; also 1982 film Deadly Eyes)
  • Tobias Hill: Underground (1999). Involves disused South Kentish Town Underground station.
  • Russell Hoban: The Underground is a character in Kleinzeit.
  • Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male (1939). A pivotal pursuit of the protagonist by an enemy agent sees them repeatedly using the shuttle service on the Aldwych branch line. A chase through Aldwych station ends with the enemy agent's death by electrocution on the track.
  • Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point (1928) An early, character-defining scene takes place on the Underground.
  • Lawrence Leonard: The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980)
  • Keith Lowe: Tunnel Vision (2001)
  • Ian McEwan: Atonement (2001). One of the main protagonists Cecilia Tallis dies during the Blitz in Balham Tube Station.
  • Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis: Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater (1971)
  • Geoff Ryman: 253 (1997). Set on Bakerloo line.
  • Barbara Vine: King Solomon's Carpet (1991)
  • Nigel West: The Blue List (1989). This espionage story culminates in the war-time bunker built in the uncompleted tunnels of North End station, although this is incorrectly identified as Paddock, a separate bunker in Dollis Hill.
  • Conrad Williams: London Revenant (2004)
  • Catherine Storr: The Underground Conspiracy (1987), children's/teen novel. A teenage girl who travels on the Underground for fun soon becomes a pawn in an elaborate plan to use the Underground to transport drugs.

Short stories

  • John Betjeman: "South Kentish Town" (1951)
  • Agatha Christie: "The Labours of Hercules" (1947). At the beginning of the final story, The Capture of Cerberus, Poirot meets the Countess Vera Rossakoff on the escalators at Piccadilly Circus station.
  • Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" (1908) (e-text)
  • Jeremy Dyson: "City Deep" (2000)
  • Christopher Fowler: "Crocodile Lady"
  • Samuel Selvon: "Working the Transport" (1957)
  • Alice Thompson: "Killing Time" (1990)
  • Anthea Turner & Wendy Turner: "Underneath the Underground"
  • Connie Willis: "The Winds of Marble Arch" (1999) (online)
  • John Wyndham: "Confidence Trick" Jizzle (1954)

Films

  • Underground (1928)
  • Bulldog Jack (1935)
  • Passport to Pimlico (1949)
  • Train of Events (1949)
  • Seven Days to Noon (1950)
  • Georgy Girl (1966)
  • Press for Time (1966)
  • Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
  • Quatermass and the Pit (1967) — fictional station Hobbs End
  • Battle of Britain (1969)
  • The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
  • Death Line (aka Raw Meat) (1972)
  • Hanover Street (1979)
  • Hidden City (1988)
  • The Krays (1990)
  • Patriot Games (1994)

Television

Doctor Who

  • The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
  • The Web of Fear (1967)
  • Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
  • The Mysterious Planet (The Trial of a Time Lord Parts 1-4) (1986)
  • "Rose" (2005) — fictional station

Others

  • Game On
  • The setting for 'The Lab' HQ of The Tomorrow People (1973–1979)
  • The setting of EastEnders features the fictitious Walford East tube station replacing Bromley-by-Bow.
  • CGI "Underground Ernie"
  • Primeval (2007)
  • Thunderbirds featured Tube stations, but they were deserted due to the series being set in the future.
  • Spooks (series 7) (2008)