Am looking for books set in Scotland, no Outlander please.
Am looking for books set in Scotland, no Outlander please.
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Am looking for books set in Scotland, no Outlander please.
books by irvine welsh
He’s definitely not Outlander
The Blackhouse trilogy, Shetland series, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Iain Rankin books, The Sunday Philosophy Club, The Winter Sea
M.C. Beaton’s Hamish McBeth Series
I enjoyed the Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith
Isle of Skye by Jessica Brockmole. It was sooo good!
Hahaha
Also, Isla Dewar is meant to be good.
@Zoe I have only read It Could Happen to You, by Isla Dewar, and I loved it.
@Ellie I just know my Mum is a big fan of her books ?
Irvine Welsh.
Denise mina
The Cafe By The Sea
Rob Roy
Trainspotting.
Little bookshop on the corner by Jenny Colgan, Elanor Olliphant is completely fine, the unlikely pilgrimage of Herold Fry
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
The Bookshop On The Corner is a delightful story which takes place in Scotland.
Bob Skinner detective series (by Quintin Jardine)
Hamish McBeth series of light and enjoyable mysteries by MC Beaton.
Kiera Montclair and Paula Quin
THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS by J Buchan.
Kate Atkinson’s Detective Brodie trilogy: Case Histories, Started Early, Took the Dog, and When Will There Be Good News?
Serial murder mystery by Stuart Macbride “Cold Granite”.
Doon
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan. On my library’s waiting list for #3 which just came out.
Elisabeth Ogilvie. Author.
Ian Rankin series, very Scottish
I haven’t read these but my sister loves The Cracked Spine, A Scottish Bookshop Mystery.
The Dear Green Place by Archie Hind
Alexander McCall Smith’s Isabel Dalhousie series. Starts with the Sunday Philosophy Club.
I’m reading the second one now!! First one reeled me in well!!
@Rebecca I enjoy this series as much as the No. 1 Ladies Detectives. Also his series about the little dog named Freddy DeLaHay.
Oohoohoo!! Am also half way through no 1 series!! Loving them all!! The dog, is it a sausage dog? Think I’ve seen it!! I also have 44 Scotland street, but haven’t started that yet….
@Rebecca Freddy is a Jack Russell. Let me do some research on the name of the series.
@Phyllis thank you!!
@Rebecca Found it. Series starts with Corduroy Mansions. It’s charming.
@Phyllis oohoohoo thankyou!! Will look these up as well, cheers so much Phyllis for taking the time, I’m really enjoying the Sunday philosophy club and no 1 books at the moment!!
But…..
Exactly what I said in my head. ?
I read one by Kathy Lamb. It had best friend in the title I believe. Ugh, I’m terrible at remembering the names. It was fiction. A romance writer moved back to Scotland after her family passed and reconnected with childhood friends.
Is it My Very Best Friend by Cathy Lamb?
yes!!!
The Waters Edge by Sara Gruen. This is a really enjoyable book set in World War Two Scotland.
Checkout Morgan llywelyn
I was coming here to make the same recommendation! I love those books. Some are in Ireland I think, but mostly Scottish/Celtic at least!
-Macbeth
-The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
-David Balfour by Robert Louis Stevenson if I remember correct
-inspector Rebus by Ian Rankin
– the Blackhouse by Peter May
-The Master of Ballantrae by RLS
-The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
-The Heart of Mid-Lothian and Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
-Jackson Brodie books by Kate Atkinson
– many books by Julie Garwood
-Corrag by Susan Fletcher
-When Fate Dictates by Elisabeth Marshall
-The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
– Logan McRae-series by Stuart MacBride
-Harry Potters
-Para Handy by Neil Munro
-Paddy Meehan-series by Denise Mina
-Campbell trilogy by Monica McCarty
-The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
-Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Carola Dunn (other books more like 1920s England)
-Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King
-At the Water’s Edge by Sarah Gruen
-Watch Over Me by Daniela Sacerdoti
-What Scotland Taught Me by Molly Ringle
-The Poet of Loch Ness by Brian Jay Corrigan
-Janet Chapman’s Highlander-series
-The Spider and the Stone by Glen Craney
-The Only Genuine Jones by Alex Roddie
-The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayn
-Karen Marie Moning’ books
-Beowulf
-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
-Sunset Song
-The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
-The Sopranos by Alan Warner
-Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
-The Changeling by Robin Jenkins
-Docherty
-A Dark and Distant Shore by Reay Tannahill
-Morvern Callar by Alan Warner
-The Observations by Jane Harris
-The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
-The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
-Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole
-After Flodden by Rosemary Goring
-Spy for the Queen of Scots by Theresa Breslin
-The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
-The Forest Laird by Jack Whyte
-Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek by Anthony O’Neill
-Bone Deep by Sandra Ireland
-Valley at the Centre of the World by Malachy Tallack
-Two Closes and a Referendum by Mary McCabe
-Annals of the Parish by John Galt
-England, Their England by A.G. Macdonell
Hamish Macbeth? Can’t remember author. A nice light read
The author is M. C. Beaton.
@Yancy thankyou, I have enjoyed the ones I’ve read so far!!
@Rebecca I really like this series!
Remember the TV series with Robert Carlyle? I loved that show when I was a teenager!
@Ellie Yes, I do. Although it seemed based more on the characters than Beaton’s story plots, I thought it was extremely well done. Again, I enjoyed the quirkiness of the characters and the television plot lines.
Yes, loved it!!
Logan McCrae series by Stuart McBride and Rebus novels by Ian Rankin
Detective Rebus novels by Ian Rankin
M.C.Beat on writes all about Scotland. She has a lot of books out.
Beaton
Harry Potter
Just read Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent. The story took place in Scotland
Check out authors @Susanna and Jenny Colgan.
Anything by Denise Mina!
Dick Francis – To the Hilt
Dick Francis is one of my all time favorite authors.
The Firebird and The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley. Karen Marie Mining books. Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber.
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Val McDermid, James Oswald, Denise Mina. MC Beaton, Alex Grey. Ann Cleeves, Stuart MCBride, Peter May, Alexander McCall Smith, Catroina MacPherson, T Frank Muir, Ian Rankin, AD Scott,Molly MacRae
Peter May’s Lewis trilogy is (mostly) set on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides: The Blackhouse, the Lewis Man, and The Chessmen. I listened to them on audio and they were a treat!
The Flight of the Heron. Read it at school and loved it because my teacher did.
Aline Templeton’s DI Marjory Fleming mystery series.
I think Samantha Youngs – On Dublin Street series is set in Scotland
Rosamunde Pilcher is an English author. Her books are very much about the Scottish/English culture and countryside. Her stories are very family oriented as well. Try The Shell Seekers and September.
“Macbeth: A Novel” by: A. J. Hartley, David Hewson. If audiobooks are your thing I highly recommend the narration by Alan Cumming. But either way it’s such a great book, builds a lot of character and backstory around the play and is all around fantastic.
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I’m here just to read the comments ?
The House With The Green Shutters is the most Scottish book ever
Shakespeare´s Moon Act I: The Invisible Hand, based on Macbeth and largely set in medieval Scotland.
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
I just finished Sophie’s Secret by Susana Kearsley. Set in Scotland. Historical romance style thing
Any crime novel written by James Oswald, Peter May’s Harris & Tweed novels, Denzil Meyrick, Ian Rankin, TF Muir.
Have a look at books by Peter May, they’re really good and are set in Scotland.
The Rhanna series by Christine Marion Fraser is fantastic!
Sealskin by Su Bristow
The wasp factory .Ian Banks
The Hamish McBeth series by MC Beaton.
James Robertson- “And the Land Lay Still.” No offense to those recommending “The Bookshop on the Corner” but I read that as an escape and found it to be terrible. And I am Scottish ?
It was a silly book but I enjoyed it between two heavier books.
She must have used the word “utterly” fifty times. It drove me crazy ?
Take a look at His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrame Burnet.
Possibly not the Scotland of their dreams ?
I quite like Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street collection. I used to live in Edinburgh and recognise all the places in his books to the point that I feel like I’m back there
His Sunday Philosopher’s Club series is also set in Edinburgh and I think even better.
Barbara Longley has wonderful books set in Scotland! I enjoy everything she writes!
Author Ian Rankin – books set in Edinburgh
If you like historical fiction Nigel Tranter (I think that is how he spells it), writes credible stories on William Wallace, and believe me it’s nothing like Braveheart.
I recently read The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan. Takes place mostly in Scotland and it is WONDERFUL.
Check Ian Rankin.
Under the Skin
Just finished The Bookshop on the Corner. Light, frothy read but set mainly in Scotland.
Trainspotting
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Ann Cleeves. The Shetland Series. ?
Some of the BEST reading ever!!!
@Nancy I just finished Book #8, Wild Fire, which will be the last of that series. ??
@Lori I just finished it, too, and now my husband is reading it. LOVE that series!!! Love the Vera series, too!
@Nancy I like the Vera mysteries too. I enjoy the ? shows based on both series as well. ?
Yes! They are GREAT!!!
The Ring of Brightwater—an all time favorite of mine ?
Beneath the Water
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35512560-the-diary-of-a-bookseller?ac=1&from_search=true#
Endless beach by @Jenny xx
Vera Stanhope series and others by Anne Cleeves
Rosamunde Pilcher
Banish Macbeth series
The County Cork series by Sheila Connolly is pretty good. It gets a bit far-fetched in the last couple of books but the dialogue is good. 🙂
Corrag by Susan Fletcher. It has an alternate title: The Highland Witch. Beautiful writing, awesome story. One of my favorite novels. Historical fiction.
@Brenda Just checked this out on Amazon as it sounds interesting! Funnily enough, I was in Glen Coe about 2 months ago and learnt about the Battle of Glencoe, it’s amazing how such a horrible event could take place in such a beautiful place. Will definitely be reading this!
Donna Grant has the amazing Dark series set in Scotland and Karen Marie Moning has a great Highlanders series. Both are paranormal romance series
@Jeana. Thought you might be interested in this post!