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100 Best Scottish Books

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Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

‘Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!’ I have read my copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles so many times that the pages have gone soft with much turning, but Dr Mortimer’s words to Holmes never fail to thrill me. This is where…

George Douglas Brown - The House with the Green Shutters (1901)

George Douglas Brown - The House with the Green Shutters (1901)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Oh God, what was I thinking? Why did I sign up to review a book that has a boring title, is more than 100 years old, was a one-hit wonder, and is beloved of crusty old academics who boff on about its model of classical Greek tragedy? It’s got to be…

Willa Muir - Imagined Corners (1931)

Willa Muir - Imagined Corners (1931)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Willa Muir may be one of the lesser known names on this list, but that's due more to her date of birth (and perhaps her husband's name) than her undoubted talent. One of Scotland's foremost feminists, a brilliant, experimental psychology student and…

Luke Sutherland - Jelly Roll (1998)

Luke Sutherland - Jelly Roll (1998)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

The manner of his prose has been compared to Keith Richards' way with a riff. However, one suspects Luke Sutherland would probably prefer a nod to Charlie Watts, the author's penchant being for the style and swing of jazz over the swagger and savagery…

Chaim Bermant - Jericho Sleep Alone (1964)

Chaim Bermant - Jericho Sleep Alone (1964)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Part Bildungsroman, part hymn to the city of Glasgow, Jericho Sleep Alone is without a doubt the finest book written about the Scots-Jewish experience. From Bar Mitzvah to an unfulfilling teaching career, Jericho Eli Broock finds himself a perennial…

James Robertson - Joseph Knight (2003)

James Robertson - Joseph Knight (2003)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Scots writers often mine the country's tumultuous history to make sense of contemporary concerns. With his bestselling debut novel The Fanatic, James Robertson became immediately established as a creator of gripping and innovative historical fiction…

Various - King James Bible: Authorised Version (1611)

Various - King James Bible: Authorised Version (1611)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

It was the only memorable and enduring thing that came out of the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, which was called to consider the demands of the Puritans for the reform of the Church of England. King James I or VI, depending on which side of the…

Alasdair Gray - Lanark (1981)

Alasdair Gray - Lanark (1981)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Alasdair Gray’s Lanark is one of the finest novels written in English. Its unique blend of realism and wild surrealism was greeted with great acclaim when it was first published, especially abroad. In France, for example, it sold out within four weeks…

Ronald Frame - The Lantern Bearers (1999)

Ronald Frame - The Lantern Bearers (1999)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Until five years ago, had you scanned the Scottish Fiction section of any popular bookseller, chances are your eyes wouldn't have alighted on any work by Ronald Frame. Despite having published 13 books as well as groundbreaking plays and screenplays…

James Boswell - The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)

James Boswell - The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

It may seem a strange thing to rate an author who begins his masterpiece with a famous demurral of his own country (‘I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it’) as one of Scotland’s greatest writers. But still, there it is; James Boswell’s…

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