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Post by janetandjohn on Aug 20, 2017 16:43:09 GMT
www.librarything.com/bookaward/The+List+100+Best+Scottish+BooksThe Goodreads list of 300 Scottish books might be more interesting.... but every single Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency is listed, most of Rebus, and all the Outlanders. This reduces the list by probably a whole page, so I thought this was more interesting.
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Post by jobar on Sept 10, 2017 11:15:27 GMT
A great list, thanks for sharing!
I try to do a Read Scotland Challenge every year so this list is helpful.
I just listened to Annals of the Parish , John Galt on BBC radio 4, and really enjoyed it !
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Post by eightlegs on Sept 10, 2017 19:31:28 GMT
I've read 10, plus one of the recommendtions!
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Post by windysisters on Sept 21, 2017 10:16:02 GMT
Only just caught up with this.
I'm a bit confused by the list really as the title is misleading: It should really be books by Scottish Authors. Afterall the No1 Detective Agency is set in Botswana - the fact that the author is Scottish doesn't make it a Scottish book.....
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Post by peppercricket on Sept 21, 2017 10:20:04 GMT
George Orwell was born in India. But he spent a fortnight on the Island of Jura. Obviously that counts.   |
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Post by rosemary3 on Sept 21, 2017 14:12:29 GMT
I was confused by Harry Potter, too! I think in some cases they have counted where the book was written ... or it must be partly written in the case of Orwell, unless he wrote a book in 2 weeks
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Post by natsplatt on Sept 21, 2017 15:00:06 GMT
I was confused by Harry Potter, too! I think in some cases they have counted where the book was written ... or it must be partly written in the case of Orwell, unless he wrote a book in 2 weeks There is also a popular theory that hogwarts is in Scotland! Nat |
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Post by jubee4 on Sept 22, 2017 9:25:39 GMT
Try Stuart MacBride books. He's got a detective series based in Aberdeen and he lives just outside aberdeen too although he's from another part of Scotland
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Post by mandyj on Oct 30, 2017 20:08:49 GMT
I just love the Hayburn family Chronicles by Guy McCrone - set in Victorian Glasgow, bit like a Scottish Forsyte saga
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