I don’t keep my love of Scottish fiction a secret. I love clan history, the chivalry, the accent and the names. Here are the picks (both from what I’ve read and researched) of the best Scottish fiction. Post contains affiliate links.
So, as it says in my about me page, I love me some Scottish fiction. And if our conversations on Facebook are any indication, I think you guys do too. So as a follow-up to my post on must read book series, I’m talking about all things Scotland.
Some of these I’ve read, some my Scottish mother-in-law spoke highly of, and others just stood out in research, but I’ll tell you I am pumped to finish off this list.
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Individual Novels
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Thorn in my Heart (series)
This is an awesome Christian series loosely based on the story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel from the Bible. My whole house went to pot reading these because I seriously couldn’t stop. Even Francine Rivers said she “couldn’t put it down.” That’s pretty much all you need to know.
1. Thorn in my heart
2. Fair is the Rose
3. Whence Came a Prince
4. Grace in Thine Eyes
Outlander (series)
It’s a love story and a war story and a history lesson and completely and utterly addictive. The books span decades and travel across continents. (Note: there are some intimate scenes that, while not lewd, are what I’d call “raw and emotionally graphic.”)
1. Outlander
2. Dragonfly in Amber
3. Voyager
4. Drums of Autumn
5. The Fiery Cross
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
7. An Echo in the Bone
8. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood
44 Scotland Street (series)
The book tells the story of a group of neighbors living in Scotland. From one mother who has a young son she forces to learn the saxophone and Italian to athletes, widows, and artists. It was first published in a weekly column before being turned into a book. I’ve only read the first book in this series (at the time I didn’t know it was a series) and I laughed the whole way through.
1. 44 Scotland Street
2. Espresso Tales
3. Love Over Scotland
4. The World According to Bertie
5. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
6. The Importance of Being Seven
7. Bertie Plays the Blues
8. Sunshine on Scotland Street
9. Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers
These all sound great!
But you totally forgot “Lorna Doone”!
Ha, okay had to google it, but isn’t that set in England not Scotland?
I am a clans woman i am a finney from Ireland!
Any books you think can’t be missed I can add?
Oh Rachel, if you love Scottish fiction, then you have to read Jane Porter’s “The Scottish Chiefs.” Jane Porter was a Scottish author and contemporary of Jane Austen. This is a historical epic about William Wallace. My sister and I read it over spring break during high school, sitting side by side on the sofa. We couldn’t put it down.
Kathryn, am going to AMazon NOW and buying it :) As we speak.. ha.