Reading Scotland 2025
Posted in Alan Warner, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Scottish Literature at 12:00 on 23 December 2025
34 Scottish books this year, 17 by men, 17 by women. Five were fantasy or SF, one was non-fiction.
(For my reviews type the book title into my search box.)
A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
Greenmantle by John Buchan
Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid
Hex by Jenni Fagan
The Wind That Shakes the Barley by James Barke
The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid
Guy Mannering by Walter Scott
Olivia by O Douglas
Poor Angus by Robin Jenkins
Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
Born Leader by J T McIntosh
Nothing Left to Fear From Hell by Alan Warner
The Hamlet by Joanna Corrance
Poor Tom by Edwin Muir
Rizzio by Denise Mina
Dark Crescent by Lyndsey Croal
The Hayburn Family by Guy McCrone
The Takeover by Muriel Spark
Columba’s Bones by David Greig
The Keelie Hawk by Kathleen Jamie
The Song in the Green Thorn Tree by James Barke
Now She Is Witch by Kirsty Logan
Black Sparta by Naomi Mitchison
Life for a Life by T F Muir
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid
Dead Catch by T F Muir
Some Kind of Grace by Robin Jenkins
The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett
The Green Isle of the Great Deep by Neil M Gunn
To See Ourselves by Alistair Moffat
The Setons by O Douglas
Auld Licht Idylls by J M Barrie
Gliff by Ali Smith
The Wonder of All the Gay World by James Barke (review still to appear here.)
Tags: Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Scottish Fiction
