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100 Great Works of Scottish Fiction

Scotland's contribution to the world of literature is seldom properly acknowledged. Here's a sampling of a few works that have inspired both other Scots writers and those further afield. You don't have to be Scots to like most of these but you would have to be a native to understand a few! Some may also object to the inclusion of some graphic novels - but why not? Let's be European about this - in France they are accepted as a separate art form.
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The Coral Island (R. M. Ballantyne)
The Coral Island
1
R. M. Ballantyne
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
2
Iain Banks
The Crow Road
The Crow Road
3
Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks)
Consider Phlebas
4
Iain M. Banks
The Player of Games (Iain M. Banks)
The Player of Games
5
Iain M. Banks
The Brus (John Barbour)
The Brus
6
John Barbour
Peter Pan: Peter & Wendy/Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan: Peter & Wendy/Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
7
J.M. Barrie
The Wallace (Blind Harry)
The Wallace
8
Blind Harry
Quite Ugly One Morning (Christopher Brookmyre)
Quite Ugly One Morning
9
Christopher Brookmyre
House With the Green Shutters
House With the Green Shutters
10
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
11
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Robert Burns)
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
12
Robert Burns
The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (Robert Burns)
The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
13
Robert Burns
The Slab Boys Trilogy (John Byrne)
The Slab Boys Trilogy
14
John Byrne
Sartor Resartus
Sartor Resartus
15
The Citadel (A. J. Cronin)
The Citadel
16
A. J. Cronin
The Keys of the Kingdom (A.J. Cronin)
The Keys of the Kingdom
17
A.J. Cronin
The Black Douglas (S R Crockett)
The Black Douglas
18
S R Crockett
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
20
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World
21
Arthur Conan Doyle
The World's Wife (Carol Ann Duffy)
The World's Wife
22
Carol Ann Duffy
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
The Game of Kings
23
Dorothy Dunnett
The Poems of Robert Fergusson (Robert Fergusson)
The Poems of Robert Fergusson
24
Robert Fergusson
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
Flashman
25
George MacDonald Fraser
Sunset Song (Lewis Grassic Gibbon)
Sunset Song
26
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Cloud Howe (Lewis Grassic Gibbon)
Cloud Howe
27
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Grey Granite (Lewis Grassic Gibbon)
Grey Granite
28
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Spartacus (Lewis Grassic Gibbon)
Spartacus
29
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
30
Kenneth Grahame
Lanark (Alisdair Gray)
Lanark
31
Alisdair Gray
The Silver Darlings (Neil M. Gunn)
The Silver Darlings
32
Neil M. Gunn
The Green Isle of the Great Deep (Neil Gunn)
The Green Isle of the Great Deep
33
Neil Gunn
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
34
James Hogg
The Jacobite Relics (James Hogg)
The Jacobite Relics
35
James Hogg
Fiere (Jackie Kay)
Fiere
36
Jackie Kay
Trumpet (Jackie Kay)
Trumpet
37
Jackie Kay
How Late It Was How Late (James Kelman)
How Late It Was How Late
38
James Kelman
James Kelman Not Not While the Giro
James Kelman Not Not While the Giro
39
Tunes of Glory (James Kennaway)
Tunes of Glory
40
James Kennaway
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