Read Scotland discussion

My Scottish books for this year.

Early in Orcadia by Naomi MItchison.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/01/23...

I don’t know if this is allowed in this group, but I wrote an historical novel about Scotland. It’s called Caledonia. It’s about the Darien Scheme. My pen name is Sherry V. Ostroff.

Sherry wrote: "I don’t know if this is allowed in this group, but I wrote an historical novel about Scotland. It’s called Caledonia. It’s about the Darien Scheme. My pen name is Sherry V. Ostroff."

Any story written by Scots or set in Scotland certainly counts. The Darien Scheme is one of the most important events in Scottish history so any book dealing with it must also qualify.

News of the Dead by James Robertson.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/01/29...

The Little Snake by A L Kennedy. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/02/05...

Love And Zen In The Outer Hebrides by Kevin MacNeil
Poetry in English and Gaelic.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/02/22...

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/03/02...

The Tenement: A Novel by Iain Crichton Smith.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/03/05...

The Second Cut by Louise Welsh.
A return to the world of Rilke from The Cutting Room.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/03/13...

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/03/21...

Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan.
A collection of short stories. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/03/23...

Solution Three by Naomi Mitchison.
This is one of the author's Science Fiction novels. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/05/04...

Not to Disturb by Muriel Spark.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/05/26...

Dust on the Paw by Robin Jenkins.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/07/03...

THE DISORDERLY KNIGHTS by Dorothy Dunnett.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/07/15...

Queen of Clouds by Neil Williamson.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/07/23...

Kitchenly 434 by Alan Warner.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/08/11...

Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson. Atkinson counts as she lives in Scotland. There are several Scottish phrases in the book too.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/08/22...

Squeaky Clean by Callum McSorley.

My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/09/08...

The Hothouse by the East River by Muriel Spark.

My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/10/21....

The Other Side of Stone by Linda Cracknell.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/10/01...

The Changeling by Robin Jenkins.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/10/23...

To the Dogs by Louise Welsh.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/10/08...

Aunt Bel by Guy McCrone.
Fourth in the sequence containing Wax Fruit. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/11/06...

Conquest by Nina Allan.
Allan now lives in Rothesay and the book has scenes set in Tain and the train on the way up there.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/11/23...

Borges and Me: An Encounter by Jay Parini.

Set in Scotland. In 1970 Parini drove Borges through the Highlands acting as his eyes and ears.

My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/12/14...

The Silver Bough by Neil Gunn.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/12/28...

Xstabeth by David Keenan.

My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2024/12/07...

Treasures of the Lochs
This is suspenseful YA Christian fiction, involving a modern-day treasure hunt in Scotland, with a bit of supernatural thrown in. Blending historical fact and Scottish legend within an action-packed adventure, Treasures of the Lochs is an exciting, powerful story of faith, friendship, and redemption. The target audience is teenage and above (some parts would be too intense for younger readers). This book is a 2024 NIEA Finalist in Religion Fiction. It also hit Amazon#1 New Release for Christian Fantasy. I hope you’ll check it out.