10 Top thriller books like The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh

Cover of The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh

The Long Knives

By: Irvine Welsh

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Justice can be a blunt instrument "Men like him usually tell the story. In business. Politics. Medi…

"We're all confused youths, pal. We just get better at covering it up."

-Irvine Welsh, The Long Knives

If you liked the thriller plot in The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Long Drop by Denise Mina

1. The Long Drop

By: Denise Mina

3.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A stand-alone true crime thriller from the acclaimed author of the Alex Morrow novels that exposes … read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The Long Drop book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Poverty Safari

By: Darren McGarvey

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more

Similar categories in Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland

3. Kill Your Friends

By: John Niven

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

It's not dog-eat-dog around here...it's dog-gang-rapes-dog-then-tortures-him-for-five-days-before-b… read more

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4. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

Similar categories in Caimh McDonnell's A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1) book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

5. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Meantime

By: Frankie Boyle

3.54

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the loca… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Boyle's Meantime book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Cut by Louise Welsh

7. The Second Cut

By: Louise Welsh

3.96

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable.… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's The Second Cut book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) by Callum McSorley

8. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

By: Callum McSorley

4.10

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more

Similar categories in Callum McSorley's Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • audiobook
Cover of Kill 'Em All by John Niven

10. Kill 'Em All

By: John Niven

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDS It is 2017 – the time of Trump, Brexit and fake new… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's Kill 'Em All book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer

11. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

Cover of O Brother by John Niven

12. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • audiobook
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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13. The Young Team

By: Graeme Armstrong

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s Murder Capital, driven by a violent territorial gang and knife cult… read more

Similar categories in Graeme Armstrong's The Young Team book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh

14. The Long Knives

By: Irvine Welsh

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Justice can be a blunt instrument "Men like him usually tell the story. In business. Politics. Medi… read more

Similar categories in Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We're all confused youths, pal. We just get better at covering it up."

-Irvine Welsh, The Long Knives

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15. A Likely Lad

By: Pete Doherty

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Peter Doherty's is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - bad boy and public enemy. To his d… read more

Similar categories in Pete Doherty's A Likely Lad book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • audiobook
Cover of To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) by Alan  Parks

16. To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6)

By: Alan Parks

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of th… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Accidental Footballer

By: Pat Nevin

4.10

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teac… read more

Similar categories in Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • scotland
  • audiobook
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18. The Black Dog

By: Kevin Bridges

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • crime
  • fiction
"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

Cover of Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent

19. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition book and Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of SEAL CLUB 2: THE VIEW FROM POACHER'S HILL by John King

20. SEAL CLUB 2: THE VIEW FROM POACHER'S HILL

By: John King

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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21. Muirhouse

By: Johnny Proctor

4.34

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

Living in the 'Naughty North' of Edinburgh, for some, can be difficult. For the Carson family, howe… read more

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Denise Mina

3.39

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A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

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3.54

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4.03

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