Luckenbooth
By: Jenni Fagan
3.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The devil's daughter rows to Edinburgh in a coffin, to work as maid for the Minister of Culture, a …
Want to Read $ 16.99"Life is so much more than we can manage it to be, it is so much more sudden than we are able to understand."-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
"Life is so much more than we can manage it to be, it is so much more sudden than we are able to understand."-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
"My ma said: only love a man who reads books and understands them properly. If they don't read books don't go their bed. Ever!"-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
"My ma said: only love a man who reads books and understands them properly. If they don't read books don't go their bed. Ever!"-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
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1. The Cutting Room
By: Louise Welsh
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Rilke, a dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer, comes across a collection of highly disturbing … read more
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2. The Dance Tree
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
3. The Lamplighters
By: Emma Stonex
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Inspired by a haunting true story, a gorgeous and atmospheric novel about the mysterious disappeara… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- horror
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Helen thinks I haven't noticed that she's stopped wearing it. But I notice everything about her, all that's changed when I go ashore."-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters
"It felt like the more I read, the more free I was in my mind, and if you’re free in your mind, then it doesn’t matter what else is going on."-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters
"Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of y…"-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters
"Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of y…"-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters
4. Treacle Walker
By: Alan Garner
3.13
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
5. The Maiden
By: Kate Foster
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more
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- gothic
- literary fiction
- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
6. The Last Witch of Scotland
By: Philip Paris
3.95
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire… read more
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- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
7. Now She is Witch
By: Kirsty Logan
3.54
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden... From the snowy winter… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
8. Queen Macbeth
By: Val McDermid
3.77
Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition
Shakespeare fed us the myth of the Macbeths as murderous conspirators. But now Val McDermid drags t… read more
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- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
9. Scabby Queen
By: Kirstin Innes
3.72
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Three days before her fifty-first birthday, Clio Campbell - one-hit-wonder, political activist, lif… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"At what point did the policeman stop? When he put his cock in? Whose was the sperm that had fathered her child? Was that erection, that constant need to get her knickers off all part of the performan…"-Kirstin Innes, Scabby Queen
10. Hare House
By: Sally Hinchcliffe
3.26
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Sally Hinchcliffe’s Hare House is a modern-day witch story, perfect for fans of Pine and The Loney.… read more
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- gothic
- scotland
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- audiobook
"We soon fell silent too, and above and around us came the murmur of all the countless branches; a distant sort of a noise, ungraspable yet pervasive, like voices in another room."-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House
"It was then, as I hesitated, that the head stepped in and said, 'We don't want a witch hunt'. I looked from one to another of them, and then back to her. Three very different women but in each of the…"-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House
"It's not a simple matter. You can drain the water or grit the ice, or move the wall. It makes no difference in the end. It's just a bad spot here, and always has been. A crossroads. The place where t…"-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House
11. Paper Cup
By: Karen Campbell
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly ne… read more
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- literary fiction
- scotland
- fiction
- audiobook
12. For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
By: Victoria Mackenzie
3.85
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives … read more
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- historical
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Sometimes I reworked, with much crossing out and burning of papers; I had to sift through my thoughts for words that gleamed with truth. But other times the words came fast, and then I was an arrow, …"-Victoria Mackenzie, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
13. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
14. Pine
By: Francine Toon
3.38
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
They are driving home from the search party when they see her. The trees are coarse and tall in… read more
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- gothic
- scotland
- fiction
- horror
"...she can’t shake the discomfort of last night. It has seeped into the daylight."-Francine Toon, Pine
15. The Fair Botanists
By: Sara Sheridan
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. I… read more
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- scotland
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- historical fiction
- fantasy
16. Nothing Left to Fear From Hell
By: Alan Warner
3.35
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
A BATTLE LOST. A DARING ESCAPE. A LONG WALK INTO OBLIVION. In the aftermath of the catastroph… read more
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- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. Rizzio
By: Denise Mina
3.87
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the… read more
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- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
18. Luckenbooth
By: Jenni Fagan
3.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The devil's daughter rows to Edinburgh in a coffin, to work as maid for the Minister of Culture, a … read more
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- gothic
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Life is so much more than we can manage it to be, it is so much more sudden than we are able to understand."-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
"My ma said: only love a man who reads books and understands them properly. If they don't read books don't go their bed. Ever!"-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
"Such is the way. It’s like a disease. Love: 80 per cent proof. Risk of death if you drink it. Can send you mad, bad, blind and delirious."-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
"There is cheering out on the street. There is dancing. People meet and fall in love. Scuffles break out. They drink far too much. All of life is happening."-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
19. The Fascination
By: Essie Fox
3.85
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenage… read more
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- literary fiction
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- audiobook
20. Columba's Bones
By: David Greig
4.30
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
In a bloody, brutal raid, Abbot Blathmac is slain on the steps of his monastery for refusing to giv… read more
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- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
21. A Little Trickerie
By: Rosanna Pike
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world … read more
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- historical
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
