8 Best scotland books like Columba's Bones by David Greig

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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…

If you liked the scotland plot in Columba's Bones by David Greig , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. The Bridegroom Was a Dog

By: Yōko Tawada , Margaret Mitsutani

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

In these three narratives, an ingenious story-teller has created a new kind of fantasy, playful yet… read more

Similar categories in Yōko Tawada's The Bridegroom Was a Dog book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • short stories
  • fiction
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2. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Bookseller of Inverness book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. 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

Similar categories in Philip Paris's The Last Witch of Scotland book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Myers's Cuddy book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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5. The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

By: Andrey Kurkov

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Ukrainian Andrey Kurkov, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that i… read more

Similar categories in Andrey Kurkov's The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1) book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. To the Dogs

By: Louise Welsh

3.71

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

A TIMES BEST NEW CRIME FICTION OF THE MONTHJim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds, he is a bi… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's To the Dogs book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
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7. 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

Similar categories in Karen Campbell's Paper Cup book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
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8. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Clear

By: Carys Davies

3.92

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more

Similar categories in Carys Davies's Clear book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. 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

Similar categories in Victoria Mackenzie's For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • novella
  • short stories
  • 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

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11. For Our Sins (Inspector McLean #13)

By: James Oswald

4.42

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

The wages of sin is death. The partial collapse of a disused Edinburgh church reveals a dead bod… read more

Similar categories in James Oswald's For Our Sins (Inspector McLean #13) book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
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12. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Harvey's Orbital book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • novella
  • fiction
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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13. Music in the Dark

By: Sally Magnusson

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

1884. In a tenement room and kitchen in the town of Rutherglen, near Glasgow, a woman with stark in… read more

Similar categories in Sally Magnusson's Music in the Dark book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

Similar categories in Chris Brookmyre's The Cracked Mirror book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
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15. Three Fires

By: Denise Mina

3.73

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning master of crime fiction, Denise Mina re-imagines the "Bonfire of the Vanitie… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Three Fires book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. 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

Similar categories in David Greig's Columba's Bones book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • novella
  • short stories
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

By: Paterson Joseph

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It’s finally time for Charles Ignatius Sancho to tell his story, one that begins on a slave ship in… read more

Similar categories in Paterson Joseph's The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Ghost Mountain

By: Ronan Hession

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Mountain is a simple fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly and the way in w… read more

Similar categories in Ronan Hession's Ghost Mountain book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
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19. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Run to the Western Shore

By: Tim Pears

3.59

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A powerful novel about destiny, home and surviving in a world in flux Set in Britain in AD 72, R… read more

Similar categories in Tim Pears's Run to the Western Shore book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and David Greig's Columba's Bones

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

21 Best fiction books like Columba's Bones by David Greig

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Yōko Tawada , Margaret Mitsutani

4.33

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The Bookseller of Inverness

S.G. MacLean

4.08

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Philip Paris

3.95

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Benjamin Myers

4.33

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17 Top fiction books like The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

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Watching the Ghosts (Joe Plantagent, #4)

Kate Ellis

4.13

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The Eternal City

Domenica de Rosa

3.00

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Val McDermid

4.26

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