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…
Want to Read"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 performance?"-Kirstin Innes, Scabby Queen
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1. Penance
By: Eliza Clark
3.90
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"-Eliza Clark, Penance
2. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
3. Death of a Bookseller
By: Alice Slater
3.48
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. R… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Black Butterflies
By: Priscilla Morris
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city i… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
5. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Kirstin Innes's Scabby Queen book and Kirstin Innes's Scabby Queen
- literary fiction
- historical
- feminism
- scotland
- fiction
- contemporary
- 21st century
- historical fiction
- book club
- 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
6. Trespasses
By: Louise Kennedy
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. 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
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- scotland
- fiction
- audiobook
8. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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- feminism
- audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
9. 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
- contemporary
- audiobook
10. Kala
By: Colin Walsh
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for t… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"I just want to switch myself off. Disconnect from everything."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"So much of the night's vague. A film strip with half the frames missing."-Colin Walsh, Kala
"Who drinks a decaf cappuccino? Be honest with yourself and get a cup of warm milk."-Colin Walsh, Kala
11. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way
By: Rebecca Wait
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
12. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)
By: Ambrose Parry
4.28
Format: 416 pages, ebook
1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more
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- historical
- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
13. The List
By: Yomi Adegoke
3.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more
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- literary fiction
- feminism
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."-Yomi Adegoke, The List
14. 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
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- literary fiction
- scotland
- fiction
- contemporary
- 21st century
- audiobook
15. Ginger and Me
By: Elissa Soave
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The debut novel from the winner of the Primadonna Prize. Wendy is nineteen and living alone.All… read more
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- audiobook
- scotland
- fiction
- contemporary
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. Boy Friends
By: Michael Pedersen
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland’s brightest y… read more
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- audiobook
- scotland
- contemporary
"Ever feel like you were fated to be friends with someone? An alchemy in your meeting, instant fondness - part chemical, part kismet. This is how I've felt about every friend I've fallen in love with …"-Michael Pedersen, Boy Friends
18. 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
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
19. Weak Teeth
By: Lynsey May
3.28
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Ellis's life has crumbled without warning. Her boyfriend has fallen in love with someone else, her … read more
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- audiobook
- book club
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Duck Feet
By: Ely Percy
4.52
Format: 391 pages, Paperback
'Duck Feet' is a coming-of-age novel, set in the mid-noughties in Renfrew and Paisley, Scotland. D… read more
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- literary fiction
- scotland
- fiction
- contemporary
21. 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
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- fiction
- contemporary
"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog
