Favorite Scottish Book/Novel/Series?

**Peter Crowe** · 23rd February 12, 09:43 AM

To the OP, I started this thread on Scottish themed novels back in the autumn which may provide some answers to his query:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-novels-69553/

**Tartan Tess** · 23rd February 12, 09:43 AM

I will finish "The Scottish Prisioner" later today.
Outlander is my favorite !

**Laochri MacTalabh** · 23rd February 12, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Peter Crowe

To the OP, I started this thread on Scottish themed novels back in the autumn which may provide some answers to his query:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-novels-69553/

Thanks, I couldn't find it. It's a curiosity more than a question. Kind of a bonding thing with all you all Kilt Lovers.

**Alan H** · 23rd February 12, 10:18 AM

Oh yes..."Ring of Bright Water"... LOVED it. The movie was wonderful, too.

**Peter Crowe** · 23rd February 12, 10:33 AM

In answer to the OP's question, there are so many I will give a list of my favourite Scots authors and works of prose fiction that I enjoy most:

Robert Louis Stevenson (Kidnapped, Catriona, Master of Ballantrae, Weir of Hermiston)
Neil Munro (The New Road, Doom Castle, John Splendid, Para Handy Tales)
James Hogg (The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner)
Ian Rankin's Rebus novels
Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean novels
Finlay J. MacDonald's trilogy (Crowdie and Cream, Crotal and White, and the Corncrake and Lysander)

Not an exhaustive list but among my personal favourites!

**O'Searcaigh** · 23rd February 12, 10:44 AM

Pretty much anything by Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle (e.g., "The Dealings of Captain Sharkey" -- and something about some detective). Maybe its just sea stories and mysteries I like???

**Singlemalt** · 23rd February 12, 11:21 AM

I have read a lot of those mentioned but I think my favorite Scottish book is also Canadian. No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod, it won the Dublin Literary award at the time it was published and while set in Canada has many Scottish themes and is really about the collapse of highland culture, the clearances and the consequences for the diaspora.

I read it years ago but I find themes and scenes from it often come back to mind. Powerful stuff.

**McClef** · 23rd February 12, 11:27 AM

As this thread is only remotely connected to the Media as it is understood and folk are mentioning books that are kiltless within, this thread is being moved to Miscellaneous.

**Tobus** · 23rd February 12, 11:52 AM

I've read all the Outlander books. Twice.

It's a ripping good yarn, but I daresay she's a tad "off" on some of her history.

As of right now, my favourite series of books (which are not really an interconnected series, but rather represent the chronological list of works by the author) is the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. As well as the Tales of my Landlord books. Heck, everything he wrote is fabulous. And yes, he takes some liberty with history, though he does himself credit by explaining himself in doing so.

I've really fallen in love with his style of storytelling, and especially with the eloquent and quaint language in which he wrote. Even when he steps away from distinctly Scottish themes (such as Ivanhoe), his books are too good for me to put down.

**Old Hippie** · 23rd February 12, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Peter Crowe

Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean novels

Ah, another Lillian Beckwith fan! I think my favourite is "The Green Hand" -- though it's fictional I can say she captured life on a small fishing boat pretty accurately.

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