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My family is going to Scotland for about three weeks and I thought it would be fun to read books set there while there.

What are your favorite books set in Scotland?

I know Mary Stewart and DE Stevenson have written most/many of their books in that setting. Any of those not to miss?

Thanks!

The Mary Stewart group is reading Wildfire at Midnight, and it's the definite Scotland novel! I just finished The Baker's Daughter by D.E. Stevenson, and I enjoyed especially the descriptions.

Elizabeth Goudge wrote The Middle Window about a rather odd Scottish family and their ghosts. Not my favorite of hers, but definitely readable and full of history.

What about Robert Louis Stevenson? Or Alexander McCall Smith?

One of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries is set in Scotland, Five Red Herrings by Dorothy Sayers. I should note, though, that it is not most people’s favorite.

I always forget which one Five Red Herrings is. Any artists involved, Abigail?

Yes, it’s all artists and fishing and railroad timetables.

That's the one! Obviously not my favorite, but anything Sayers is worth reading -for me, anyway.

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The Game of Kings is wonderful, but it is NOT light reading.

Celia's House is one of D.E. Stevenson's books set in Scotland, and I'd recommend it as an enjoyable retro read.

Drat, I just check and you've read it already, Amy. And Amberwell too, of course. Sorry, that's all I've got! Oh well.

Crooked Adam is another one, written during the War, if I remember right. A bit rushed reading, but I liked it!

For anyone who hasn't read it, Celia's House is on sale for Kindle today.

Tadiana ✩Night Owl� wrote: "Celia's House is one of D.E. Stevenson's books set in Scotland, and I'd recommend it as an enjoyable retro read.

Drat, I just check and you've read it already, Amy. And Amberwell to..."

Peggy wrote: "For anyone who hasn't read it, Celia's House is on sale for Kindle today."

Ooh, I just read it last year but $2.99 is tempting.

I absolutely loved Geordie, by Canadian author David Walker. It was made into a movie as well.

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Anna Buchan's books are worth taking a look at. She grew up in a manse in Scotland and many of her books are based on her experience. Her autobiography is fascinating Unforgettable, Unforgotten.

She wrote the rest of her books under a pseudonym O. Douglas. She is the sister of John Buchan who wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps.

I would also suggest The Middle Window by Elizabeth Goudge I really liked the story, and of course Outlander by Diana Gabaldon which is my favourite fiction set in Scotland

So I've added some Elizabeth Goudge to my Kindle along with rereads of a number of favorite DE Stevenson books. Thanks all!

Oh ... and Five Red Herrings is my least favorite of the Wimsey novels. Time tables. Blech. :) Possibly I'm just not clever enough to follow along!

Amy wrote: "So I've added some Elizabeth Goudge to my Kindle along with rereads of a number of favorite DE Stevenson books. Thanks all!

Oh ... and Five Red Herrings is my least favorite of the Wimsey novels. ..."

Dry, time-tables are very dry, unless taken with copious amounts of tea and scones.