Editors' Top Picks
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettIvanhoe by Walter ScottThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Year 2 of 4-Year History Reading Cycle
58th out of 121 books — 28 voters
Devotion and the Devil by Mark MontgomeryThe Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald FraserThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThree Hills by Mark MontgomeryA Surfeit of Guns by P.F. Chisholm
Reivers and Rakes
2nd out of 15 books — 5 voters

Affairs at Thrush Green by Miss ReadReturn to Thrush Green by Miss ReadVillage School by Miss ReadGossip from Thrush Green by Miss ReadAt Home in Thrush Green by Miss Read
Common Reader Catalog Part II
15th out of 91 books — 8 voters
How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur HermanMary Queen of Scots by Antonia FraserOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Celts by Peter Berresford EllisGreyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
Scottish History
47th out of 287 books — 66 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
1219th out of 3,867 books — 3,915 voters
The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald FraserThe Secret Commonwealth by Robert KirkThe Visions of Isobel Gowdie by Emma WilbyFolklore of the Scottish Highlands by Anne RossTales of the Seal People by Duncan Williamson
Scottish Folk Beliefs
1st out of 94 books — 4 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
5434th out of 6,260 books — 8,073 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
577th out of 743 books — 232 voters

Collected Stories by Wallace StegnerLoving / Living / Party Going by Henry GreenGrundish and Askew by Lance CarbuncleThe Bat-Poet by Randall JarrellTell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
2936th out of 3,159 books — 781 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsFrog and Toad Together by Arnold LobelAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstThe Gods Themselves by Isaac AsimovAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Best Books 1972
188th out of 235 books — 68 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGoldfinger by Ian Fleming
Metallic Titles
465th out of 734 books — 28 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
455th out of 571 books — 505 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckCurious George by H.A. ReySilas Marner by George Eliot
By George!
222nd out of 358 books — 51 voters
The Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership by Jim CarloughThe Buttercup by Bill ScottHow the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur HermanThe Shetland Bus by David HowarthQueen of Scots by John Guy
Best Scottish non-fiction
61st out of 74 books — 28 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyDragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Books Set in Scotland
814th out of 1,083 books — 685 voters


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