Recs if you like Lanark...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
Ergodic Literature
A list of ergodic books I've come across through time. Those books that go beyond words on a page and contain special elements and features that make reading a whole new experience!
Postmodern books that will leave you questioning
Books that exhibit key traits of, or helped develop, the Postmodern literary movement, many of which are experiemental. Not including criticism or theory. Research trigger warnings before reading.
(Recommendations welcome)
Bending The Rules - 50 Novels
Unconventional and experimental novels that play with syntax, style, narrative and structure Tristram Shandy - the grandfather of experimental Pale Fire - intertwines a poem and commentary Dictionary of the Khazars - in the form of a dictionary Man Eating typewriter - written in Polari Exercises in style - 99 retellings of the same story Hopscotch - designed to be read in multiple ways If on a winterβs night a traveller - a story within a story within aβ¦
Real Scottish Reads π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Books by Scottish authors, across genres. (Will not be including any JKR.) Dark crime, litfic, a bit of satire, fantasy, scifi & speculative fiction. Trying to include a mix of everything in here.
Recommendations welcome. π«Ά
Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Books written by Scottish authors/set in Scotland ~ will be editing as I try to read more Scottish literature
Scottish Literature
This list will showcase the vast amount of Scottish Literature available, from the late medieval period to the present day. Partly inspired by there only being a few Scottish books on the 'British Classics' quest. Alba gu brΓ th!
(This is not exhaustive! Just 100 or so books that vaguely trace the development of Scottish Literature.)
