Scotland's Bookshelf

The librarians at Glasgow's historic Mitchell Library have scoured their shelves to find the very best Scottish literature from the past one hundred years. Then a panel, comprised of The Herald's Rosemary Cunningham, the head of Glasgow Libraries Karen Cunningham, and Aye Write! director Professor Willy Maley whittled the list down to just two books from each decade from 1910 onwards.

This is the panel's list - but what do you make of it? What are you key novels from the past 100 years of Scottish literature?

1910 - 1919

1920 - 1929

1930 - 1939

1940 - 1949

1950 - 1959

1960 - 1969

  • Muriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • T C Smout - A History of the Scottish People

1970 - 1979

1980 - 1989

1990 - 1999

2000 - 2010