Recommended Reading
If you are looking for ideas of good books to read, look no further!
- Each month, staff at Scottish Book Trust recommend a book they have liked and tell you why
- We have also listed a number of famous book awards - look at the shortlisted and winning books for inspiration
- And why not check other booktrusts' recommendations?
Book of the month
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December 2008: 16 Christmas Present Recommendations
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November 2008: The Inferior by Peadar Ó Guilín
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October 2008: Fit Like, Yer Majesty? compiled by Reading Bus, Aberdeen
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September 2008: Cleave: New Writing by Women in Scotland edited by Sharon Blackie
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August 2008: One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
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July 2008: Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
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June 2008: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
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March 2008: The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
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February 2008: Day by AL Kennedy
Book awards
If you are running out of ideas of books to read or need a place to start, why not try to look at the shortlist or winners for the following literary prizes.
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
Man Booker International Prize
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction
Saltire Society Literary Awards
Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards
BBC National Short Story Award
William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
The BBC National Short Story Award
Links to other book trusts
Booktrust
Every month staff at Booktrust, our sister organisation in England, recommend three great books that might have escaped your notice. Check their selection at http://www.booktrust.org.uk/Books/Books-we-like
