The guide was produced by The List magazine and sponsored by Orange in association with the Scottish Book Trust to celebrate the depth and diversity of Scottish literary culture.
Titles selected for the publication included fiction and non-fiction titles, both classic and contemporary, and was distributed to schools throughout Scotland.Īs well as Sunset Song, the top 10 contenders included the first Harry Potter book and Orwell's 1984.Ī panel chaired by BBC journalist James Naughtie and including Professor Willy Maley of Glasgow University, alongside Scots authors Ian Rankin, Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh, discussed the shortlist before announcing the winning book. Public voting for the books began in March with the launch of the guide "100 Best Scottish Books of all Time".
The two sequels were Cloud Howe and Grey Granite and the trilogy remains a landmark in Scottish literature. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) by James Hogg
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