january sale
25% off selected Scottish titles
At Paper Thistle, we write a review for every book we sell, specialising in Scottish fiction. Each review considers character, writing style, tone, and overall reading experience, offering a thoughtful introduction to what awaits on the page.
Rain-slick Glasgow, a dead man’s hoard, and photos that shouldn’t exist—The Cutting Room leads an[...]
Smart, candid, and messy in all the right ways, Never Greener asks what happens when[...]
Lyrical and unsparing, Sunset Song follows Chris Guthrie through Kinraddie’s fields and sorrows—where Scots voice,[...]
A vanished twin, an Edinburgh townhouse, and a make-believe realm that won’t stay buried—Mirrorland turns[...]
Quippy, clever, and Glasgow-gritty, Ink & Sigil follows a cursed printer-mage whose enchanted inks uncover[...]
From abyssal vents to the brink of space, In Ascension tracks a scientist whose hunger[...]
Wintry and whisper-quiet, Hare House threads folklore through the Lowlands: a snowbound estate, an evasive[...]
Dystopia by the shape of letters, HellSans sends a corporate queen into exile when the[...]
Wry, tender, and Glasgow-grounded, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine follows a solitary woman whose world[...]
Guy gathers old friends. Kit watches from the margins, not sure where he fits. The[...]