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.
We found The Salt Flats to be an eerie, psychological journey set on the Bolivian[...]
We found The Weekend Guests to be a tense thriller about old friends reuniting on[...]
We read Obsessed as a forensic study of fixation and violence in modern Britain. By[...]
We read Weak Teeth as a close, unsparing portrait of working class life in Scotland.[...]
We were struck by how Rabbits blends dark humour with a vivid coming-of-age journey. Set[...]
We read a novel set in the 1990s London music industry, told through the voice[...]
We read a crime novel set in late 1980s Edinburgh that follows a young Ray[...]
We read a young adult novel centred on Alex, a teenager coping with her father’s[...]
We read a brutal crime novel following Ray Lennox after disgrace and exile. As corruption[...]
We read the final Falconer novel as Aileana Kameron faces war, loss, and irreversible choices[...]