List of 33 Books Based in Edinburgh
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In search of stories whose events take place in a specific location? Try this list of relevant examples. In this collection, you'll find a variety of books based in Edinburgh.
Interested in learning more about Edinburgh? The books below are great but some were published a while ago. Some other resources to learn about Edinburgh include the Crowdsourced Explorer and Wikipedia.
| Title | Author | Publishing Year | Genre |
| A Dark Matter | Doug Johnstone | 2019 | Fiction, Mystery, Dark comedy |
| A Method Actor’s Guide to Jekyll and Hyde | Kevin MacNeil | 2010 | Thriller, Suspense, Humorous Fiction |
| A Question of Blood | Ian Rankin | 2003 | Novel, Mystery, Detective novel, Crime Fiction, Suspense |
| A Work of Beauty | Alexander McCall Smith | 2014 | Cultural, Scotland, Architecture, Nonfiction, History |
| Burke & Hare | Martin Conaghan, Will Pickering | 2009 | Comics, Graphic novel |
| Case Histories | Kate Atkinson | 2004 | Fiction, Crime, Mystery Thriller |
| Edinburgh: Mapping the City | Chris Fleet, Daniel MacCannell | 2014 | Map, Atlas |
| Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1878 | Travel, Cultural, Scotland, Nonfiction, History, Classics |
| Filth | Irvine Welsh | 1998 | Novel, Crime novel, Mystery, Crime Fiction |
| Gentleman Wolf | Joanna Chambers | 2019 | Romance novel, Historical romance, Historical Fiction, Paranormal romance, Gay Fiction, Paranormal fiction |
| Gone Again | Doug Johnstone | 2013 | Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense |
| Greyfriar's Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson | 1912 | Fiction |
| Kidnapped | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1886 | Novel, Adventure fiction, Historical Fiction, historical novel, Speculative fiction |
| Knots and Crosses | Ian Rankin | 1987 | Novel, Mystery, Detective novel, Crime Fiction |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Antonia Fraser | 1969 | Biography |
| My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots | John Guy | 2004 | Biography |
| On Dublin Street | Samantha Young | 2015 | Fiction, Romance |
| One Good Turn | Kate Atkinson | 2006 | Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Thriller |
| Provoked | Joanna Chambers | 2013 | Romance novel, Historical romance, Gay Fiction |
| The Falls | Ian Rankin | 2001 | Mystery, Detective novel, Crime Fiction |
| The Health of Strangers | Lesley Kelly | 2017 | Fiction, Mystery, Thriller |
| The Heart of Midlothian | Sir Walter Scott | 1818 | Novel, historical novel, Historical Fiction |
| The Last MacKlenna | Katherine Lowry Logan | 2013 | Fiction, Romance novel, Suspense, Romantic Suspense |
| The Observations | Jane Harris | 2006 | Historical Fiction |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Muriel Spark | 1961 | Novel, Bildungsroman, Psychological Fiction |
| The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner | James Hogg | 1824 | Novel, Mystery, Satire, Philosophical fiction |
| The Royal Road to Fotheringhay | Jean Plaidy | 1955 | Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction |
| The Strings of Murder | Oscar de Muriel | 2015 | Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical mystery, Paranormal fiction |
| The Sunday Philosophy Club | Alexander McCall Smith | 2004 | Mystery, Crime Fiction |
| The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City | Jan-Andrew Henderson | 1999 | Guidebook |
| The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox | Maggie O’Farrell | 2006 | Psychological Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| Trains and Lovers | Alexander McCall Smith | 2012 | Fiction, Romance novel, Humour |
| Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | 1993 | Novel, Fiction, Dark comedy, Travel literature |
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