Irvine Welsh

100 books

Intoxication: An anthology of stimulant-based writing by John King, David Toop, Gordon Legge, Marina Blake, Jeff Noon, Elizabeth Young, Barry Graham, Bridget O'Connor, Richard Smith, Irvine Welsh, Stewart Home, Lynne Tillman, Gary Indiana, Toni Davidson, Brent Hodgson

Intoxication: An anthology of stimulant-based writing

John King, David Toop, Gordon Legge, Marina Blake, Jeff Noon, Elizabeth Young, Barry Graham, Bridget O'Connor, Richard Smith, Irvine Welsh, Stewart Home, Lynne Tillman, Gary Indiana, Toni Davidson, Brent Hodgson

224 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Hubert Selby Jr.

290 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction classics thriller dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh

The Long Knives

The CRIME Series #2

Irvine Welsh

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark tense medium-paced
One City by Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, Irvine Welsh

One City

Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, Irvine Welsh

112 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction short stories dark funny medium-paced
One for the Trouble: Book Slam Volume 1 by Jon Ronson, Patrick Neate, Tim Key, Paul Murray, Kae Tempest, Joe Dunthorne, Richard Milward, Sophie Woolley, Irvine Welsh, Jon McGregor, Helen Oyeyemi, Luke Wright, Don Paterson, Simon Armitage, Bernardine Evaristo, Roger Robinson, William Boyd, Hari Kunzru, Patrick Ness

One for the Trouble: Book Slam Volume 1

Jon Ronson, Patrick Neate, Tim Key, Paul Murray, Kae Tempest, Joe Dunthorne, Richard Milward, Sophie Woolley, Irvine Welsh, Jon McGregor, Helen Oyeyemi, Luke Wright, Don Paterson, Simon Armitage, Bernardine Evaristo, Roger Robinson, William Boyd, Hari Kunzru, Patrick Ness

176 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories informative fast-paced
The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story by Philip Hensher

The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story

Philip Hensher

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories informative inspiring fast-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

252 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Rattlesnakes by Irvine Welsh

Rattlesnakes

Irvine Welsh

44 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction short stories thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Reheated Cabbage by Irvine Welsh

Reheated Cabbage

Irvine Welsh

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories funny medium-paced
Scotland and the Easter Rising: Fresh Perspectives on 1916 by Des Dillon, Aaron Kelly, Billy Kay, Alan Bissett, Maria-Daniella Dick, Willy Maley, Irvine Welsh, Stuart Christie, Phil Kelly, Richard Barlow, Shaun Kavanagh, Alan Riach, Michael Shaw, Kevin McKenna, Ray Burnett, Allan Armstrong, Kirsty Lusk, Joseph M. Bradley, Pearse Hutchinson, Owen Dudley Edwards, Helen Clark, Peter Geoghegan, Ian Bell, James Kelman

Scotland and the Easter Rising: Fresh Perspectives on 1916

Des Dillon, Aaron Kelly, Billy Kay, Alan Bissett, Maria-Daniella Dick, Willy Maley, Irvine Welsh, Stuart Christie, Phil Kelly, Richard Barlow, Shaun Kavanagh, Alan Riach, Michael Shaw, Kevin McKenna, Ray Burnett, Allan Armstrong, Kirsty Lusk, Joseph M. Bradley, Pearse Hutchinson, Owen Dudley Edwards, Helen Clark, Peter Geoghegan, Ian Bell, James Kelman

284 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective medium-paced