Discover GEEO’s recommended books to read before you travel to Scotland. Our book club is a way for travelers to learn through literature about the places they’ll be visiting.
These are some of our favorites about Scotland, so if you’re heading there, take a look (the GEEO book club is not a required element of our programs, just a bit of added fun)! We hope you will enjoy the books we have selected and they will enhance your experience.
You should be able to find most of our selections through the links below and in your local library system as well. Do you have any feedback on our selections or suggestions for additions? Contact us and let us know!
Recommended books to read before traveling to Scotland:
Fiction:
- Outlander (series) by Diana Gabaldon (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
Non-Fiction:
- How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Scotland the Autobiography: 2,000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw It Happen (edited by Rosemary Goring) (Amazon)
Additional options include:
- Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- A Traveller’s History of Scotland by Andrew Fisher (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Findings by Kathleen Jamie (Amazon)
- Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- The Emperor’s New Kilt by Jan Henderson (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy’s Guide to Silencing Women by Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Bookshop.org | Amazon)
GEEO utilizes both Bookshop.org and Amazon Associates links for the above-suggested books. If you purchase a book through one of the links above, you’re supporting us as a nonprofit and helping more teachers travel through GEEO!