Nicola Sturgeon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Nicola Sturgeon served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023. MSP for Glasgow Southside. Former First Minister of Scotland (Nov 14 - March 23). Lovesđź“š

Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
📚 Been a while since my last Saturday book recommendation, so here's two in one. Recently finished Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (recommended to me by @valmcdermid) and it's excellent. Now reading A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and thoroughly enjoying it 📚 https://t.co/0vgZnovDrX
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Brilliant to be at the launch of @BookWeekScot tonight @glasgowfilm - thanks to @sallymag1 for hosting. I’ve also added my current read (Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver) to @scottishbktrust interactive reading map https://t.co/bSsh3IRf39 https://t.co/eftUAM1aCO
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Such terribly sad news. It is impossible to overstate the significance of the literary legacy Hilary Mantel leaves behind. Her brilliant Wolf Hall trilogy was the crowning achievement in an outstanding body of work. Rest in peace. https://t.co/P4Dpe83Pr5
Paperback, 2021
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cutting Room
Louise Welsh
đź“š I was able to read this by @louisewelsh00 over Christmas. It is outstanding. I was gripped and captivated from the first page - if you enjoyed The Cutting Room, you will love this. Highly recommended đź“š https://twitter.com/louisewelsh00/status/1483768076852154377
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Douglas Stuart
A wonderful, interesting and moving @AyeWrite @OUScotland event with @Doug_D_Stuart tonight. Great to hear him talk about Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo - in his first appearance home in Glasgow since winning the @TheBookerPrizes. Brilliantly chaired by @louisewelsh00
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright
Enright at her lyrical, storytelling best. A portrait of a family living with the legacy, years after his death, of the abuse and neglect of their patriarch – a famous Irish poet... It’s a story of relationships, trauma, self-discovery and the healing powers of art and nature.
Hardcover, 2023
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Spell of Good Things
Ayobami Adebayo
📚 Been a while since my last Saturday book recommendation, so here's two in one. Recently finished Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (recommended to me by @valmcdermid) and it's excellent. Now reading A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and thoroughly enjoying it 📚 https://t.co/0vgZnovDrX
Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
Hilary Mantel
The effect is to make the reader feel that Hilary Mantel is with us still, communicating from beyond the grave – and that we may now be seeing something that has hitherto been hidden.
Hardcover, 2023
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Ghost in the Throat
Doireann NĂ GhrĂofa
📚Reading time v scarce just now (makes it even more precious), so it was in wee small hours that I finished A Ghost in the Throat by @DoireannNiG. It’s one of best books I’ve read in ages...unique & deeply moving. Next up, Luckenbooth by @Jenni_Fagan 📚 https://t.co/KRNrGylPOU
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Colson Whitehead
A couple of recommendations for #BookLoversDay. I’ve recently finished The Nickel Boys by @colsonwhitehead - a searingly powerful story about the impact of racism and abuse. And next, in memory of the great Toni Morrison, I’ll be rereading her wonderful classic The Bluest Eye. https://t.co/Ppt091YeAK
Paperback, 2020
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book