I recently read a book about Orkney called Orkney Twilight (then its follow ups The Salt March and The Dark Isle). I loved the books, but what I loved even more is the location, the remoteness, the history, and the life.
Purely because of these books I am now planning a trip to Orkney (hopefully later this summer) with both Matt and Whisky; it’ll be a first time in Orkney for all of us.
It’s got me thinking about how much I love to read books about places I am traveling to, so I have started compiling a list of other books about Orkney.
Other books in TBR list:
- Novels
- Crime Thrillers
- Lin Anderson’s None but the Dead.
- Post-apocalyptic fiction
- Iliad for Orcadians – Orkneyinga Saga, which also plays a crucial part in Orkney Twilight.
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- READ – Internet Startups founder suffers from burnout, goes to Orkney and weird stuff happens. The Charmed Life of Alex Moore. This is honestly a truly amazing book that I would recommend to anyone.
- Historical fiction
- The Italian Chapel – about Italian POWs based in Orkney during WW2.
- Orkney Folk tales – a collection.
- The Selkie – Paranormal Romance.
- Crime Thrillers
- If only I had told The dark side of Orkney, true story about a sex ring.
- The Outrun – After suffering from addiction author returns to Orkney.
- Orkney: A Special Place – a collection of stories of folks living in Orkney
- Orkney: A Historical Guide – a broad overview of Orkney’s history from Pre-historic to WW2.
Do you enjoy reading books on places you travel to? Do you have a favourite book about Orkney I should read? I’d love to hear from you.
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