Ian Rankin's Reading List

The crime writer, whose new Rebus novel is “In a House of Lies,” is giving his archives to the National Library of Scotland: “There might be material there for some future Ph.D. researcher … long after I’m dead.”

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By the Book: Ian Rankin (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-12-20).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark · Buy on Amazon

"Maybe Muriel Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." If I describe it as an absolute Tardis of a book, "Dr. Who" fans may understand. It is bigger on the inside than the outside."

Bleak House

Charles Dickens · Buy on Amazon

"I'll be rereading "Bleak House" one week and Carl Hiaasen or Elif Shafak the next."

Rivals

Jilly Cooper · Buy on Amazon

""Rivals" became a particular favorite. It's all about the battle for a TV station franchise."

Transcription

Kate Atkinson · Buy on Amazon

"Having devoured Kate Atkinson's "Transcription," I then pressed it on to my wife Miranda — not that she needed much encouraging!"

A Dance to the Music of Time

Anthony Powell · Buy on Amazon

"Though I was reluctant I became a fan, devouring all 12 volumes. We follow the central character, Nicholas Jenkins, from school days through World War II to eventual old age as a respected novelist."

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