Terry Lawson books in order

The Terry Lawson series by Irvine Welsh features interconnected novels set in Edinburgh's working-class neighborhoods.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Glue 2001 Irvine Welsh Buy
2 Pornô 2002 Irvine Welsh N/A
3 A Decent Ride 2015 Irvine Welsh Buy
4 Тупая езда 2015 Irvine Welsh N/A
5 Marabou Stork Nightmares 1995 Irvine Welsh Buy
6 Filth 1998 Irvine Welsh Buy
7 You’ll Have Had Your Hole 1998 Irvine Welsh Buy
8 Babylon Heights 2006 Irvine Welsh Buy
9 The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs 2006 Irvine Welsh Buy
10 The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins 2014 Irvine Welsh Buy

The Terry Lawson series collects Irvine Welsh’s interconnected Edinburgh fiction featuring Terry “Juice” Lawson and related characters. Glue (2001) is the centerpiece, following four friends from childhood in the 1970s through adulthood. Terry Lawson is one of the four, a serial womanizer with a good heart underneath his reckless behavior.

Other books in the series include Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Filth (1998), and The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins (2014). These novels share Welsh’s Edinburgh setting and his interest in how violence, addiction, and poverty shape working-class lives. The connections between books are loose, with characters drifting in and out of each other’s stories across decades.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Terry Lawson series?

There are ten books in the Terry Lawson series, published between 1995 and 2015.

What is the first book in the Terry Lawson series?

The first book in the Terry Lawson series is Glue, published in 2001.

How does the Terry Lawson series connect to Irvine Welsh's other books?

Several Terry Lawson books share characters and settings with Welsh’s other Edinburgh novels. Glue (2001) follows four friends from the 1970s to the 2000s, and characters from the Trainspotting universe appear throughout the series.

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