Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remedy is None | 1966 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
| 2 | A Gift From Nessus | 1968 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
| 3 | Docherty | 1975 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
| 4 | The Big Man | 1985 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
| 5 | In Through the Head | 1988 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
| 6 | The Kiln | 1996 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
| 7 | Weekend | 2006 | William McIlvanney | Buy |
This collection includes William McIlvanney’s standalone novels, spanning four decades of literary fiction. McIlvanney’s first novel, Remedy is None (1966), won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Docherty (1975), his most acclaimed literary work, portrays life in a Scottish mining community and won the Whitbread Novel Award.
His other novels include A Gift From Nessus (1968), The Big Man (1985) – which was adapted into a film starring Liam Neeson – In Through the Head (1988), The Kiln (1996), and Weekend (2006). Across these works, McIlvanney wrote about working-class Scottish life with a sharp eye for social detail and moral complexity.