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Scottish Bookshop
The Scottish Bookshop series by Jenny Colgan has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Bookshop on the Corner (2016).
- Books
- 3 books
- First published
- 2016
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: The Bookshop on the Corner (2016) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Bookshop on the Corner
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Bookshop on the Corner - Book 2:
The Bookshop on the Shore
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Bookshop on the Shore - Book 3:
500 Miles from You
Alternative text for cover: Cover of 500 Miles from You
About the Scottish Bookshop series
Nina Riordan, a London librarian made redundant when her library closes, impulsively buys a dilapidated van and moves to the small Scottish Highland town of Kirrinfief to start a mobile secondhand bookshop -- delivering exactly the right book to exactly the right person across the surrounding villages and farms. The Bookshop on the Corner (2016) launches the shop and the town; The Bookshop on the Shore (2019) follows Nina's friend Zoe, a struggling single mother who takes a temporary post at a remote Scottish castle library. 500 Miles from You (2020) shifts focus again, to district nurse Lissa on a professional exchange between London and Kirrinfief, though it revisits Nina, Zoe and the town established in the earlier books.
Across the trilogy, Colgan uses the mobile bookshop and the wider Kirrinfief community as a loose connective thread linking otherwise self-contained stories about different women rebuilding their lives in the Scottish Highlands.
Frequently asked questions
How many Scottish Bookshop books are there?
Three: The Bookshop on the Corner (2016), The Bookshop on the Shore (2019), and 500 Miles from You (2020).
Do the Scottish Bookshop books follow the same main character?
No -- each book centres a different woman (Nina, then Zoe, then Lissa), loosely connected through the fictional town of Kirrinfief and its mobile bookshop.
Can I read The Bookshop on the Shore as a standalone?
Yes, though it's set in the same world as The Bookshop on the Corner and features some of the same characters in supporting roles.
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