Ian Rankin's most recommended books

We've asked 13,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Ian Rankin.

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Books like The Falls

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Books like Black and Blue

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Books like Resurrection Men

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Books like Let It Bleed

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Books like A Song for the Dark Times

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Books like A Heart Full of Headstones

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Books like Standing in Another Man's Grave

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Books like Rather Be the Devil

Book lists with Ian Rankin's books

13 authors created a book list with a book by Ian Rankin as one of their picks.

• The best detective novels that are as well-written as they are page-turnery
• The best crime novels that have a richer dimension than just solving a puzzle
• The grittiest Tartan Noir books to take you beyond the shortbread tin
• The best books to portray a sense of place
• The best police procedurals with a flawed protagonist
• The best books of Tartan Noir and Bloody Scotland

Book lists connected to Ian Rankin's books

492 authors created a book list connected to Ian Rankin's books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• The best books for the walking the wild side of the Scotland-England borderlands
• The best Scottish historical fiction written in the 20th century
• The best books on eighteenth-century Scotland
• The best historical romance books set in Scotland
• The best Scottish historical fiction books for middle graders
• The best contemporary romances with a Scottish accent

Genres connected to Ian Rankin's books

Topics connected to Ian Rankin's books