Ian Rankin's most recommended books

We've asked 12,000+ 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 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

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Books like Exit Music

Book lists with Ian Rankin's books

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

• Crime novels that have a rich dimension
• Tartan Noir to take you beyond your shortbread tin
• Portray a sense of place
• Police procedurals with a flawed protagonist
• Tartan Noir and Bloody Scotland
• Showing the hidden parts of Edinburgh

Book lists connected to Ian Rankin's books

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

• The wild side of the Scotland-England borderlands
• Scottish historical fiction from the 20th century
• Eighteenth-century Scotland
• Historical romance set in Scotland
• Scottish historical fiction for middle graders
• Contemporary romances with a Scottish accent

Genres connected to Ian Rankin's books

Topics connected to Ian Rankin's books