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Irvine Welsh

Scotland (b.1958)

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognised for his novel Trainspotting, which was later made into a film of the same name

Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery

New and upcoming books

July 2025

Men In Love
(Mark Renton, book 6)

Series

Mark Renton
   1. Skagboys (2012)
   2. Trainspotting (1993)
   3. Porno (2002)
   4. The Blade Artist (2016)
   5. Dead Men's Trousers (2018)
   6. Men In Love (2025)

Terry Lawson
   1. Glue (2001)
   2. Porno (2002)
   3. A Decent Ride (2015)

Crime
   1. Crime (2008)
   2. The Long Knives (2022)
   3. Resolution (2024)

Novels

   Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995)
   Filth (1998)
   The Bedroom Secrets Of The Master Chefs (2006)
   The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins (2014)

Collections

   The Acid House (1994)
   Ecstasy (1996)
   Trainspotting and Headstate (1996)
   One City (2006) (with Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin)
   If You Liked School, You'll Love Work (2007)
   Reheated Cabbage (2009)
   Because I'm a Girl (2010) (with others)
   A Fault on the Line / Elspeth's Boyfriend / Kissing and Making Up (2011)
   24 Stories of Hope (2018) (with others)
   Scottish Stories: Everyman Pocket Classics (2023) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

   The DOGS of Lincoln Park (2011)
   I Am Miami (2011)
   Kingdom of Fife (2011)
   Miss Arizona (2011)
   Rattlesnakes (2011)
   The Rosewell Incident (2011)
   The State of the Party (2011)
   Victor Spoils (2011)

Series contributed to

Vintage Minis
Rave (2018)

Plays show

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Irvine Welsh

Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay

Literary Lunch (2015)

One For The Trouble (2011)
(Book Slam Annual, book 1)
edited by
Patrick Neate

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Award nominations

2015 Wodehouse Prize (nominee) : A Decent Ride

Irvine Welsh recommends

For Emma (2025)
Ewan Morrison
"A masterpiece . . . For Emma is an extraordinary novel; a treatise of love and loss, the terror of the modern world and the sprung, high-tech trap humanity has set for itself. This would be more than enough: awe inspiringly, it's also a page-turning thriller, and it confirms its author as the eminent fiction writer of our times."

Hex (2022)
(Darkland Tales)
Jenni Fagan
"One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years."

God's Teeth and Other Phenomena (2020)
James Kelman
"A true original ... A real artist ... it's now very difficult to see which of his peers can seriously be ranked alongside [Kelman] without ironic eyebrows being raised."

Kill 'Em All (2018)
(Kill Your Friends, book 2)
John Niven
"A banging action satirical thriller. But it’s also a proper novel about the Trumpian era, of the reality TV era, the fake news era. It’s managed to say a lot of things in a way that very few other novels are doing and in a very comedic way."

Her Cold Eyes (2018)
(DI Bob Valentine, book 4)
Tony Black
"Tony Black is my favorite British crime writer."

Black Neon (2014)
Tony O'Neill
"I fell i love with every page."

Dukla (2011)
Andrzej Stasiuk
"An accomplished stylist with an eye for the telling detail that brings characters and situations to life."

Pack Men (2011)
Alan Bissett
"A unique and special novel. I honestly haven't read anything as impressive as thisfrom a Scottish writer in yonks."

City of Bohane (2011)
Kevin Barry
"The most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years."

Delete This at Your Peril (2010)
(Bob Servant, book 1)
Neil Forsyth
"A very, very funny book."

The Stray Sod Country (2010)
Patrick McCabe
"If Roddy Doyle is the Beatles of modern Irish Fiction, then Patrick McCabe must be its Rolling Stones."

And the Land Lay Still (2010)
James Robertson
"Wonderful, brilliant, panoramic, illuminating. A joy to read."

The Death of Bunny Munro (2009)
Nick Cave
"Put Cormac McCarthy, Franz Kafka and Benny Hill together in a Brighton Seaside Guesthouse, and they might just come up with Bunny Munro."

Jerusalem (2009)
Patrick Neate
"The most thought-provoking novel of the year. An utterly essential read."

The Rapture (2009)
Liz Jensen
"A masterclass on how to write an engaging thriller... You'll be gripped."

I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (2008)
Stephanie Kuehnert
"A wonderfully written and evocative story of a mother and daughter parted by circumstance and joined by music. I heartily recommend it."

The Fighter (2007)
Craig Davidson
"The Fighter is an essential novel, destined for cult status at the very least."

God Jr. (2005)
Dennis Cooper
"Like the Velvet Underground's first album... Dennis Cooper's writings have a powerful cult influence."

The Contortionist's Handbook (2002)
Craig Clevenger
"One of the most interesting writers to emerge in years. This book deserves to be massive."

Grits (2000)
Niall Griffiths
"An astonishing feat - pulsing on every page... a magnificently gifted writer."

The Football Factory (1996)
(Football Factory Trilogy, book 1)
John King
"The best book I've read about football and working-class culture in Britain in the nineties."

Throwing the House Out of the Window (1996)
Ben Richards
"A major new talent."

The Sound of My Voice (1987)
Ron Butlin
"One of the greatest pieces of fiction to come out of Britain in the 80's... Butlin's book is a stylistic triumph."

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