Douglas Stuart Books in Order

Growing up in Glasgow’s impoverished housing estates during the 1980s, Shuggie remains devoted to his troubled mother. His struggle for belonging unfolds amid family instability and the pressures of a harsh community, in a portrait of childhood, poverty, and enduring love.

In working-class Glasgow, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James develop a first love that defies sectarian expectations and violent ideas of masculinity. Sent on a fishing trip with two troubling strangers, Mungo must find the courage to return to safety and a possible future together.

After art school, John-Calum Macleod returns penniless to the island of Harris. Living with his religious father and Glaswegian grandmother, he struggles with desire, family expectations, and a fragile community whose intertwined lives make belonging increasingly difficult.