T5W: books that take place in your country

It has been a while since I last posed a t5w post but hopefully life has settled down enough now so that I have a little more time to spend making blog posts. Top 5 Wednesday is a discussion hosted by GingerReadsLainey over on youtube in which we post our top 5 books of a certain topic each Wednesday. This weeks topic is my top 5 books set in my area/country or region. I live in the North East of Scotland so its safe to say I am very limited as to the books that I have read which are set in my area, so I think I'm going to have to broaden this a little to just be books set throughout Scotland. This week has been a really difficult week for books with only one being an obvious choice to me, but without further ado here is my top 5 books that are set in my country.

Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling

Everyone and their mother has read Harry Potter but many people tend to forget that Hogwarts is actually set in Scotland and in fact you can visit and go over the famous Glenfinnan viaduct that you see the Hogwarts Express go across (you know, the one with the flying car?). There's also Loch Sheil which was used various times as a backdrop for Hogwarts and Steall Falls in Glen Nevis which were used for the filming of the dragon battle scene in the Goblet of Fire, and close by is where they filmed the backdrop of the Quidditch matches.. J K Rowling herself wrote parts of the Harry Potter books while in The Elephant House cafe which still remains in the heart of Edinburgh, you can even visit yourself and grab a cup of tea. There is also a Potter Trail Tour that you can go on in Edinburgh which visits this cafe along with the grave in which Rowling got the inspiration for Voldemort.  

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The world famous play by Shakespeare is set remarkably close to where I live, with some mention of a small town thats roughly 10 minutes from where I live.

The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith

I couldn't talk about Scottish books without putting in something with some relation to the Loch Ness Monster now could I? 

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Yes, I know, I haven't actually read this book yet but I'm grasping at straws here. I don't tend to read a lot of books set in Scotland because one, there arent many, and two, it kind of sucks here so why would I want to read about it? But I have heard fabulous things about this book series and plan to pick it up soon.

On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Another one that I haven't actually read yet I'm afraid but it is another that I have heard good things about and plan to pick up in the near future.