We asked Scotland's most influential authors, politicians, poets, publishers, historians and other notable bookworms for their favourite books of the year.
Here are their top seven books of 2015. How many have you read?
Vote in our poll and tell us what you think of our list in the Comments section.
1. 40 Sonnets, Don Paterson (Faber)
'By turns scathing, witty and profoundly moving'
2. The Bonniest Companie, Kathleen James (Picador)
'Poet's complex response to the referendum'
3. Fishnet, Kirstin Innes (Freight)
'Challenges our assumptions about prostitutes'
4. A Spool of Blue, Anne Tyler Thread (Vintage)
'Wonderfully engaging novel about family life'
5. The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics, Barton Swaim, (Simon & Schuster)
'The most painfully accurate account of politics I have ever read'
6. The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne, Andrew Nicoll, (Black & White)
'Madness, murder and moral claustrophobia in Broughty Ferry'
7. The Wolf Border, Sarah Hall (Faber)
'Beautiful and feral'
See The Herald on Saturday and the Sunday Herald for the full list.
Our panel consisted of the following:
- First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
- Makar Liz Lochhead
- Novelist and poet James Robertson
- Novelist Candia McWillliam
- TV presenter Lorraine Kelly
- Poet Stewart Conn
- Publisher Hugh Andrew
- Poet Jackie Kay
- Author Judy Steel
- Novelist Ronald Frame
- Sports writer Hugh MacDonald
- National Galleries director Sir John Leighton
- Novelist Val McDermid
- Columnist Ian Bell
- Children's author Nicola Morgan
- Journalist Alan Taylor
- Journalist Ruth Wishart
- Novelist Regi Claire
- Poet and writer Andrew Greig
- Herald literary editor Rosemary Goring
- Writer William Dalrymple
- Historian Sir Tom Devine
- Author Julie Bertagna
- Novelist Kirstin Innes
- Columnist Iain Macwhirter
- Broadcaster Sally Magnusson
- Novelist Mark Douglas-Home
- Poet Tom Leonard
- MSP Michael Russell
- Politician David Steel
- Writer Alistair Moffat
- Journalist Sheena McDonald
- Artist High Buchanan
- Book festival director Nick Barley
- Writer Bernard Maclaverty
- Journalist Harry Reid
- Playwright Rona Munro
- Novelist Alan Spence
- Novelist Alexander McCall-Smith
- Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra chief executive Roy McEwan
- Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale
- Scottish Green Party leader Patrick Harvie
- Broadcaster Janice Forsyth
- Scottish Lib-Dem leader Willie Rennie
- Writer Kirsty Logan
- Writer John Burnside
- Author Toby Litt
- Poet Ron Butlin
- Film festival director Allan Hunter
- Artist Joyce Gunn
- Broadcaster Vic Galloway
- Writer Alice Thompson
- Novelist Karen Campbell
- Writer Kerry Hudson
- Novelist Alex Gray
- Critic and writer Lesley McDowell
- Author Christopher Brookmyre
- Writer Kapka Kassabova
- Broadcaster Gordon Brewer
- Novelist Lucy Ellmann
- Writer Chris Dolan
- Novelist Todd McEwen
- Novelist Zoe Strachan
- Publisher Jamie Byng
- Writer Alan Bissett
- Novelist Dan Rhodes
- Writer Damien Barr
- Writer Lesley Glaister
- Author and musician Pat Kane
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