Order of Irvine Welsh Books

Order of Irvine Welsh Books


Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. The novel was adapted into a very successful film in 1996. In addition to Trainspotting, his work has been adapted to both film and theatre.

Irvine Welsh became a published author in 1993 with his novel Traninspotting. He followed it up in with a 2002 sequel, entitled Porno. He has also written several standalone novels and short story collections. Below is a list of Irvine Welsh’s published work in order:

Publication Order of Crime Books

Crime

(2008)

The Long Knives

(2022)

DS Ray Lennox is also a part of the standalone novel Filth.

Publication Order of Trainspotting / Mark Renton Books

Trainspotting

(1993)

Porno / T2 Trainspotting

(2005)

Skagboys

(2012)

The Blade Artist

(2016)

Dead Men’s Trousers

(2018)

Chronological Order of Trainspotting / Mark Renton Books

Skagboys

(2012)

Trainspotting

(1993)

Porno / T2 Trainspotting

(2005)

The Blade Artist

(2016)

Dead Men’s Trousers

(2018)

Publication Order of Terry Lawson Books

Glue

(2001)

A Decent Ride

(2015)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Marabou Stork Nightmares

(1995)

Filth

(1998)

You’ll Have Had Your Hole

(1998)

The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

(2006)

Babylon Heights

(2006)

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Rave

(2018)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Acid House

(1994)

Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance

(1996)

If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work

(2007)

Reheated Cabbage

(2009)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Days Like This

(2009)

Publication Order of Anthologies

A Tongue in Yer Heid

(1994)

Ahead of its Time

(1997)

Open City #5: Change or Die

(1997)

Children of Albion Rovers

(1997)

Acid Plaid: New Scottish Writing

(1997)

Intoxication

(1998)

Speaking With the Angel

(2000)

The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa

(2001)

The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta

(2004)

One City

(2005)

Rotten English: A Literary Anthology

(2007)

Because I am a Girl

(2010)

One for the Trouble: Book Slam Volume 1

(2011)

The Seal Club

(2020)

Scottish Stories

(2023)