Books like The quarry by Iain Banks

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

A dark, passionate tale set on the West Yorkshire moors, following the tumultuous love and revenge between the Earnshaws, Lintons, and the enigmatic Heathcliff.

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

Teenager Frank lives in a remote Scottish village with his eccentric father; after his mother leaves, his brother Eric is locked in a psychiatric hospital. When Eric escapes, Frank must face his past, confronting violence and the mysteries surrounding their family.

Zadie Smith’s debut, White Teeth, blends humour and insight to explore race, immigration, family and identity across three generations in London.

A tense Dutch family drama in which two brothers and their wives confront the moral dilemma of protecting their children after the kids are implicated in a crime.

On Beauty explores a New England family’s life as they confront love, identity, and cultural divides over three decades, weaving personal struggles with broader conversations about race and belonging.

A contemporary family drama in which a mother‑child relationship is complicated by a companion chimpanzee, raising questions of identity, secrecy and moral responsibility.

A journalist investigates a series of recent murders, leading him into the dark corners of Edinburgh’s underworld and testing the boundaries of moral integrity.

A sweeping family saga that follows the Clifton and Barrington families through love, betrayal, and corporate intrigue in 1960s Britain as secrets and ambition collide.

Iain Banks' novel 'The Bridge' delves into themes of amnesia and near‑death experiences.

A radio shock-jock and his listeners face a terrifying conspiracy that could change the world, as he races to expose the truth.

Violoncellist cellist travels to Panama, battling politics and terrorists while attempting to avoid being shot down.

A compelling contemporary novel set in the McHoan family saga, exploring themes of death, sex, and family dynamics through the lens of a young man grappling with the complexities of his past and present identity.

A man who regrets his past and future, Daniel Weir, is faced with the harsh realities of his life as a rock musician in 1980s London.

A crime story featuring Stewart Gilmour and his hometown, Stonemouth, Scotland.

Seventy‑four‑year‑old Barrington Jedidiah Walker, an Antiguan expatriate in London’s Hackney, balances family life with a hidden gay identity, risking his marriage and long‑hidden truth for authenticity and freedom.

>> “Welcome, sir, to the Marlock Works, where we are excavating the nearby quarry. What’s that, you want to try out our remote blasting equipment? Well, you can press that switch there, but nothing will happen as we haven’t loaded any explosives. Yes, that did sound like an explosion to me. How strange, that shouldn’t have happened. But it’s Saturday afternoon. Nobody would have been in the quarry so no harm done, sir. Probably…” >When the body of the works manager is dug out of the debris, questions are raised about what happened, but at the end of the day, it was probably an accident, admittedly one that causes the man who had some responsibility for it to hang himself. That might have been the end of it, were it not for the somewhat nosey Everard Blatchington and the persistent Superintendent Wilson of CID…

A middle-aged woman's journey of self-discovery in a marital happiness study survey.