Home › Entities › literary_work › Rather Be the Devil

Rather Be the Devil

novel by Ian Rankin
VisualArtwork literary_work Q28127686
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Rather Be the Devil

Summary

Rather Be the Devil is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rather Be the Devil authored Ian Rankin[3].
  • Rather Be the Devil's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Rather Be the Devil's genre is detective fiction[5].
  • Rather Be the Devil followed Even Dogs in the Wild[6].
  • Rather Be the Devil's part of the series is recorded as Inspector Rebus[7].
  • Rather Be the Devil's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Rather Be the Devil's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[9].
  • Rather Be the Devil was published on January 1, 2016[10].
  • Rather Be the Devil's form of creative work is recorded as novel[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c5a9d668-25fd-49b5-a73a-21786185e8e5[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Rather Be the Devil authored Ian Rankin[3].

Publication

Rather Be the Devil was published on January 1, 2016[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is detective fiction[5]. Its part of the series is recorded as Inspector Rebus[7].

Subject and Themes

Rather Be the Devil's part of the series is recorded as Inspector Rebus[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Rather Be the Devil followed Even Dogs in the Wild[6].

Why It Matters

Rather Be the Devil ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Ian Rankin

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Rather Be the Devil. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rather-be-the-devil
MLA “Rather Be the Devil.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rather-be-the-devil.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rather-be-the-devil_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Rather Be the Devil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rather-be-the-devil}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Rather Be the Devil — https://4ort.xyz/entity/rather-be-the-devil (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rather-be-the-devil · Last refreshed: