Irish authors we love

Time of the Child

Niall Williams

A heartbreaking and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love

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Sally Rooney

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

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Cross

Austin Duffy

A masterful tale of betrayal and violence in a tight-knit community in Northern Ireland during the 1990s ceasefire of the Troubles, from the Irish Times-bestselling author of The Night Interns…

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Mouthing

Orla Mackey

Sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multi-generational portrait of life in rural Ireland from a bracing new talent in literary fiction

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The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

From the author of Skippy Dies comes a dazzlingly intricate and poignant tragicomedy about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good man at the end of the world

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Trespasses

Louise Kennedy

Tender and shocking, Trespasses is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times.

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The Coast Road

Alan Murrin

Brilliantly observed from a sharp new literary talent, The Coast Road is a novel about a closed community and the consequences of daring to move against the tide.

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Close to Home

Michael Magee

Luminous and devastating, a portrait of young manhood and working class life from Observer Best New Novelist Michael Magee

Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits…

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Foster

Claire Keegan

A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love.

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So Late in the Day

Claire Keegan

An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster.

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The Singularities

John Banville

From the Booker Prize-winning John Banville comes a playful, multilayered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory.

A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red…

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Though the Bodies Fall

Noel O'Regan

From an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop - a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon which fate turns

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author.

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The Wild Laughter

Caoilinn Hughes

An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country’s most exciting new voices

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Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

London in the nineties - a tabloid journalist begins to probe long-held secrets of an Irish family implicated in a shocking crime

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Brooklyn

Colm Toibin

Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical nature: she has…

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Long Island

Colm Tóibín

A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world's finest writers.

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The Alternatives

Caoilinn Hughes

Equal parts hilarious and profound, The Alternatives is a powerful new novel about four gifted Irish sisters, from a major literary voice. Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen, Maggie O'Farrell…

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Night Swimmers

Roisin Maguire

A funny and moving family story with an unconventional heroine in a quirky coastal community - Olive Kitteridge or The Shipping News on the edge on the Irish Sea

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Wild Houses

Colin Barrett

The remarkable, funny and thrilling debut novel from the acclaimed, prize-winning author of the short story collections, Young Skins and Homesickness

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Service

Sarah Gilmartin

The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?

When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault…

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Soldier Sailor

Claire Kilroy

An urgent, memorable, gut-wrenching novel aboutmotherhood, creativity and identity which is sure to get people talking.

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Kala

Colin Walsh

A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.

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The Happy Couple

Naoise Dolan

From the author of Exciting Times, this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage, fidelity and betrayal. Meet Celine and Luke. To all intents and purposes, the…

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Milkman

Anna Burns

Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. To be interesting…

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Hotel 21

Senta Rich

A sharp and warm-hearted debut with an unforgettable narrator.

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Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

An exquisite winter tale of courage - and its cost, set in Catholic Ireland.

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The Glorious Heresies

Lisa McInerney

A big, bold debut from a true new Irish talent.

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The Rules of Revelation

Lisa McInerney

The third novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies

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The Colony

Audrey Magee

Mr Lloyd has decided to travel to the island by boat without engine - the authentic experience. Unbeknownst to him, Mr Masson will also soon be arriving for the summer.

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Nothing Special

Nicole Flattery

A wildly original debut novel about two young women navigating the complex worlds of Andy Warhol's Factory, and coming of age in 1960s New York.

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The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

Set at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman's battle for her very survival, written with all…

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This Must Be the Place

Maggie O'Farrell

An addictive and unforgettable novel of a marriage in freefall, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016.

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Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A loss that threatens to tear them apart.

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Actress

Anne Enright

From the Booker-winning Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter’s search to understand her mother’s hidden truths

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The Green Road

Anne Enright

The children of Rosaleen Madigan leave the west of Ireland for lives they never could have imagined in Dublin, New York and various third-world towns. In her early old age…

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The Gathering

Anne Enright

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn’t the drink that killed him - although that certainly…

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Normal People

Sally Rooney

The feverishly anticipated second novel from the young author of 2017’s most acclaimed debut Conversations with Friends.

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Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities…

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Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

The new #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends, now in paperback.

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Love

Roddy Doyle

‘A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality’ John Boyne One summer’s evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. But Joe has a secret he has to…

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Life Without Children: Stories

Roddy Doyle

A … portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories –Provided by publisher.

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Acts of Desperation

Megan Nolan

She’s twenty-three and in love with love. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. The search for a…

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A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride

Tells in brutal detail the story of a young woman’s relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. In this title, the author touches…

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The Lesser Bohemians

Eimear McBride

One night in London an eighteen year old girl, recently arrived from Ireland to study drama, meets an older actor and a tumultuous relationship ensues. Set across the bedsits and…

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PS, I Love You

Cecelia Ahern

Meaningful and moving - the classic million-copy bestselling love story from Cecelia Ahern.

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The Magician

Colm Toibin

In The Magician, Colm Toibin captures the profound personal conflict of a very public life, and through this life creates an intimate portrait of the twentieth century.

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Nora Webster

Colm Toibin

It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her…

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Irish authors we love

Time of the Child

Intermezzo (special edition hardback)

Cross

Mouthing

The Bee Sting

Trespasses

The Coast Road

Close to Home

Foster

So Late in the Day

The Singularities

Though the Bodies Fall

Prophet Song

The Wild Laughter

Ordinary Human Failings

Brooklyn

Long Island

The Alternatives

Night Swimmers

Wild Houses

Service

Soldier Sailor

Kala

The Happy Couple

Milkman

Hotel 21

Small Things Like These

The Glorious Heresies

The Rules of Revelation

The Colony

Nothing Special

The Marriage Portrait

This Must Be the Place

Hamnet

Actress

The Green Road

The Gathering

Normal People

Conversations with Friends

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Love

Life Without Children: Stories

Acts of Desperation

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

The Lesser Bohemians

PS, I Love You

The Magician

Nora Webster