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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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Claire Keegan
An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster.
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Paul Lynch
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author.
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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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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Sebastian Barry
There were no saints in any era, Tom knew, just good men and bad, and sometimes both in the one bottle. Retired policeman Tom Kettle is enjoying the quiet of…
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Cathy Sweeney
From one of Ireland's most provocative and admired writers comes a story of rage and reckoning, joy and transformation, and one woman's decision to leave everything behind.
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
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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Claire Kilroy
An urgent, memorable, gut-wrenching novel about motherhood, creativity and identity which is sure to get people talking.
Michael Magee
Luminous and devastating, a portrait of modern masculinity as shaped by class, by trauma, and by silence, but also by the courage to love and to survive
Colin Walsh
A big, suspenseful, page-turning debut novel of teen summers and unsolved murders, by an award-winning rising Irish star
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Caroline O'Donoghue
A sharp, poignant and beautifully told story of losing yourself, finding yourself and the lengths we will go to for those we love from the critically acclaimed author of Promising…
Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times, makes the Marriage Plot entirely her own in a sparkling ensemble novel that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable.
Senta Rich
A sharp and warm-hearted debut with an unforgettable narrator.
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Louise Kennedy
Tender and shocking, Trespasses is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times.
An exquisite winter tale of courage - and its cost, set in Catholic Ireland.
Lisa McInerney
A big, bold debut from a true new Irish talent.
The third novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies
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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.
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.
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…
An addictive and unforgettable novel of a marriage in freefall, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016.
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Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A loss that threatens to tear them apart.
Anne Enright
*LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE 2020* 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 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…
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…
Sally Rooney
The feverishly anticipated second novel from the young author of 2017’s most acclaimed debut Conversations with Friends.
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…
The new #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends, now in paperback.
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…
A … portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories –Provided by publisher.
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…
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…
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…
Cecelia Ahern
Meaningful and moving - the classic million-copy bestselling love story from Cecelia Ahern.
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Colm Toibin
Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village. The parish priest, Father Flood, arranges for her to travel to America, where a job opportunity has…
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.
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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Alice Ryan
A witty and warm debut novel by a young Irish writer. The Black family band together as their lost sheep, Molly, has disappeared.
Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien’s iconic first novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, and Girls in their Married Bliss - published as a trilogy with a new foreword by Eimear McBride.
Marian Keyes
Rachel Walsh has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters -…
Playtime is over as Marian’s Sunday Times No. 1 blockbuster comes out in paperback
Tana French
Tana French follows her stunning accomplished debut, In The Woods, with an equally compelling psychological mystery that confirms her place as one of the most exciting new voices in crime…
A stunningly accomplished psychological mystery which will take you on a thrilling journey through a tangled web of evil and beyond - to the inexplicable.
Emma Donoghue
From the best-selling author of Room, a story of love pitted against evil and now a major new Netflix film starring Florence Pugh
Jack is five and, like any little boy, excited at the prospect of presents and cake. He’s looking forward to telling his friends it’s his birthday, too. But although Jack…
