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    100 Best Irish Books of the 21st Century - Irish Times

    Inspired by the fantastic list pulled together by the Irish Times of the Best 100 Irish Books of the 21st Century, we have added a few of our own – based on the books that we constantly have to restock and customer recommendations – our additions are here also to avoid confusion

    Books are in descending order and we are not claiming that it is definitive in any sense - in fact, our favourite reads haven’t made either list! However, it would be impossible to find a bad book here and is a huge testament to the quality of Irish writing in general!  Notable that in the same week The Spectator is heralding the death throes of Literary Fiction in the UK, we can’t edit a list to 100 excellent reads without losing some incredible books – in fact several authors deserve to have everything they have ever produced on here!

    Occasionally, multiple editions of the same book become available; we list those currently in stock.


    PS: Let us know if we missed any!

    Sebastian Barry: The Secret Scripture [2015] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    *NEW NOVEL A THOUSAND MOONS NOW AVAILABLE*Winner of the 2008 Costa Book of the YearWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2008Winner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of...

    Colm Toibin: The Master (Picador Classic) [2005] paperback

    €4.99€29.95

    In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The...

    Colm Toibin: The Master [2004] hardback

    €12.99€22.84

    It is January 1895 and Henry James's play Guy Domville, from which he hoped to make a fortune, has failed on the London stage. The Master opens with this disaster...

    Maggie Ofarrell: Hamnet [2021] paperback

    €4.99€9.99

    WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times'A thing of shimmering wonder' David MitchellTWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT...

    Paul Murray: Skippy Dies: Paul Murray [2011] paperback

    €4.99€16.90

    Paul Murray's Skippy Dies is a tragicomic masterpiece about a Dublin boarding schoolLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult...

    Eimear Mcbride: GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING [2014] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEKERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDWINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZEEimear McBride's award-winning debut novel tells the...

    Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn [2010] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    Colm Toibin's Brooklyn is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. The book that inspired the major motion picture starring Saoirse...

    Claire Kilroy: Soldier Sailor [2023] paperback

    €5.99€7.99

    **AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**A resonant and provocative novel about motherhood from the prize-winning author of The Devil I Know and Tenderwire.'Compelling . . This is a scorching read. I could...

    Kilroy Claire: Soldier Sailor [2024] paperback

    €7.99€9.99

    AS HEARD ON FRONT ROW, A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND FT 'SUMMER READ''My favourite book I've read this year' PANDORA SYKES 'Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny' DAVID NICHOLLS'Astonishing'...

    Bernard Maclaverty: Midwinter Break - A Novel [2020] hardback

    €5.99

    Sixteen years on from his last novel, Bernard MacLaverty reminds us why he is regarded as one of the greatest living Irish writers. A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore,...

    Bernard MacLaverty: Midwinter Break [2017] paperback

    €4.99€16.90

    A Guardian / Sunday Times / Irish Times / Herald Scotland / Mail on Sunday Book of the YearWinner of the Bord Gais Novel of the Year'Midwinter Break is a...

    Bernard Maclaverty: Midwinter Break [2018] paperback

    €5.99

    A Guardian / Sunday Times / Irish Times / Herald Scotland / Mail on Sunday Book of the YearWinner of the Bord Gais Novel of the Year'Midwinter Break is a...

    John Banville: SEA [2010] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    'A masterly study of grief, memory and love recollected' Professor John Sutherland, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2005The Sea is John Banville's Man Booker prize-winning exploration of memory, childhood...

    John Banville: The Sea [2005] hardback

    €4.99€24.27

    When Max Morden returns to the coastal town where he spent a holiday in his youth he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. The...

    John Banville: The Sea [2005] paperback

    €6.99€15.70

    Max Morden has reached a crossroads in his life, and is trying hard to deal with several disturbing things. A recent loss is still taking its toll on him, and...

    John Banville: The Sea [2024] paperback

    €13.00

    'A masterly study of grief, memory and love recollected' - Professor John Sutherland, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2005The Sea is John Banville's Man Booker prize-winning exploration of memory,...

    Emma Donoghue: Room [2010] hardback

    €4.99€19.99

    It's Jack's birthday, and he's excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11...

    Emma Donoghue: Room [2010] paperback

    €3.99€19.99

    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...

    Emma Donoghue: Room [2011] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and a Richard...

    Emma Donoghue: Room [2015] paperback

    €5.99

    A major film starring Brie Larson.Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.Picador Classics edition with an introduction by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped...

    Emma Donoghue: Room: Film tie-in [2015] paperback

    €3.99€11.70

    A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Orange PrizeJack is five....

    Donal Ryan: The Spinning Heart [2019] paperback

    €6.99€11.99

    Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book...

    Louise Kennedy: Trespasses: 'intense Unflinchingly [2023] paperback

    €5.99€9.99

    WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 A BBC RADIO 4...

    Claire Keegan: Foster [2024] hardback

    €14.99

    A stunning new hardback edition of Claire Keegan's classic and beloved novella Foster.WINNER OF THE DAVY BYRNES IRISH WRITING AWARD 'A real jewel.' Irish Independent'A small miracle.' Sunday Times'A thing...

    Claire Keegan: Foster Movie Tie In [2022] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    'A real jewel.' Irish Independent'A small miracle.' Sunday Times'A thing of finely honed beauty.' Guardian'Thrilling.' Richard Ford'As good as Chekhov.' David MitchellFrom the author of Small Things Like TheseIt is...

    Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These [2024] hardback

    €14.99

    A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan's multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHYA SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF...

    Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 [2021] hardback

    €9.99€13.00

    ***PRE-ORDER NOW***THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOSTER, ANTARCTICA AND WALK THE BLUE FIELDS'A single one of Keegan's grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history....

    Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 [2022] paperback

    €6.99€10.99

    ** A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF...

    John McGahern: That They May Face the Rising Sun [2005] hardback

    €22.99€39.99

    From the very opening pages, we see many memorable characters as they move about the Ruttledges, who have come from London home to Ireland in search of a different life....

    John Mcgahern: That They May Face the Rising Sun [2009] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    That They May Face the Rising Sun was the last novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland's greatest novelists. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have come to Ireland from London in...

    Anna Burns: Milkman P/b W2 [2018] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    'Blazing.' Daily Telegraph'Outstanding.' New Statesman'A triumph.' Guardian'Utterly compelling.' Irish Times'The best Booker winner in years.' MetroIn an unnamed city, where to be interesting is dangerous, an eighteen-year-old woman has attracted...

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