40 Of Ireland's Greatest Writers

When love flies out the window married life can be hell. With an unplanned baby on the way, a newly-wed daughter whose marriage is already in trouble, a teenager who...

Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, four lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma.Gus, a shrewd attendant, is the keeper...

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of...

The intense and breathtakingly accomplished novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*440,000 copies sold* 'Seductive in style, prickly, disturbing and delicious' Olivia Laing_____Edinburgh in the 1930s....

'Clever, ambitious . . . a smartly structured novel that ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself' - Alice Winn, author of In...

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...

'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,...

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, fromthe global phenomenon Sally Rooney.Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have littlein common.Peter...

**THE DROWNED - THE CHILLING NEW STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**'Addictive.'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Hypnotic.'SUNDAY BUSINESS POST'Crime writing of the highest quality.'DAILY MAILThe Sunday Times bestselling author of...

Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel AwardLonglisted for the 2015 Man Booker PrizeA darkly glinting novel set on Ireland's Atlantic coast, The Green Road is a story of fracture and...

"My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage I was reared in. I go there every day to see is he dead and every day...

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME'A book that can be read in two hours, but will linger in the mind for decades.' Sunday TelegraphOnce an officer in...

WINNER of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020'You have to truly love people to write like this' Rachel Joyce'One of the greatest novels of this century' Sunday...

'A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality' John BoyneOne summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, their...

This special edition includes The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas and The Meanwhile Adventures. Join Rover the wonder-dog and the eccentric but lovable Mack family as they get into one...

Brendan Behan's genius was to strike a chord between critic and common man. When he died, at the age of 41, he was arguably the most celebrated Irish writer of...

Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant at the company where he has worked for many years. The two...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 1993Paddy Clarke is ten years old. Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke's name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown. Paddy Clarke's heroes are...

Born in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk...

'I have him bitched, balloxed and bewildered, for there's a system and a science in taking the piss out of a screw and I'm a well-trained man at it.' So...

One of the most popular and beloved introductions to the concept of faith ever written, 'Mere Christianity' has sold millions of copies worldwide. The book brings together C.S. Lewis's legendary...

'What better books to raise the spirits than the gentle, insightful Irish tales of Maeve Binchy?' HELLO! Magazine_____________________________________________TROUBLE IS BREWING FOR THIS CIRCLE OF FRIENDSGenerous-hearted Benny Hogan and the elfin...

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's Dubliners...

FinnegansWake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle andtheir family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well asall...

* AN OBSERVER DEBUT NOVELIST FOR 2022 *'A compulsively readable love story' EMMA DONOGHUE'Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times' MARIAN KEYES'Absolutely loved it'MAX PORTER'A beautiful, devastating...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEIRISH TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS, THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS AND THE KERRY GROUP AWARDSA BOOK OF...

**Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award** 'A electrifying masterpiece' Joseph O'Connor The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by...

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of...

'The funniest book I've read in ages. Savage but compelling' Ian Rankin'A fearless romp with big laughs along the way' Graham Norton'Funny, rumbustious, unstinting and wonderfully Hogarthian' The Observer'His relish...

Sebastian Barry''s new 2026 novel a lyrical, unforgettable story of survival after the American Civil War. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore, free Irish delivery. Signed copies available while stocks last."A...

'An epic.... Impactful and provocative' The New York Times'An almost note-perfect piece of first-person storytelling' Guardian'Subtle, intelligent and humane' Sunday Telegraph_________From bestselling author John Boyne comes a gripping and profound...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEARA FINANCIAL TIMES, TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A...

In this book, novelist Colm Toibin offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences--the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across...

Following a car crash, for several seconds Dublin photographer Sean Blake is clinically dead but finds his progress towards the afterworld blocked by a haunting face he only partially recognises....

Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny, Ulysses is undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day - 16th June 1904 - in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin:...

The third of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate, reissued for a new generation.I can't go on, I'll go on.The Unnamable is a voice. Is it curled...

Dublin 1907, a city of whispered rumours. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Rebellious and flirtatious,...

From the bestselling author of Star of the Sea and Shadowplay, a thrilling novel about a father who takes the law into his own hands.'Gripping and moving...a taut, expertly crafted...

Three couples. One weekend. Everything is about to change...It's the Bank Holiday weekend and the Cunningham family are escaping to their holiday home by the sea, as they've done every...

'An emotional and heart-warming story about community spirit, grief, and hope, The Book Club by Roisin Meaney is everything you could wish for in a novel and then some' Books...

Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl, and Steve McCarthy, author and illustrator of the award-winning The Wilderness, join forces to turn a familiar myth of Irish folklore into a truly...