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WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2024'Donal Ryan's writing has earned him a place among the greatest names in Irish...

THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEARTHE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, INDEPENDENT, IRISH INDEPENDENT, IRISH...

'The name's O'Carroll-Kelly. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.'As the great James Bond said, 'History isn't kind to men who play God.' How right the dude ended up being.My secret double-life was finally catching...

A Best Book of 2023 in The Times, Sunday Times, i-D, the GuardianWhen we look beyond the headlines, everyone has a story to tellIt's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves...

Quick Reads 2022Helen is a retired teacher living on the Irish coast. She enjoys the peace and quiet - despite the burden of Margaret, her unpleasant sister. Margaret arrived three...

From the bestselling author of When All is Said comes a delicious new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead - a talent which is both a...

Coming in 2026: the extraordinary new contemporary novel, set in Ireland, Italy and France, from the bestselling author of The Honeymoon Affair and The Missing Wife.Three women, each at a...

'Sprawling yet intimate' Guardian'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, Hickey captures the pulse of the living moment' COLUM McCANN'A London novel that...

The Sunday Times no. 3 bestselling novel from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 330,000 copies sold*Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 'A complex, riveting novel of love and...

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023'A gritty heartbreaker of a thriller... Part heartfelt coming-of-age tale, part brutal Irish noir, this is a spectacular read...

The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected loveNominated for a TikTok Book Award'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did'...

A classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity. This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This...

'Heart-warming and unputdownable' Carmel HarringtonEmily loves the festive season. This year she's hosting a special Christmas lunch at her restaurant to celebrate with family and friends. But as the big...

From the frenetic atmosphere of Manhattan to the magnificent wide-open plains of Africa, The Sun Sister is the sixth epic tale in the Seven Sisters series by the number one...

From the Scottish Highlands and Spain, to South America and New York, The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the international number one...

Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime. 'This is how you tell a story' Cecelia Ahern'An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears.' John Boyne'I'm...

'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and turns' MARIAN KEYES'This is Cathy Kelly on top form writing about warm, believable women with real, messy lives' RACHEL HORE'Other Women captures...

THE STUNNING, MIND-BENDING NEW THRILLER FROM BELOVED JANE CASEY The Sunday Times and #1 Irish Times bestseller's first book set in her native Ireland *Featuring an exclusive sprayed edge* 'With...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD 'A glowing, generous novel' Irish Times'A warm, unsentimental and beautifully observed book for our times' Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days'Grace is a fabulous...

'Compulsive reading. Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment' Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses1973. In a close-knit community on Ireland's west coast, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Named...

In Heart, Be at Peace, which can be read independently, Donal picks up the twenty-one voices from The Spinning Heart ten years on, in 2019.Small-town Ireland is a different place,...

'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last' Sunday Express'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' Donal Ryan'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed, humming with tension' Guardian'You can't prepare...

Fame. Fortune. Screaming girls. The adoration of strangers. I've had it all before, yet nothing could have prepared this Horny Little Devil for his new life in the City of...

The first in a gripping new historical fantasy series that intertwines Irish mythology with real-life history, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is the thrilling debut novel by Shauna...

From the Booker Prize winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Commitments: the story of an ordinary woman whose extraordinary character will stay with you long after...

He makes trouble. She makes headlines. A warm and funny enemies-to-lovers romance set in New York from the No. 1 Irish Times bestselling author of The Summer Villa. 'Hill doesn't...

*A story of greed, revenge, and love from the author of Nobber - 'A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants' Observer*'Visceral, propulsive, kinetic . . . An...

Eva looked out the attic window of their charming guest house and watched the sun rise. She thought she might be sick. Splayed on the lawn below was Frank, apparently...

**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...

HOME IS WHERE THE SECRETS ARE BURIED On Glenbeg Farm, it was a morning like any other. Only the distressed bark of beloved collie Samson hinted that all was not...

'White's sharp-eyed take on modern life couldn't be more on target and fans of the equally readable Aisling series by Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght will doubtless lap up White's...

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...

Get ready to be addicted to the page-turning new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of The Trap and 56 Days, in which two women''s shattered lives come crashing...

''I absolutely loved it . . . So realistic about the complexity of loving people who will break our hearts'' Marian KeyesFor Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood...

In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this sweeping, timely novel inspired by a...

Joe and Kate Ruttledge, have come to rural Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their...

It was no country for young men. Or women ...Unemployment, emigration and do-it-yourself hair colour kits were once again a fact of life. Taxes were on the up, the IMF...

So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous and rich, living off my legend as a schools rugby player, scoring the birds, being the man, when...

The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Graham Norton'Blend[s] dark humour and emotional weight with ease.' RADIO TIMES'This top-notch domestic drama is full of warmth, comedy and dark...

**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022'Luminous.' Observer'I utterly ADORED it.' MARIAN KEYESHe handed the easel to the boatman, reaching down the pier wall...

From the award-winning, Booker longlisted author of the number one bestseller, STRANGE FLOWERS, a searing, jubilant novel about four generations of women and the love and stories that bind them.'One...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE'One of the best collections you'll read this year' Sunday Times'Wild, witty stories . . . Exhilarating' ObserverIn this rapturous story collection we...

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...

'A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection' Guardian'Kennedy's voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric' Sunday Times'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in...