Irish Books

With Midwinter Break, a moving portrait of retired couple Gerry and Stella Gilmore's marriage in crisis, Bernard MacLaverty reminds us why he is regarded as one of the greatest living...

'The perfect holiday read' Irish ExaminerSummer has arrived in Derrybeggs and the biggest event of the year, the annual film festival, is less than a month away. But as plans...

'Maeve Binchy fans will adore it - she just gets better and better' Patricia Scanlan'Such a glorious read!! It's magical and transporting and I adore it' Claudia CarrollIt's summer in...

REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS.Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack.Former sex-worker Georgie wants the truth about Ryan's past out...

WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD'A gripping novel and a sharp, entertaining examination of the nature of art and its power to inspire and corrupt' Roddy DoyleNessa...

The perfect read for fans of Daphne du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith, set in 1950s Morocco, Tangerine is a gripping psychological literary thriller.The last person Alice Shipley expected to see...

Readers of Patrick Taylor's books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled town doctors in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. A trusted...

From coastal Australia to Santorini and Ireland, a slice of warm, character-driven fiction in the tradition of Maeve Binchy and Monica McInerneyTwenty years ago, Ellen O'Shea left her beloved Ireland...

Outside an east Belfast mission hall, pastor and family man Samuel Orr meets Anna, a young Beckett scholar. They embark on an intense love affair, their connection fuelled by their...

'A wonderfully eerie, tragic read. I read it with my heart in my mouth.' Anna Burns author of MilkmanAn unforgettable novel of ghosts, lies and the the past, from the...

Fintan Buckley is a pleasant, rather conventional and unimaginative man, who works as a legal adviser in an import/export firm in Dublin. He lives in Howth and is married to...

Jay adores his small daughter, Bonnie, and nothing matters more to him than being a good father. But Bonnie's traumatic birth puts an unbearable strain on his marriage with Shauna...

Miss Gomez and the Brethren by William Trevor - a classic early novel from one of the world's greatest writers'Like Rembrandt, Trevor looks long but charitably upon his creations ....

"Unbearably moving" - Spectator (London)"A subtle, surprising, sometimes agonizing tale of young love and passion." - Julie Myerson"The latest item from William Trevor's venerable suitcase, is a thrilling work of...

The perfect Christmas read for fans of Heidi Swain and Milly Johnson What if THE ONE isn't who you think he is? You don't mess with aspiring journalist Holly Johnson!...

From the bestselling author of Family Baggage and The Alphabet Sisters comes a warm and captivating story of family secrets, traditions and ties. As a child, Maggie Faraday grew up...

A haunting debut set in the harsh, beautiful landscape of Ireland's north coast. Patrick Jackson lies on his deathbed in Derry and recalls a family history marked by secrecy and...

Dublin, 1914. As Ireland stands on the brink of political crisis, Europe plunges headlong into war. Among the thousands of Irishmen who volunteer to fight for the British Army is...

'I get the feeling that Liadan Ni Chuinn would hate the term "voice of a generation", but it may be foisted on them nonetheless - and with good reason' Sunday...

An elegant, atmospheric, emotional coming-of-age novel with themes of generational trauma, sexual identity and coping with mental illness at its heart, as well as the silence of women drowning in...

A society hostess entertains her husband's mistress to dinner; a country girl savours the delights of city life; a student faces the dilemma of unmarried pregnancy; and a drink-ridden photographer...

Rescued from the squalor of a Rumanian orphanage, and adopted by the rural community of west Mayo, the child that is named J. J. O'Malley should have grown up happy....

Stuart's classic 1949 novel of post-war Ireland. An Irish soldier returns home after the war and his unsettling of the pieties of village life leads to havoc, cruelty, and finally...

Now a major motion picture starring Anjelica Huston"Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne-a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North...

A performance artist opens his chest and displays his beating heart on stage. A young man walks through the hills of south-west Romania, where the locals have peculiar ideas about...

'Roisin Meaney - utterly authentic, utterly irresistible' Irish IndependentIt's never too late for second chances . . .For the first time in her life, Lydia is taking a great big...

Your body. Their Choice.Great Britain, 2040. The Hope Party is in power, and their Future Generations laws have transformed the nation: the countryside is being rewilded, immigration curtailed, and births...

SIX FRIENDS. THREE COUPLES. ONE HOLIDAY THAT WILL RUIN EVERYTHING . . .'Exactly what I crave from popular fiction' MARIAN KEYES'Utterly gripping, glamorous, and emotionally devastating' LOUISE O'NEILL'Riveting' IRISH TIMESMAGGIE'S...

In 1920s rural Ireland, Pearl Somers lives happily with her parents, her sisters Opal and Ruby, and her little brother Willie in the gate lodge of Kilnashone Castle, where her...

Eva Tyne, an Irish violinist living and working in New York, collapses after her solo debut and is rushed to hospital. Still dazed after the incident, she finds herself embarked...