Irish Books

An Irish Independent Book of the Year. As the great John McGahern used to say, there's verse, and there's prose, and then there's poetry; William Wall is a poet in...

It is 1944. Honor Cusack is a first-year medical student at University College Dublin. She becomes involved with a young German doctor, Oscar Raeder, who has been studying in Dublin...

'Her best book, and a modern masterpiece' Sunday Independent'One of the finest ever novels by an Irish writer' John Waters, MagillSet in the countryside of western Ireland, In the Forest...

'Doyle is as good as everyone - from John Boyne to Colm Toibin - says he is' Daily MailA young man in a dark depression roams the vast, formless landscape...

'A superb writer... the Irish Jojo Moyes. Her books are beautifully written, and infused with warmth, humour and human understanding' Irish Examiner 'An evocative, thought provoking, poignant, and often hilarious...

'I stayed up far too late reading this, I couldn't put it down . . . I didn't want it to end' - Vogue WilliamsA story about identity and place,...

'So hopeful and romantic it lifted me for days' Marian Keyes'Heartwarming, moving and nostalgic' Louise O'Neill'Funny and tender - a gorgeous second chance romance' Sarra ManningIT'S TIME TO FINISH WHAT...

**The instant Irish Times top 5 bestseller**'Urgent and utterly compelling' KEVIN BARRY'Twist lingers long after you've put it down' GUARDIAN'A Gatsby tale for the internet age' ANNA FUNDER'One of our...

'Some wrong was done long ago. It can never be righted, and it has not been forgotten. Someone remembers it.' London, 1894. Inspector Henry Cutter is in an unconvivial temper....

From London to Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo, Nothing Good Happens After 2 a.m. is a story of friendship, ambition, passion - and something more. London, 2005 Behind the unmarked...

AN IRISH TIMES DEBUT AUTHOR TO LOOK OUT FOR 2025'Beautifully written' LOUISE KENNEDY'Full of verve and wit and humanity' MARY COSTELLO'Clever and original' TLS'A tremendous new talent' KEVIN BARRY Mairead...

Sue Divin's Runaway Road is a riveting and moving story of family and belonging set in contemporary Northern Ireland, perfect for readers of Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys.'This powerful, immersive story...

Dylan, Stevie and Ben have been inseparable since their days at Trinity, when everything seemed possible. A glance between them can still conjure their younger selves: dancing beneath pulsing lights,...

'Gorgeous, immersive... both epic and intimate, funny and wise' Roisin O'Donnell'Moving, thought-provoking, and utterly delightful' Elif BatumanYou could probably run cities on the energy generated between directors like him and...

Harry Fielding has had enough. He's had enough of his adopted city, and he's tired of his flat, which smells of gas and longing. Most of all though he's finished...

When Orla is handed an envelope by her father, she is perplexed by what she finds - a photograph of her parents, taken the summer she was born. Her heavily...

In this slim, attractive collection of short stories, Harry Crosbie colourfully describes life in Dublin in the 1960s. These funny and poignant pieces are told from the perspective of a...

A poignant debut novel of age, loneliness and friendship across divides...Mr Prendergast, an elderly Anglo-Irishman, is living out his last years in the decaying splendour of his family mansion. As...

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...

Rescued from memory by Ireland's leading short-story writer and raconteur, this anthology weaves a rich tapestry of songs, ballads and poetry reaching across three centuries and drawn from the lanes...

Set in Carriglas, County Cork, this book tells of Sarah Pollexfen, who becomes a governess to the Rolleston family at the beginning of this century. Two wars later, she dies...

This is a compendium of Christmas stories from Irish writers, such as: Sean O'Faolain; William Trevor; Maeve Binchy; Bernard MacLaverty; Frank o'Connor; and, Benedict Liely.

Sinead Moriarty's delicious tenth novel, The Secrets Sisters Keep, is the story of three sisters, three life-altering problems and one eternal truth: nobody knows you quite like a sister! Sinead's...

Marcella and Teresa - niece and aunt. Two sides of the same coin: smart, funny, feisty - and on a collision course. Fifteen-year-old Marcella is determined not to make the...

Taking his cue from the true-life story of Special Forces Operative Captain Robert Nairac, Eoin McNamee has in The Ultras weaved a compelling fictional narrative through the backwaters of history....