Irish Books

'Marron has created a vibrant world ... At the book's heart is a love story, but not the one I was expecting; something richer, sweeter and entirely compelling' - Emily...

'[A] stunning novel that combines history with a fascinating mystery... Enthralling, absorbing and entirely delightful' - Jane CaseyA heart-stopping dual timeline mystery, from the bestselling author of The Belladonna Maze.In...

Escape to Italy and fall in love with this perfect summer read...Floundering junior travel writer Katie has just been given the opportunity of her career. Her boss can't make her...

Kat Kavanagh is not in love. She has lots of friends, an ordinary job, and she never ever thinks about her past.This is Kat's story. None of it is true.Milo...

Ranked as the ultimate retreat for socialites and celebrities Tamarisk Manor, a chic, 5-star hotel nestled in the wooded hills of County Wicklow, is owned and run by twins Serena...

Dublin, Midsummer: While absent in New York, the celebrated actor Molly Fox has loaned her house to a playwright friend, who is struggling to write a new work. Over the...

The novel begins in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s when Zoli, a young Roma girl, is six years old. The fascist Hlinka guards had driven most of her people out...

Eliza''s playwright husband Richard Sheridan has accepted the career opportunity ofa lifetime: running a prestigious theatre in Dublin. Eliza plays the role of thesupportive w ife - uprooting their daughter...

One of the most vivid and realised characters of recent fiction, Willie Dunne is the innocent hero of Sebastian Barry's highly acclaimed novel. Leaving Dublin to fight for the Allied...

Irish Times: Books to Look Out for in 2025 This collection of stories, written especially for BBC Radio 4, includes a ten-part sequence: 'The Circus', set around Cliftonville Circus, where...

Gemma Garvey's marriage has been over for ages. Gemma ended it and chose to be a single mother rather than continue the pretence that her marriage to work-obsessed David Hennessy...

A thrilling twist to the suspenseful games of The Rule of Four and The Da Vinci Code sends a gay student reeling through the pubs, nightclubs and streets of present-day...

In the 1960s, in the seaside town of Portnew, Michael and Catherine spend their summer sprawling idly on the railway embankment, observing the holidaymakers, or hanging around their father's busy...

James Joyce's deeply personal and "most memorable novel" (H. G. Wells) detailing the spiritual and artistic awakening of Stephen Dedalus, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature...

Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers - tall stories, simple stories, stories of mystery and wonder, love and violence - and Irish short-story writers are perhaps the most...

Into Josie's bedridden world in a dilapidated country mansion comes McGreevey, bloody crusador for a united Ireland. By the author of "The Country Girls", "Lantern Slides" and "Time and Tide"...

Home is where the heart is... Free spirit Rio Kinsella finds herself settled in the picture-postcard village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. It's where she took her first step,...

Renting is a nightmare...Aine should be feeling happy with her life. She's just moved in with Elliot. Their new flat is in an affluent neighbourhood, surrounded by bakeries, yoga studios...

In Finbar''s Hotel a bewildering array of guests disturb the manager''s peace as they run amok during the course of one night. The story was written jointly by a number...

This title presents another RTAe collaboration with a selection of writing from the "Quiet Quarter" slot on Lyric FM's "Lyric Notes". Following the sell out of the first edition of...

*WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD**WINNER OF THE SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD *From acclaimed author William Trevor, Felicia's Journey is a tightly woven psychological...