Irish Fiction

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the slam never...

'My mother. At night, my mother creaks. The house creaks along with her ...'Aoileann has never left the island. Her silent, bed-bound mother is the survivor of a private disaster...

Colm Toibin's Brooklyn is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. The book that inspired the major motion picture starring Saoirse...

Journey to the dusty plains of Central Australia in The Pearl Sister, the fourth book in the number one bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. A spellbinding story of...

'The plotting, the tension, the pacing, the delicious gossipiness. . . MASTERFUL.' Sophie White'Had me enthralled. A masterclass in tension.' Patricia GibneyPrepare to be hooked - pre-order the unputdownable new...

'Memorable, unsettling and humane' GUARDIAN'One of the best books I have ever read ... I can't recommend him or it enough' JOHNNY MARR'One of the most gifted writers of his...

The final instalment in the Ross O'Carroll Kelly series* * * It looked like it was Game Over for the Rossmeister General.I was staring down the barrel of the big...

The third book in Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen's phenomenally successful, No. 1 bestselling Complete Aisling book series. Aisling's turning 30, and she's still a complete Aisling.Business is booming at...

''A page-turner from a stunning writer. I adored it beyond words.'' Joanna Lumley''A skilfully woven and heart-warming tale of love, loss and hope spread over four generations. The perfect heart-warming...

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...

*ORDER THE NEW NOVEL BY CLAIRE KEEGAN, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, NOW!*'No better feeling than reading a book that makes you excited to discover everything its author has ever written...'...

Aisling is 29 and she's still a complete Aisling.After a tough year, things between herself and John are back on track, and life with Sadhbh and Elaine in their notiony...

'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...

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...

Home truths come at a heavy price in the gripping new novel from the bestselling author of There's Something I Have to Tell YouAs her adoptive mother lays dying, journalist...

EQUAL PARTS HILARIOUS AND PROFOUND, THE ALTERNATIVES IS A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL ABOUT FOUR GIFTED IRISH SISTERS, FROM A MAJOR LITERARY VOICE. PERFECT FOR FANS OF JONATHAN FRANZEN, MAGGIE O'FARRELL...

That risk assessor ex of Sorcha's turned out to be right - it really was the end of the world as we knew it ...See, I thought the porty was...

An epic and unforgettable love story begins in Saving 6, the third book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh. The power and...

ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING A GROWN UP? ESCAPE IT ALL WITH MARIAN KEYES' BRAND NEW NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO ADULT LIFE'Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly...

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...

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...

Sunday Business Post Book of the YearBlindboy Boatclub is one half of the Rubberbandits, Ireland's foremost satirist and now the talented author of a collection of brilliant short stories and...

Hugo Hamilton is a master at evoking placelessness, and in this hypnotic, passionate andurgent novel, he cuts a clean line to the truth of our mindless moment - truly 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...

'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' SHON FAYE 'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' OWEN JONES 'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY...

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,...

WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF...

We don't think we can improve on the author's own summary of his book: So there I was roysh, in a state of basically very blissful ignorance, when suddenly Sorcha's...

'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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me.1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy...

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...

A ghostwriter is locked in an interview room with a man who might be a murderer, in this gripping new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of 56 Days...

A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction - from the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin**Named a 2025 book...

So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools rugby legend, basically all-round legend, when someone decides you can't, like, sit the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a focking...

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...

We don't think we can improve on the author's own summary of his book:I am many things, roysh - unbelievable babe magnet, red-hot lover, loyal kind of goy, best forward...

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023****WINNER Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023**'Shocking, disturbing and utterly original - will grip you from first page to last'...

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, putting the 'in' in 'in crowd', hanging out, pick of the babes, bills from the old pair to fund the lifestyle I, like, totally deserve....

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...