Irish Fiction

An unexpected letter sends a man and his wife into their pasts - and offers them both a shot at redemptionAfter an involuntary retirement from his high-flying Hollywood career, Stafford...

***LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018******SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018***'Beautiful and affecting' David Nicholls 'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLEFarouk's country has been torn apart...

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,...

An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. November 1917. With tensions in Ireland, war in Europe and revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to...

When a loved one disappears, you can never be sure whether they are alive or dead Jay once content with life in rural Ireland, left his childhood home and those...

For sixteen-year-old Fergal Flynn, growing up in 1980s Belfast isn't easy. His father and brothers despise him; he's his mother's favourite one day, her punching bag the next; he has...

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...

A marriage and a family reach breaking point on an annual holiday in the loveliest hotel in Ireland. Dermot Bolger is one of the leading figures on the Irish literary...

The international bestseller, now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan. _________'A breathtaking affirmation of miracles and the power of human love' - The Times'A delicate and...

'Steaming hot chick lit ... Murphy is a laugh-out-loud, talented and insightful writer' Irish IndependentSome Girls Do is a witty, sexy and warm-hearted serving of contemporary fiction that will have...

Set in Cork city, Detective Garda Collins is at war with the leading local criminal, Dominic Molloy. Unwilling to accept the human degradation caused by Molloy's drugs, violence and prostitution....

'Absolutely dazzling' Marian Keyes'On every page there are little shimmering bombs' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women'Quietly devastating . . . Reminded me repeatedly of Shuggie Bain' ObserverAN OBSERVER, GRAZIA,...

THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEARWINNER OF AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDSThe deeply moving story of the O'Connor...

In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress and an elderly Italian aristocrat. Living at the...

THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025 AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025 'A triumph ... the funniest novel I've read...

June cleans houses. Ray is a janitor at the public tennis courts in Dun Laoghaire. He s not romantic material, and she s not even friend material. When it comes...

'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,...

'A beautiful, wry love story' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY'I love this woman's writing. Golden sentences' Diana Evans, author of ORDINARY PEOPLE'One of the year's most beautifully written books,...

'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...

Life moves forward, but its meaning often emerges in hindsight. In this luminous collection, Dermot Bolger captures those unexpected moments when past loves and choices resurface with startling clarity. These...

"If all that follows reads like a love story, that's what it was..."Hey Man is the story of Ian and Tommy, whose rich and tender friendship stretches across three fateful...

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025SHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'What a joy it is to read'Michael Magee,...

From the author of the Gael Song trilogy, an epic new historical fantasy set in the tumultuous, magical world of medieval Ireland during the time of the Norman invasion.Over a...

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...

The two protagonists of the title are mid-ranking policemen operating amongst London's criminal classes, but each is plagued by dreams of elsewhere and, in the case of Hawthorn, a nightlife...

Tracing the early years of Martin McBride, a young Catholic boy growing up on the streets of Belfast, THE FALOORIE MAN is a stark, funny, and at times heart-wrenching tale...

It's bad enough that Claire's husband James left her the day he was at the birth of their first child - I mean, if he though it was going to...

The new novel from the international no. 1 bestselling author. Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind her for life in New York. She's big, beautiful, and...

'A heartfelt celebration of all kinds of queer love' Alice Linehan, Gay Community News A ground-breaking Irish lesbian love story, set across the decades from the 1980s AIDS crisis to...

'A powerful, complex fable, mysteriously conceived and deeply felt . . . Brilliant' Irish Times When Josie, confined to bed in her dilapidated country mansion, sees the door swing back...