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    The finest fiction Ireland has to offer. Our extensive Irish fiction book collection contains modern authors like Maeve Binchy, Kevin Barry and Caroline Ahern. Chapters Bookstore's Irish Fiction collection showcases a rich array of contemporary Irish literature from top Irish authors. Notable authors include Maeve Binchy, known for her heartwarming tales of Irish life; Kevin Barry, celebrated for his vivid storytelling; and Caroline Ahern, among others.  Other notable works include Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, a tragicomic exploration of family and fortune.

    Nolan Megan: Ordinary Human Failings [2024] paperback

    €4.99€11.99

    * Shortlisted for Fiction - 2023 Nero Book Awards *After the death of a young girl, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive family...'Ambitious and original' DAVID NICHOLLS'Gripping......

    Graham Norton: Frankie [2024] hardback

    €21.99

    'A magnificent novelist' GUARDIAN'What a storyteller!' ELIZABETH DAY'His writing is evocative and perfect' MARIAN KEYESFrankie Howe has lived a long life and her small London flat is crammed full of...

    Amanda Geard: The Midnight House [2023] paperback

    €3.99€8.99

    The spellbinding RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK about a mysterious house and an old family secret . . .'Wonderful storytelling. I loved it' Rachel Hore'A mystery spanning generations, evocative and...

    Paul Lynch: Grace [2017] hardback

    €7.99€8.99

    WINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION, THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING 2018 & FRANCE'S PRIX...

    Roisin Meaney: The Street Where You Live [2018] paperback

    €2.99€4.99

    'Roisin Meaney is a skilful storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan'Utterly irresistible' Irish IndependentWhen a heatwave coincides with rehearsals for an end-of-summer concert, temperatures soar - so too do the small town scandals...

    Roddy Doyle: A Star Called Henry: 1 (Last Roundup) [2004] paperback

    €5.99

    Roddy Doyle's acclaimed novel about an intrepid Irishman's years of reckless heroism and adventure - "An extraordinarily entertaining epic." (The Washington Post)Look for Roddy Doyle's new novel, Smile, coming in...

    Roddy Doyle: Paula Spencer [2007] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer. Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and...

    Anne Enright: The Green Road [2015] paperback

    €4.99€16.90

    Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel AwardLonglisted for the 2015 Man Booker PrizeA darkly glinting novel set on Ireland's Atlantic coast, The Green Road is a story of fracture and...

    John McGahern: That They May Face the Rising Sun [2003] paperback

    €5.99€11.41

    Joe and Kate Ruttledge, have come to rural Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their...

    Rachael English: Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? [2024] paperback

    €3.99€12.99

    The brand new novel from the Number One bestselling author of The Letter Home'Riveting, original ... Rachael English ups her game with each book' ROISIN MEANEYShe was the Next Big...

    John Banville: The Lock-up [2024] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    **THE DROWNED - THE CHILLING NEW STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**'Addictive.'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Hypnotic.'SUNDAY BUSINESS POST'Crime writing of the highest quality.'DAILY MAILThe Sunday Times bestselling author of...

    Cathy Kelly: The Year that Changed Everything: A brilliantly uplifting read for 2021 from the #1 bestseller [2018] paperback

    €3.99€6.99

    'Warm, witty and wise' Marian KeyesThree women, three birthdays, one year that will change everything...Ginger isn't spending her thirtieth the way she would have planned. Tonight might be the first...

    Graham Norton: A Keeper: The Sunday Times Bestseller [2019] paperback

    €4.99€8.99

    'Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down.' the TIMES'A compelling and moving story, expertly told, that will draw you in and keep you in its grip until the last page.'...

    Sheila O'Flanagan: The Hideaway: There's no escape from a shocking secret - from the No. 1 bestselling author [2019] paperback

    €3.99€4.99

    'The sultry Spanish location is wonderfully escapist ... a captivating, sun-soaked read' Daily Express 'If you're seeking an escape of your own, this sunny, evocative story is the perfect place...

    Rachael English: The Letter Home [2022] paperback

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    The Number One bestsellerINSPIRED BY TRUE FAMINE-TIME EVENTS, THE LETTER HOME INTERWEAVES THE LIVES OF THREE REMARKABLE WOMEN, ACROSS TIME AND TIDES, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY OF THE HEART.When journalist...

    Felicity Hayes-Mccoy: The Year of Lost and Found [2022] paperback

    €5.99

    'A page-turning novel filled with wonderful characters. Curl up and treat yourself to the perfect escape' Sinead Moriarty'I can highly recommend this beauty, it's a gem! Book of the year...

    Sheila O'Flanagan: What Eden Did Next [2022] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    A NO. 1 BESTSELLER IN IRELAND - MAY 2022The all-absorbing, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of THREE WEDDINGS AND A PROPOSAL and THE MISSING WIFE.'Do I rejoice when...

    Rachael English: Untitled Rachael English 4 [2022] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    The Number One bestsellerINSPIRED BY TRUE FAMINE-TIME EVENTS, THE LETTER HOME INTERWEAVES THE LIVES OF THREE REMARKABLE WOMEN, ACROSS TIME AND TIDES, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY OF THE HEART.When journalist...

    Faith Hogan: Secrets We Keep [2023] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    Some people are good at keeping secrets but some secrets are never meant to be kept...The beautiful old Bath House in Ballytokeep has lain empty and abandoned for decades. For...

    Eithne Shortall: The Lodgers [2023] paperback

    €3.99€6.99

    'I defy anyone to read this without turning the final page with a great big smile on their face!' - Ruth HoganOne house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.Tessa's...

    Timothy O'Grady: I Could Read the Sky [2023] paperback

    €12.99€18.99

    'Think about a tune ... the unsayable, the invisible, the longing in music. Here is a book of tunes without musical notes ... It wrings the heart' John Berger'A masterpiece'...

    Lucy Caldwell: These Days [2023] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    **AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4s BOOK AT BEDTIMEA Sunday Times, Times, Irish Independent, Spectator and Good Housekeeping Book of the YearLONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE...

    Donal Ryan: The Queen of Dirt Island [2023] paperback

    €5.99€11.99

    A number one bestseller from the prizewinning author; a soaring novel about four generations of strong women and fierce love.From the award-winning, Booker longlisted author of the number one bestseller,...

    Katherine O'Donnell: Slant [2023] paperback

    €11.99€16.95

    '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...

    Sheila Armstrong: How To Gut A Fish [2023] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    LONGLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR SHORT STORY OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2022SHORTLISTED FOR ALCS TOM-GALLON TRUST AWARD'Unsettling, unpredictable, and brilliant' Roddy Doyle'In sumptuous...

    Damien Owens: Duffy and Son [2023] paperback

    €5.99€11.99

    The Sunday Business Post Fiction Book of the Year | Shortlisted for Popular Fiction Book of the Year - An Post Irish Book Awards A heart-warming and hilarious novel about...

    John Connolly: The Book of Lost Things Illustrated Edition [2017] paperback

    €4.99€14.30

    'A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel' Daily Mirror'A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood' The Times'This is no saccharine fairytale,...

    Sebastian Barry: Days Without End: Sebastian Barry [2017] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    OLD GOD'S TIME (MARCH 2023), SEBASTIAN BARRY'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWWinner of the 2016 Costa Book of the YearWinner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction...

    John Boyne: All The Broken Places: The Sequel to The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas [2022] paperback

    €4.99€14.99

    When is a monster's child culpable? Guilt and complicity are multifaceted. John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction. You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of...

    The Pages

    €9.99

    'A rich, strange book. Very truthful and moving' Tessa Hadley 'Part thriller, part treasure hunt and part love story ... Profound and heartbreaking' Sunday Times 'A terrific, engrossing novel' Roddy...

    Neill Jamie O: AT SWIM TWO BOYS [2002] paperback

    €3.99€13.00

    ~ The Irish contemporary classic in a beautiful new edition ~ 'Weren't you never out for an easy dip?' he asked . . . 'I don't mean the baths, I...

    John Mcgahern: That They May Face the Rising Sun [2009] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    That They May Face the Rising Sun was the last novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland's greatest novelists. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have come to Ireland from London in...

    Roddy Doyle: The Van [1992] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant at the company where he has worked for many years. The two...

    Ronan Hession: Panenka [2022] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    His name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous...

    Kevin Barry: City of Bohane [2012] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    **Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award** 'A electrifying masterpiece' Joseph O'Connor The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by...

    Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Normal Sheeple [2021] paperback

    €6.99€18.20

    A love affair born in rural Ireland! Two mismatched lovers, locked in a relationship that will change both of them ... forever!From the day I was born, I was brought...

    Marian Keyes: GROWN UPS [2021] paperback

    €4.99€13.00

    AT LAST, SOMETHING WORTH STAYING IN FOR . . . THE LATEST NO. 1 BESTSELLER FROM MARIAN KEYES 'Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!' GRAHAM NORTON...

    Sue Rainsford: Follow Me to Ground [2018] hardback

    €3.99€4.99

    'Sick is sick is sick. It's got to go somewhere.' Ada, a girl who hasn't gone quite to plan, and Father live a quiet life together, in a clearing in...

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