Secondhand Irish Fiction Books

'A gritty heartbreaker of a thriller... Part heartfelt coming-of-age tale, part brutal Irish noir, this is a spectacular read for Donna Tartt and Tana French fans' KirkusIn the seaside town...

* WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS: NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024 *'A perfect book club read ... Assured and powerful' SUNDAY TIMES'I loved this novel ... An...

The million-copy bestselling love story... Everyone needs a guardian angel... Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could...

Where magnificence and squalor co-exist, there will always be envy, rage, cruelty, paranoia and violence St Petersburg, 1914: imposing and shabby, monumental and squalid, and - under its surface of...

Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn't have much time. Noel doesn't seem...

Old flames, new temptations . . .With only a few weeks to go until her Dublin wedding, Molly Jackson is happily anticipating married life with Declan, her boyfriend of four...

'A book designed to be read in a dark January chill; it begs for a fireside and the sound of wind and rain howling outside' THE LADYThis winter, escape to...

'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure' Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of Strange Sally DiamondFebruary 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa...

Shauna and Greg's marriage is under pressure. She wants another baby. He doesn't. She also has to endure her obnoxious in-laws, 'The Freeloaders', Della, Eddie and their spoilt kids. They...

Ireland, Ireland - no longer standing Dail ... Leinster House had been burned to the ground. All that was left was a smouldering ruin and the blackened remains of an...

In its brilliant recreation of the Great Irish Famine, the children's historical novel Under the Hawthorn Tree is beloved by millions and is considered a classic. Now, the Number One...

Berlin, 1942 - When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family...

Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern in this heartwarming bestseller. If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Lou Suffern wishes he could...

Upbeat and bursting with emotion - this is another gem from the No. 1 bestselling author, Cathy Kelly. Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to Let Go. Izzie Silver left...

From the No.1 internationally bestselling author comes an emotional novel of suspense, which will stay with you long after you've finished reading. A romantic trip that goes wrong... Nina and...

Maeve Binchy writes at the very top of her form in this novel of linked episodesabout a schoolteacher and his motley collection of students,who find extraordinary new leases of life...

An outcast in his own land, forced to sell his beloved fields to pay for his wife's funeral and the rearing of his young daughter, Conor Kelly is increasingly bitter...

'A wonderful writer' Hilary MantelAll of life is laid bare in Prosperity Drive. A woman falls and remembers a moment decades earlier that changed the course of her life. A...

Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can...

The sequel to Colm Toibin's prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and...

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the global number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley.You can't alter destiny . . .Born and raised in a small...

Life is harsh in close-knit community of Dirrabeg, a community on the Dingle Peninsula facing extinction in the mid-1950's. Many of the young have left for England or America, where...

Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy,...

Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late...

'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things'. Narrated by Lilly Bere, "On Canaan's Side" opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson,...

Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can...

When Max Morden returns to the coastal town where he spent a holiday in his youth he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. The...