Secondhand Irish Fiction Books

It is the mid-80s in post-industrial America. Men no longer produce things with their hands but Pac-man consumer culture has yet to lift the recession. In a small town graced...

SHORTLISTED FOR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S SEVEN DEBUTS THAT WILL MAKE A SPLASH IN 2014 Ghost Moth will transport you to...

Issy Brodsky is back with a vengeance - albeit not her own. Agent provocateur and lone parent of Max, Issy is a woman on a mission - this time to...

Unsure of his parentage and beytrayed in love, Theo Shortcourse is on the run, but saved from despair by his unquenchable spirit. Theo Shortcourse has always been overshadowed by his...

A fiction interweaving three characters: Jack Johnson, who punched his way out of the dockyards of Galveston to become the first black heavyweight champion of the world; the English modernist...

At thirty, Luke Reid seems to have an enviable life. He is a child of the leafy suburbs, attractive - in an understated way, tolerant and erudite, socially assured, professionally...

June Cusack is refusing to attend her husband Lorcan's funeral and everyone around her is wondering why: what kind of wife won't say goodbye to her husband of seven years?Her...

Tender, magical and captivating - a story of family, friends, and the unlikeliest of romances from the No. 1 bestselling author, Cecelia Ahern. What if love was right there in...

What do you do when the love of your life turns out to be a good-for-nothing love rat? a) Pour your heart out to him in private letters that he'll...

An unforgettable story of two women linked by their roles in a tragedy at the end of the Victorian era, THE BUTTERFLY CABINET by Bernie McGill will appeal to fans...

Honor Brady falls in love with wine merchant Hugo Lancaster and moves to Astignac, a village in the French wine region Entre Deux Mers. Hugo sells rare wines to connoisseurs....

An assured, memorable debut novel from a prize-winning poet. Hannie Bennet is a survivor. No jobs or careers for her. Her route through life is marriages. As her fifth husband,...

'The thinking man's John Grisham' New Statesman The body of a small girl, dressed as an angel, is discovered late one night in a pile of autumn leaves at the...

The frozen wastes of North America are Michael Collins's heart of darkness, a territory he maps with infinite precision in this novel of murder and menace. Twenty years ago, when...

A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the No.1 bestselling author. How can you know someone you've never met? Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She...

The breakthrough novel from a prodigiously gifted young Irish writer. April, 1981. New York. A young Irishman, Liam is in hiding, waiting until the dreadful act in which he has...

In early 2006, Chuck Ramkissoon is found dead at the bottom of a New York canal. In London, a Dutch banker named Hans van den Broek hears the news, and...

The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today. Tamara Goodwin has always got everything she's ever wanted. Born into a family of wealth, she grew...

THE IMMERSIVE AND HEARTFELT EXPLORATION OF FAMILY AND LOVE 'A beautiful bittersweet story of love, loss and families. Tears were shed!' GRAHAM NORTON 'A moving and powerful novel' JOHN BOYNE...

A Guardian / Irish Times Book of the Year Smile has all the features for which Roddy Doyle has become famous: the razor-sharp dialogue, the humour, the superb evocation of...

Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.'Ed O'Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel' Ron Rash'A brilliant...

An Adrian Mole for the Hormonally Challenged Mum Addled mother-of-three - no name given - finds her identity has been buried under layers of clutter in her unkempt home, and...