Books for St. Patrick's Day

No shamrocks or leprechauns here - try one of these new Irish novels this March. From dark to ditzy, there's something for everyone.

Updated March 3, 2025
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The drowned
Banville, John
Paper Book
Galway confidential
Bruen, Ken
Paper Book
In this new installment of Ken Bruen's beloved Jack Taylor series, the whiskey-swigging Irish detective investigates a series of violent attacks on the local convent's nuns. Jack Taylor wakes up from a coma to discover that much of the world has changed since he last walked the...
Kala : a novel
Walsh, Colin
Paper Book
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE TABLET, AND CRIMEREADS * "An enthralling, evocative and heartfelt mystery" (Chris Whitaker) from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for twenty years, reckon with the terrifying...
Last call at the Local
Ruiz, Sarah Grunder
Paper Book
Opposites attract when a free-spirited American singer-songwriter with ADHD teams up with a charming Irishman to revitalize his family's pub in the next heartfelt romance from the author of Luck and Last Resorts. Raine Hart is used to the challenges of living with ADHD. It...
Love at first book
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author's prickly son... until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading. Emily...
Morbidly yours
Fairbanks, Ivy
Paper Book
The unmissable TikTok sensation! The perfect opposites attract, grumpy x sunshine romance to fall in love with this summer. He has to marry by his thirty-fifth birthday. She's sworn off love... Painfully shy Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than...
Nesting
O'Donnell, Roisin.
Paper Book
Longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction From an unforgettable new voice in Irish fiction, a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over. For fans of Claire Keegan and Emma Donoghue. ...
A stolen child
Taylor, Sarah Stewart
Paper Book
"Taylor presents an appealingly nuanced twist on the traditional police procedural." -The Washington Post Sarah Stewart Taylor is known for her atmospheric portrayal of an American detective in Ireland, and her critically acclaimed series returns with A Stolen...
Trust her
Berry, Flynn
Paper Book
"Flynn Berry is a must-read for me. Trust Her delivers her trademark blend of riveting suspense and beautiful emotional depth. You will love this novel." -Laura Dave, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me "Gripping . . . Ms. Berry is a...
When we were silent
McPhillips, Fiona
Paper Book
\"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge.\" Lou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin's most exclusive private school. Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought-iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and...
You have gone too far
O'Connor, Carlene
Paper Book
With the haunting, moody prose of Tana French and the compulsive storytelling of Dervla McTiernan or Ann Cleeves, bestselling author Carlene O'Connor lures readers to a remote village on Ireland's southwest coast, where winding windswept roads open to spectacular views of rugged cliffs against...

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