Irish-themed Reads

Updated February 24, 2026
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Irish-themed Reads

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Quickly, while they still have horses : stories
Carson, Jan
Paper Book
A surreal and darkly comic collection of stories that offer a fresh and irreverent look at life in contemporary Northern Ireland from "one of the most exciting and original Northern Irish writers of her generation" (The Sunday Times, London). Humorous and horrifying,...
The strangers' house : writing Northern Ireland
Poots, Alexander
Paper Book
A penetrating study and celebration of Northern Irish literature--telling the region's story through the extraordinary novels and poetry produced by decades of conflict. Northern Ireland is one hundred years old. Northern Ireland does not exist. Both of these...
The burial tide
Sharpson, Neil
A real page turner. Every time I thought I had it figured out, the plot twisted into a different shape. Thoroughly enjoyable, delightfully grotesque, and an absolutely satisfying read.' -T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author of What Feasts at Night. Drawing on the creatures and horrors of...
Time of the child
Williams, Niall
Paper Book
"The writing in this book is lyrical . . . a beautiful book that you will love." -Good Morning America's #1 Favorite Book of the Year "I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams." -Ann Patchett, New York Times...
Trust her
Berry, Flynn
Paper Book
Three years after they narrowly escaped the IRA's worst punishment for informing, Northern Irish sisters Tessa and Marian Daly have built a new life in Dublin with their young children. Though Tessa is haunted by the abrupt and violent end to her old life, she does her best to immerse herself in the...
The elements
Boyne, John
Paper Book
From bestselling author John Boyne, a gripping and profound exploration of guilt, blame, trauma, and the human capacity for redemption. In The Elements, acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives,...
The alternatives
Hughes, Caoilinn
Paper Book
"A bold, beautiful, complex novel, and I can't wait to read what Hughes writes next. She, too, is an unstoppable force." --New York Times Book Review "A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species, The...
Plentiful country : the great potato famine and the making of Irish New York
Anbinder, Tyler
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of Five Points and City of Dreams, "a superb revisionist history" of the Irish immigrants who arrived in the United States during the Great Potato Famine, using their "riveting and deeply personal stories" in and...
Bright I burn
Aitken, Molly
Paper Book
BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK * IRISH BESTSELLER * A fierce, electrifying novel inspired by the true story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. Alice, the daughter...
The women on platform two
Anthony, Laura.
Paper Book
In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this "heartbreaking, powerful, and ultimately uplifting" (Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House) novel inspired by a little-known true story....
Confessions
Airey, Catherine.
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize "Confessions is a remarkable debut. A complex and compulsive read that unravels the intricate twists and revelations among three generations of women with elegance and urgency." --Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper...
The Paris Express
Donoghue, Emma
Audiobook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling and "soul-stirring" (Oprah Daily) author of Room, a sweeping historical "nail-biter" (People) of a novel about the infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in...
The Paris Express
Donoghue, Emma
Emma Donoghue, the "soul-stirring" (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history...
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