Irish Writers

Updated October 10, 2024
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The Rachel incident
O'Donoghue, Caroline
Paper Book
The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love 'I loved it' COCO MELLORS 'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did' GABRIELLE ZEVIN 'Funny, nostalgic, sexy'...
Old God's time
Barry, Sebastian
Paper Book
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Days Without End and The Secret Scripture, and one of our most soulful living writers, Old God's Time is an extraordinary novel about memory, love, mystery and reckoning.
Apeirogon : a novel
McCann, Colum
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX MÉDICIS AND THE PRIX FEMINA WINNER OF THE PRIX DE MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BOOK OF 2020 CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY...
The killer in me : a novel
Kiernan, Olivia
Paper Book
'Brave and unflinching, dark and unsentimental' LIZ NUGENT 'Truly first class' C. J. TUDOR 'Positively hums with authenticity' DAILY MAIL 'So atmospheric' CAZ FREAR 'A total triumph' RACHEL EDWARDS DCS Frankie...
The heart's invisible furies
Boyne, John
Paper Book
'A bold, funny epic' Observer 'Compelling and satisfying . . . At times, incredibly funny, at others, heartrending' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life ___ Cyril Avery is not a real Avery. At least, that's what his parents make sure to remind...
Life without children : stories
Doyle, Roddy
Paper Book
***A GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN AUTUMN 2021*** A brilliantly warm, witty and moving portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heart-rending short stories Love and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone the same....
Glorious exploits : a novel
Lennon, Ferdia
Paper Book
So Gelon says to me, 'Let's go down and feed the Athenians. The weather's perfect for feeding Athenians.' It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected and...
Angela's ashes : a memoir
McCourt, Frank.
Paper Book
Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums - too many...
The queen of Dirt Island
Ryan, Donal
Paper Book
Discover the emotional, bestselling novel about four generations of women and the stories that bind them, from the Booker longlisted author Of Strange Flowers. 'One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece.' RACHEL...
Brooklyn : A Novel
Tóibín, Colm
Paper Book
Milkman : a novel
Burns, Anna
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 'Milkman is extraordinary. I've been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It's frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time.' - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies ...
The marriage portrait
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 A Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022) An Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022) A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)<...
The hunter
French, Tana
Paper Book
'A richly told tale of tangled loyalties. French ratchets up the tension in increments . . . By the end, these characters have taken on such solidity that, long after finishing it, I often catch myself wondering how they're doing - a testament to the author's mastery of her craft'...
Apeirogon : a novel
McCann, Colum
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX MÉDICIS AND THE PRIX FEMINA WINNER OF THE PRIX DE MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BOOK OF 2020 CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY...
Normal people : a novel
Rooney, Sally
Paper Book
** Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available now ** AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian 'The book that defined a generation.' Stylist...
Normal people : a novel
Rooney, Sally
Paper Book
** Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available now ** AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian 'The book that defined a generation.' Stylist...
The marriage portrait
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 A Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022) An Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022) A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)<...
The hunter
French, Tana
Paper Book
'A richly told tale of tangled loyalties. French ratchets up the tension in increments . . . By the end, these characters have taken on such solidity that, long after finishing it, I often catch myself wondering how they're doing - a testament to the author's mastery of her craft'...

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