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  • Book Title
    O Now!
    Author
    Niall Williams
    Publisher
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Published
    October 2026
    Profoundly emotive ... Williams' powerful little book delves into the power of the male bond, grief and steadfast love ... Says a lot in very little and will leave you emotionally raw ― Daily Mail
  • Book Title
    The Irish Whiskey Cookbook: 50 Sweet and Savoury Recipes to Cook, Sip and Savour
    Author
    Oisin Davis
    Publisher
    Nine Bean Rows Books
    Published
    October 2026
    Irish Times Review: https://shorturl.at/wRe81
  • Book Title
    Before The First Snow
    Author
    Jess Lynch
    Publisher
    Natural World Publishing
    Published
    October 2026
    Irish Examiner Review: https://shorturl.at/hMnAo
  • Book Title
    The Boy
    Author
    Mark Gyves
    Publisher
    NO EXIT PRESS
    Published
    September 2026
    'As heartbreaking as it is alarming ... powerful story of poverty, need, rage, wasted opportunities and pent-up violence.' - Literary Review 'Repulsive yet riveting debut' The Sunday Times
  • Book Title
    Sophie's Swaps Homemade Wins: Choose Better, Spend Less & Make Healthy Eating Effortless
    Author
    Sophie Morris
    Publisher
    DK Travel
    Published
    September 2026
    “I love Sophie’s message, helping families navigate today’s food system” – Joe Wicks “What a contribution Sophie has made to our lives” - Darina Allen “A brilliant guide to eating more real, and less ultra-processed foods. Sophie’s work is so important” – The Happy Pear
  • Book Title
    A Thought Without Collision
    Author
    Adrian Duncan
    Publisher
    Serpent's Tail
    Published
    August 2026
    'An utterly distinctive voice in contemporary Irish literature' - Irish Times 'One of our most original writers' - Irish Independent 'An original voice, a writer who has come to recreate the world on his own terms' - Colm Tóibín 'An elegant rarity in contemporary fiction' - Cathy Sweeney The Guardian Review: https://shorturl.at/SdO3R
  • Book Title
    Then We'll Be Happy
    Author
    Alan Carrigan
    Publisher
    Chicken House Books
    Published
    July 2026
    'A fun rom-com in an exciting yet authentic setting.' - Irish Independent
  • Book Title
    Few and Far Between
    Author
    Jan Carson
    Publisher
    Scribner
    Published
    July 2026
    Washington Independent Review: https://shorturl.at/xj7p4
  • Book Title
    Hymns To All The Restless Girls
    Author
    Annemarie Ní Churreáin
    Publisher
    The Gallery Press
    Published
    November 2025
    Irish Times Review: https://shorturl.at/s5Ft9
  • Book Title
    Fun and Games
    Author
    John Patrick McHugh
    Publisher
    Fourth Estate
    Published
    April 2025
    The Guardian Review: https://shorturl.at/5NocP
  • Book Title
    Somebody Knows: But is the truth worth paying any price?
    Author
    Michelle McDonagh
    Publisher
    Hachette Books Ireland
    Published
    March 2025
    'An absolute triumph' Andrea Mara 'Hard to put down' Liz Nugent
  • Book Title
    After: Without a past, there is only the After
    Author
    Pádraig Kenny
    Publisher
    Walker Books
    Published
    March 2025
    This thought-provoking, elegantly condensed dystopian novel for 9+ addresses ethics, innovation and what it means to be human. ― The Guardian Shades of C3PO and Blade Runner …In a nail-biting series of plot twists, human and droid loyalties are tested. ― The Observer Kenny is a brilliant world builder and he writes with a clarity that belies the complexity of ideas in this gripping novel. ― The Irish Times Endlessly topical, After is a short novel that has much to say on AI technology, social divisions, and humanity. Kenny's finest work yet, this is a powerful story with real emotional heart, I cannot recommend it enough. ― The Irish Examiner
  • Book Title
    The Ghosts Of Rome: A story of wartime heroism
    Author
    Joseph O'Connor
    Published
    January 2025
    New York Times Review: “The power of The Ghosts of Rome comes from the dazzling variety of voices employed, the sense of a world constructed in multiple dimensions... What emerges is not just a wartime thriller, though it is that, but a meditation on how we remember, how we resist and how, even in the darkest times, humanity endures.”—Alex Preston, The New York Times Book Review
  • Book Title
    Stitch
    Author
    Pádraig Kenny
    Publisher
    Chicken House Books
    Published
    October 2024
    Sunday Times Review: This exceptional short novel is indebted to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein… This adventure, with danger, a chase and daring deeds, is skillfully told, convincingly evoked and structured with revelations that compel you to read on. It has clarity, pathos and humour and above all it makes us care about the characters and their connection to each other. — Children's Book of the Week, The Sunday Times
  • Book Title
    Somebody Knows: A gripping, addictive page-turner about dangerous secrets and the lengths people will go to keep them
    Author
    Michelle McDonagh
    Publisher
    Hachette Books Ireland
    Published
    May 2024
    'An absolute triumph' - Andrea Mara 'Hard to put down' - Liz Nugent
  • Book Title
    There's Something I Have to Tell You: A gripping, twisty mystery about long-buried family secrets
    Author
    Michelle McDonagh
    Publisher
    Hachette Books Ireland
    Published
    March 2024
    'Gripping' Jeanine Cummins 'Original' Andrea Carter 'Compelling' Sheila O'Flanagan 'A page-turner' Ryan Tubridy 'This perfectly paced slice of rural noir is extremely addictive' Business Post
  • Book Title
    My Father's House: Occupied Rome. One man takes a stand.
    Author
    Joseph O'Connor
    Publisher
    Vintage
    Published
    February 2024
    Washington Post Review: “A potent blend of excitement, suspense and intrigue... A gripping World War II-set drama featuring the unlikeliest of heroes, one whom the reader roots for every step of the way... hugely satisfying.” — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post
  • Book Title
    There's Something I Have to Tell You: A gripping, twisty mystery about long-buried family secrets
    Author
    Michelle McDonagh
    Publisher
    Hachette Books Ireland
    Published
    April 2023
    'Completely original ... a page-turner' - Andrea Carter 'Compelling ... It will keep you guessing till the end' - Sheila O'Flanagan 'A gripping whodunnit' - Jeanine Cummins, author of American Dirt
  • Book Title
    Haughey
    Author
    Gary Murphy
    Publisher
    Gill
    Published
    November 2021
    ‘A superbly balanced exploration of the life and politics of one of the most fascinating figures in 20th century Ireland.’ Professor John Horgan ‘An indispensable read for anyone with an interest in modern Irish history.’ David McCullagh ‘Offers much new detail – and not a few surprises – about the personality and career of a political titan who is still, in equal measure, revered and reviled in 21st century Ireland.’ Conor Brady
  • Book Title
    The Shadows of Rookhaven
    Author
    Pádraig Kenny
    Published
    September 2021
    'A stunning book . . . a brand new take on the monster story' – Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl
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  • 5 Apr 2019 - Gill

    Dying to Survive

    By Rachel Keogh

    In her early twenties, Rachael Keogh was a desperate heroin addict. Her addiction to the drug took her to a place about as low as a person can go. This edition contains a new introduction from Rachael...

  • 1 Oct 2026 - The Lilliput Press Ltd

    Glorious Monsters

    By Martina Devlin

    Rome, 1819. Into the sun‑struck streets of the Eternal City arrive the Shelleys: brilliant, volatile, and dangerously entangled. When Irish artist Amelia Curran encounters Mary Shelley, her mercuria...

  • 20 Oct 2014 - O'Brien Press Ltd

    The Bloodied Field: Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920

    By Michael Foley

    An account of the dramatic events at Croke Park following the IRA assassination of British military agents in Dublin, resulting in the shooting dead of fourteen people by the Royal Irish Constabulary....

  • 3 Apr 2023 - O'Brien Press Ltd

    The Children of Croke Park: Bloody Sunday 1920

    By Michael Foley

    Dublin 1920 ‘Above the noise of the crowd, I could hear men shouting. I looked back and saw them – a line of trucks, and men with guns starting to run towards the field. That’s when it happen...

  • 30 Nov 2014 - Liverpool University Press

    Irish Science Fiction (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies)

    By Jack Fennell

    Irish Science Fiction revisits a critical paradigm that has often been overlooked or dismissed by science fiction scholars - namely, that science fiction can be understood in terms of myth. Science fi...

  • 1 Jan 1982 - Henry Holt & Co

    James Joyce's Odyssey: A Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses

    By Frank Delaney

    From the tower at Sandycove to the Strwberry Beds and all in between, Joyce lived at approximately 20 different locations in and around Dublin, plus a stint in Bray, Co. Wicklow before he upped and le...

  • 31 Aug 2015 - Liberties Press

    The Goose Tree

    By Moyra Donaldson

    'Moyra Donaldson’s poetry has grown to ignite unexpected perceptions and magnify them. Betrayals, personal and political; excavations, historical and psychic; correspondences of temperament and obje...

  • 31 Aug 2015 - Liberties Press

    A Restless Life

    By Leland Bardwell

    This no-holds-barred account of Leland Bardwell’s life spans five decades and unveils the shroud of innocence that often clouds our vision of the past. Bardwell confronts her life head on, confessin...

  • 2 Nov 2020 - Royal Irish Academy

    'Grangegorman Histories: Inside the Asylum'

    'Grangegorman lay at the heart of Ireland's vast network of mental hospitals for two centuries. This book tells the stories of its patients - complicated stories of care, abandonment and the perils of...

  • 9 Mar 2020 - O'Brien Press Ltd

    'Irish Country Life'

    'Discover a time when people were much more tuned into the rhythm of the year and the ground beneath their feet, when they made much of their own furniture and clothes, and fed themselves from their o...

  • 1 Feb 2008 - Original Writing Ltd

    'Why Stand I Here?: Some Memories of Growing Up in the Old Dublin'

    'A sequel to "Flowers of the Fairest", this is an account of the relationship between three girls residing in a 1940s TB hospital. It is about what happened next, as the returning child tries to fit b...

  • 5 May 2016 - Penguin Books Ltd

    The Last Days of Summer - Unabridged edition

    By Vanessa Ronan

    Mid-July in Texas. Cicadas shed their dry summer skins, the scent of roses hangs heavy in the still air, and a woman sits alone on her porch at dusk, watching the empty, merciless prairie, its light f...

  • 16 Oct 2020 - Cork University Press

    Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000

    'This major illustrated study investigates farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland. This major illustrated study investigates farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the ...

  • 5 Apr 2000 - O'Brien Press Ltd

    'Ways of Old: Traditional Life in Ireland Updated edition'

    'Ways of Old reconciles past and present with evocative descriptions of the lives, activities and material possessions of Irish people living between 1800 and the 1930s. In a fast-paced, modern Irelan...

  • 20 Oct 2011 - Arlen House

    Twelve Beds for the Dreamer

  • 24 Sep 2010 - Gill

    'The Wildflowers of Ireland'

    'This remarkably beautiful book is an extensive guide to the country's plant life. The most important book on Ireland's wildflowers in a century, packed with first-hand knowledge and a memorable beaut...

  • 4 Nov 2010 - Original Writing Ltd

    'Cancer in a Cold Climate: The Shafting of St Luke's Hospital'

    'This book is about the struggle to save St Luke's Hospital, a beacon of medical care and spiritual sustenance for cancer sufferers and their families for over half a century in Ireland. Only the bran...

  • 1 Apr 2021 - University College Dublin Press

    'Walls of Containment'

    'The research on which this book is based reveals the meaning and significance of the architectural and landscape legacy from the inception of the asylum system to its extinction, in the context of an...

  • 3 Aug 2020 - Messenger Publications

    'Spirituality and the Senses: Living Life to the Full'

    'It is up to each individual to become more consciously aware of and use each sense in more deliberate yet sensitive ways. Everyone can benefit by focussing daily on one or more of the senses even if ...

  • 1 Jul 2013 - Original Writing Ltd

    The Strawberry Beds: Na Ceapoga Su Talun

    By Patrick Troy

    This book attempts to chronicle the historical events that made the Strawberry Beds the unique place it is today and also records some stories of how the people went about their day to day living in t...

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