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  • Author(s): Orlagh Collins
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Emerald has grown up in a privileged world – the beloved daughter of a wealthy family, friends with all the right people, social media addict. But Emerald’s family has secrets – and when Emerald finds her mum unconscious on...

Nobber

Nobber
  • Author(s): Oisín Fagan
  • Location(s): County Meath
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Humour
  • Era(s): 14th Century

An ambitious noble and his three serving men travel through the Irish countryside in the stifling summer of 1348, using the advantage of the plague which has collapsed society to buy up large swathes of property and land. They...

Nora Webster

Nora Webster
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1960s

Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her...

Nothing On Earth

Nothing On Earth
  • Author(s): Conor O’Callaghan
  • Location(s): County Louth
  • Genre(s): Horror, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

t is the hottest August in living memory. A frightened girl bangs on a door. A man answers. From the moment he invites her in, his world will never be the same again. She will tell him about her...

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling
  • Author(s): Emer McLysaght
  • Location(s): Dublin, Leinster
  • Genre(s): RomCom, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Meet Aisling. She’s a small-town girl who dreams of the big city. She has a heart of gold and an iron belief in the power of control tights. She has a steady job and a loyal boyfriend (though he...

Old God’s Time

Old God’s Time
  • Author(s): Sebastian Barry
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

‘Full of love and heartache, this is an unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers.’ DOUGLAS STUART ‘Shocking, stunning and extraordinarily brave. Barry has once again written a character for the ages.’ LIZ NUGENT Recently retired policeman Tom...

One Bad Turn

One Bad Turn
  • Author(s): Sinéad Crowley
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

I lost my child because of you, my only child. Eileen and Heather have always looked out for each other. But two years ago Eileen lost her son and she blames Heather and her family for the tragic loss....

One Night on the Island

One Night on the Island
  • Author(s): Josie Silver
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Cleo writes about love stories every day. She just isn’t living one of her own. When the editor of her dating column asks her to marry herself on a remote Irish island – a sensational piece to mark Cleo’s...

Ordinary Saints

Ordinary Saints
  • Author(s): Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin
  • Location(s): Ireland, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Can you imagine it? I’d say to them. Can you imagine me there in the front row in Saint Peter’s Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint. Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now...

Our Little Cruelties

Our Little Cruelties
  • Author(s): Liz Nugent
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s onwards

Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin. Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother’s unequal love. As men, the competition continues – for status, money, fame, women … They each betray each...

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