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    The finest fiction Ireland has to offer. Our extensive Irish fiction book collection contains modern authors like Maeve Binchy, Kevin Barry and Caroline Ahern. Chapters Bookstore's Irish Fiction collection showcases a rich array of contemporary Irish literature from top Irish authors. Notable authors include Maeve Binchy, known for her heartwarming tales of Irish life; Kevin Barry, celebrated for his vivid storytelling; and Caroline Ahern, among others.  Other notable works include Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, a tragicomic exploration of family and fortune.

    Patricia Scanlan: Divided Loyalties [2007] paperback

    €3.99 – €4.99

    Shauna and Greg's marriage is under pressure. She wants another baby. He doesn't. She also has to endure her obnoxious in-laws, 'The Freeloaders', Della, Eddie and their spoilt kids. They...

    Carmel Harrington: The Woman at 72 Derry Lane [2017] paperback

    €4.99 – €16.90

    'A complete page-turner and an emotional rollercoaster. Tissues will be required' Sinead Moriarty 'A wonderfully life-affirming book...Carmel Harrington writes with such honesty' New York Times bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor On...

    Marita Conlon-McKenna: Mother of the Bride [2011] paperback

    €4.99 – €9.99

    Everyone knows that Amy and Dan are made for each other. So when they announce their engagement their families are over the moon, especially Amy's mother Helen. What could be...

    Crossan Sarah: Are You Awake? [2025]

    €11.99

    'Funny and dark. Tender and tough. Uncanny and relatable.' Erin Kelly'Deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard-hitting' Claire Kilroy'Blends comedy, drama and heartbreak' John Boyne'A really clever novel' Cecelia Ahern ______________________________________________________________On...

    Maria Duffy: The Terrace [2013] paperback

    €4.99 – €10.40

    A missing lottery ticket throws a once closeknit community into chaos, and leads everyone to wonder: how well can you ever know your neighbours?St Enda's Terrace, nestled in the heart...

    Anna McPartlin: The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes [2014] paperback

    €1.00 – €18.56

    Here is a truth that can't be escaped: for Mia 'Rabbit' Hayes, life is coming to an end...Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people...

    Marian Keyes: Angels [2001]

    €4.99 – €9.99

    Marian Keyes' sixth novel is a truly captivating story about a marriage that's gone wrong and a sensible girl who suddenly just wants to let her hair down. 'We will...

    Cathy Kelly: What She Wants [2004] paperback

    €4.99 – €9.10

    The author of the bestselling Just Between Us introduces us to four new special women in a warm and funny novel about facing change in our lives Do you know...

    Sheila O'Flanagan: He's Got to Go [2003] paperback

    €2.99 – €10.40

    What do you do when the man in your life lets you down? Show him the door? Chuck his clothes out of the window? Cut the crotch from his trousers?...

    Cathy Mansell: A Place to Belong [2020] paperback

    €5.99 – €16.90

    Set against the glorious backdrop of World War Two Ireland, this dramatic, emotional and romantic novel is perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lorna Cook, Tracy Rees and Jenny Ashcroft!'A...

    Emma Hannigan: Keeping Mum [2013] paperback

    €4.99 – €10.40

    A holiday is coming at just the right time for three mothers and their daughters . . .Mia hopes a week away with her youngest, Felicity, will bridge the gap...

    Carroll, Claudia: The Last Of The Great Romantics [2005] paperback

    €5.99 – €14.30

    It's the celebrity wedding of the year and everyone's invited! Meet Portia - officially the luckiest woman in the world. She's just got married to Andrew, the most gorgeous man...

    Mr John B Keane: The Contractors [1993] paperback

    €5.99 – €16.90

    This is the story of Dan Murray, who emigrated to England in 1952. He finds work as a building labourer and in time he becomes a building contractor.John B. Keane...

    Martin Malone: The Only Glow of the Day [2010] paperback

    €5.99 – €11.99

    A new historical novel from the author of The Silence of the Glasshouse, based on the author's one-hour play for RTAe Radio 1, Rosanna Night Walker. It is the winter...

    Maggie O'Farrell: The Distance Between Us [2025] paperback

    €6.99 – €12.99

    The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 260,000 copies sold*Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 'O'Farrell writes with lyrical precision about sex, fear...

    Declan Hughes: All the Things You Are [2014] paperback

    €1.00 – €4.99

    When her husband and two daughters disappear, housewife Clare Taylor discovers that her ordinary domestic life has been built on a lie.About to turn forty, her youthful dreams of becoming...

    Maeve Binchy: This Year It Will Be Different [2007] hardback

    €12.99 – €23.40

    Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT powerfully evokes the lives of of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers, all set...

    Sinead Moriarty: The Secrets Sisters Keep [2014] paperback

    €5.99 – €16.90

    Sinead Moriarty's delicious tenth novel, The Secrets Sisters Keep, is the story of three sisters, three life-altering problems and one eternal truth: nobody knows you quite like a sister! Sinead's...

    Colum McCann: Twist [2025] hardback

    €8.99 – €24.70

    A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction - from the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin**Named a 2025 book...

    Stephen J. Martin: Ride on [2007] paperback

    €4.99 – €10.50

    Having given up his day job in middle management, Jimmy Collins and his band are famous rock stars. With two chart topping singles and an album nearly finished, things couldn't...

    Eimear McBride: The City Changes Its Face [2025] hardback

    €11.99 – €14.99

    A MUST-READ NOVEL OF 2025 IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, AND MANY OTHERS'One of the finest writers at work today.' ANNE ENRIGHT'McBride is a cartographer...

    Mr John B Keane: The Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane. Vol. 1 [1996] paperback

    €9.99 – €26.99

    Tull MacAdoo TD is kept busy procuring jobs and IRA pensions for deserving voters and keeping his spendthrift son under control. Somehow he must also contest an election and save...

    Various: Irish Girls Are Back in Town [2004] paperback

    €4.99 – €9.99

    In this hugely enjoyable anthology, established bestselling Irish writers have joined forces with up-and-coming new stars to raise money for a very good cause. Poignant, provocative, hilarious and heartwarming in...

    Gordon Snell: Thicker than Water [2001] paperback

    €4.99 – €9.99

    Stories by Irish writers - including Maeve BinchyAn outstanding collection of twelve coming-of-age stories by Irish and Irish-American writers. Maeve Binchy's 'When Grania Grows Up' pinpoints the moment a girl...

    McInerney Lisa: The Glorious Heresies [2025]

    €14.30

    WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY KEVIN BARRYWINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016We all do stupid things when we're kids.Ryan Cusack's grown...

    Hilary Fannin: The Weight of Love [2020] paperback

    €4.99 – €18.20

    'This is heartache for grown ups. The Weight of Love pulls you in and does not let go.' ANNE ENRIGHT'Beautiful and painful, exquisitely written, shot through with nostalgia for our...

    Christine Dwyer Hickey: The Narrow Land [2025]

    €13.00

    WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTIONWINNER OF THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARD FOR NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDSAn Irish Independent and Irish Times Book...

    Hazel Gaynor: Three Words For Goodbye [2021] paperback

    €3.99 – €4.99

    From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams,...

    Siobhan Macgowan: The Trial of Lotta Rae: The unputdownable historical novel of 2022 [2022] paperback

    €3.99 – €5.99

    If you enjoyed The Familiars and The Binding, you'll love this sweeping and empowering historical novel, set in Suffragette England. 'A masterclass in storytelling' - Donal Ryan ___________On Halloween night,...

    Siobhan MacGowan: The Trial Of Lotta Rae [2023] paperback

    €4.99 – €6.99

    A Times Best New Historical Fiction pick, perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. 'KEEPS THE READER HOOKED TO THE END' - THE TIMES ___________Halloween night, 1906. Lotta...

    Darran Mccann: After the Lockout [2013] paperback

    €2.99 – €4.99

    An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. November 1917. With tensions in Ireland, war in Europe and revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to...

    John Patrick McHugh: Fun and Games [2025] hardback

    €16.99 – €22.10

    THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2025 'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY 'One of my favourite books...

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