Secondhand Irish Fiction Books

*** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR *** 'A lovely, gentle read, full of emotion and redemption' Daily Mail 'This touching story of love, family and sacrifice will have you transfixed'...

This is a gripping family story spanning half a century, in the mould of Jonathan Franzen and John Lanchester. Declan and Sinead Boyle are pillars of society - born into...

Lucy Woodrow, a life-loving Dublin girl, tries hard to make sense of her life and her family. Her romantic and personal adventures are full of charm, wit and are illuminating...

Enzo Secchi, harbourmaster for Massawa, Eritrea's main port, is a loyal Italian colonial servant. He takes pride in running the docks, enjoys the occasional drink with his gregarious friend Salvatore,...

'Highly original, deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard hitting' Claire Kilroy'Brilliant, provocative, and darkly funny' Sarah Dunn'Unique, refreshing and revelatory ... Reads the zeitgeist perfectly' Helen Cullen'Intriguing, fresh, and satisfyingly...

'perhaps the best novel about Northern Ireland life which has yet appeared' Irish Times'a quiet, compassionate story' New York TimesSarah Gomartin, the servant girl on Andrew Echlin's farm on Strangford...

At 66, Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it - yet...One of them...

Rural Irish girl Ellie loves living in New York, working as a lady's maid for a wealthy socialite. She tries to persuade her husband, John, to join her but he...

Rural Irish girl Ellie loves living in New York, working as a lady's maid for a wealthy socialite. She tries to persuade her husband, John, to join her but he...

The day Frances Fall steals a baby from outside a shop, is the day her past catches up with her. At the age of thirty-six, Frances is forced to relive...

Everything is changing in Rossmore. No longer a sleepy Irish town, where the young people leave to travel the world; nowadays it's a prosperous place, so busy that a new...

Patrick Newman, a bank cashier, gives a lift to a young girl and later an enigmatic old man while driving along the east coast of Ireland. From these small incidents...

Mary Lavelle, a young and beautiful Irish woman, travels to Spain to work as a governess and see a little of life before returning to Mellick to marry her fiance,...

'This is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it.' The Irish Independent 'A briskly witty delight.' The Irish Times April McVey hasn't a romantic bone in her body. So...

AN IRISH TIMES FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024In Barcelona, we meet a cast of characters who live turbulent inner lives. In a Spanish hotel room a marriage...

When a young butcher spots a strange shape on the banks of the River Liffey in the hot summer of 1866, the city of Dublin is gripped by a grimy...

'The Irish do love telling stories, and we are suspicious of people who don't have long, complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should...

What do you do when you find yourself suddenly single? Go suddenly suicidal? Suddenly sex-crazed? Or simply slump into self-pity? Alix Callaghan, who thought she was in control of her...

Sheila O'Flanagan's bestselling HOW WILL I KNOW? is a heart-wrenching and life-affirming read that should not be missed by readers of Marian Keyes and Freya North. It was love at...

Hugo Hamilton, the internationally acclaimed author of 'The Speckled People' and 'Sailor in the Wardrobe', turns his hand back to fiction with a compelling drama tracing Berlin's central historical importance...

Andrea and Lexi thought they would be best friends for ever. Through thick and thin, growing pains and wild nights out, they were inseparable. But it was their biggest adventure...

The exams are finally over, the sun is shining and celebration is in the air. For twins Chloe and Alex the future looks bright, if a bit uncertain. But turbulence...

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, fromthe global phenomenon Sally Rooney.Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have littlein common.Peter...

In his second collection of short stories, Mike McCormack joins head andheart in a series of tales which weave a fluid vision of a world morphing between the real and...

Set in Ireland in the 1990s, Colm Toibin's The Blackwater Lightship tells the story of the Devereux family. Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her granddaughter Helen have come together...

Dublin, 1914. As Ireland stands on the brink of political crisis, Europe plunges headlong into war. Among the thousands of Irishmen who volunteer to fight for the British Army is...

Captain Gault has decided that his family must leave Lahardane. They are after all Protestants living in the big house in rural Cork, and the country is in turmoil. It...

When Anne-Marie arrives in Dublin, wide-eyed and very, very green, she has a lot to take in. There are her cousins for a start: Gerald, laid back to the point...