14 best-selling ireland books like The Polite Act of Drowning by Charleen Hurtubise

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The Polite Act of Drowning

By: Charleen Hurtubise

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers 'The Polite Act of Drowning is a…

If you liked the ireland plot in The Polite Act of Drowning by Charleen Hurtubise , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. After the Fire (Maeve Kerrigan, #6)

By: Jane Casey

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Arson, accident or murder? After a fire rips through a North London tower block, two bodies are fou… read more

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2. A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

By: Jane Casey

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Every mother's worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one … read more

Similar categories in Jane Casey's A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

Similar categories in Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. How to Build a Boat

By: Elaine Feeney

3.78

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a remarkable boy and his search for his mother, told with warmth, tenderness a… read more

Similar categories in Elaine Feeney's How to Build a Boat book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"To some, the world is filled with threats. To others, opportunities."

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"That's dedication and if life's taught me anything, we go to what we love, eventually - we mightn't find it straight away, but we get there."

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"...[W]hile language came readily to Tess when dealing with herself alone, having one-way conversations over all of her choices on her long walks in the woods, or on her way to school, now she no long…"

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"How can I miss someone I have never met? Jamie said. Grief was profoundly different for both humans. One felt an intense anger he had never recovered from, the other knew something was missing, a vac…"

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

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5. The Island of Longing

By: Anne Griffin

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched, from her bedroom window, her daughter Saoirse come up th… read more

Similar categories in Anne Griffin's The Island of Longing book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
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6. Breakdown

By: Cathy Sweeney

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One winter morning, in contemporary Dublin, a middle-class woman wakes up next to her husband in he… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Sweeney's Breakdown book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. A Bird in Winter

By: Louise Doughty

3.68

Format: None pages, ebook

Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, … read more

Similar categories in Louise Doughty's A Bird in Winter book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Someone in the Attic

By: Andrea Mara

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From a #1 internationally bestselling author comes an atmospheric, chilling novel about a family wh… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Mara's Someone in the Attic book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"People trust people with dogs. They do. There’s an inherent belief that dog people are good people."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

"They’re keen to help and intrigued too, she can see, in that way people are when there’s drama but no personal risk."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

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9. There's Something I Have to Tell You

By: Michelle McDonagh

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

HOME IS WHERE THE SECRETS ARE BURIED When two bodies are found on Glenbeg Farm, the local commun… read more

Similar categories in Michelle McDonagh's There's Something I Have to Tell You book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Trial

By: Jo Spain

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical… read more

Similar categories in Jo Spain's The Trial book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Body of Truth

By: Marie Cassidy

3.91

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

IN THE HUNT FOR A KILLER THE SCARS OF DEATH DON'T LIE FROM IRELAND'S FORMER STATE PATHOLOGIST MA… read more

Similar categories in Marie Cassidy's Body of Truth book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • fiction
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12. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

Similar categories in Katriona O'Sullivan's Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • ireland
  • audiobook
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13. Tell Me What I Am

By: Una Mannion

3.92

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Two women wrenched apart by a family member’s disappearance must find a way back to each other in t… read more

Similar categories in Una Mannion's Tell Me What I Am book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Service

By: Sarah Gilmartin

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The waitress. The chef. The chef’s wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gilmartin's Service book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
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15. The Polite Act of Drowning

By: Charleen Hurtubise

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers 'The Polite Act of Drowning is a… read more

Similar categories in Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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16. Three Little Birds

By: Sam Blake

3.78

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery... When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial r… read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Three Little Birds book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Saint of Lost Things

By: Tish Delaney

3.97

Format: 441 pages, Hardcover

>I had dreams once, but never for anything as extravagant as happiness. Still, Auntie Bell and me h… read more

Similar categories in Tish Delaney's The Saint of Lost Things book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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18. My Hot Friend

By: Sophie White

4.11

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

Lexi is on top of the world The podcast she co-hosts with her ride-or-die bestie is going stratosp… read more

Similar categories in Sophie White's My Hot Friend book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • ireland
  • fiction
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19. Duffy and Son

By: Damien Owens

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid, Duffy … read more

Similar categories in Damien Owens's Duffy and Son book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Amendments

By: Niamh Mulvey

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Delving into the lives of three generations of women, The Amendments is an extraordinary novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Niamh Mulvey's The Amendments book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

Similar categories in Donal Ryan's Heart, Be at Peace book and Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction

19 must-read fiction books like The Polite Act of Drowning by Charleen Hurtubise

Transform Your Habits

A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

Jane Casey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

So Late in the Day

Claire Keegan

4.00

Transform Your Habits

How to Build a Boat

Elaine Feeney

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Island of Longing

Anne Griffin

4.15

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20 best-selling fiction books like Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan

Transform Your Habits

Earth

John Boyne

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Wild Houses

Colin Barrett

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Heart in Winter

Kevin Barry

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Breakdown

Cathy Sweeney

3.81

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