13 Top contemporary books like It Could Never Happen Here by Eithne Shortall

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It Could Never Happen Here

By: Eithne Shortall

3.80

Format: None pages, None

Their school is about to be taught a lesson... Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to pr…

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1. Run Time

By: Catherine Ryan Howard

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Movie-making can be murder. The project Final Draft, a psychological horror. Promising Young Th… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Ryan Howard's Run Time book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I had really begun to understand why people overeat. It isn't what they eat, it's why they eat it: because when you feel literally full from food, it's a brief respite from feeling figuratively empty…"

-Catherine Ryan Howard, Run Time

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2. Idol

By: Louise O'Neill

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

'Follow your heart and speak your truth.'For Samantha Miller's young fans - her 'girls' - she's eve… read more

Similar categories in Louise O'Neill's Idol book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"But she'd clawed her way out of addiction because she believed that she was destined for greater things than an undignified death slumped over a toilet cistern"

-Louise O'Neill, Idol

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3. My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7)

By: Marian Keyes

4.02

Format: 599 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes. A… read more

Similar categories in Marian Keyes's My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7) book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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6. Somebody Knows

By: Michelle McDonagh

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

: A gripping, addictive page-turner about dangerous secrets and the lengths people will go to keep … read more

Similar categories in Michelle McDonagh's Somebody Knows book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • irish literature
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7. In Her Place

By: Edel Coffey

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author of Breaking Point and winner of Crime Novel of the Year at the An … read more

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8. 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 Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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9. The Homes

By: J.B. Mylet

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There were good people in The Homes. But there were also some very, very bad ones... A thousand … read more

Similar categories in J.B. Mylet's The Homes book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Remember My Name

By: Sam Blake

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

If she’d turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died… When Cre… read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Remember My Name book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Aisling Ever After

By: Emer McLysaght

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Living in the Big Apple feels like a movie, especially when Aisling finds her ex-boyfriend John on … read more

Similar categories in Emer McLysaght's Aisling Ever After book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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12. No Secrets

By: David Jackson

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

THEY ALL BELIEVE HIM THEY BELIEVE HIS LIES. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH. You can't lie to Izzy Lambert.… read more

Similar categories in David Jackson's No Secrets book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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14. Reality Check

By: Vicki Notaro

3.64

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Portia Daniels' life is sorted. She has a perfect man (Jason, a hot TV producer from Ireland), a pe… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Notaro's Reality Check book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • audiobook
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15. It Could Never Happen Here

By: Eithne Shortall

3.80

Format: None pages, None

Their school is about to be taught a lesson... Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to pr… read more

Similar categories in Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • comedy
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17. The Amusements

By: Aingeala Flannery

3.52

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season,… read more

Similar categories in Aingeala Flannery's The Amusements book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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18. Every Happy Family

By: Sarah Stovell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stovell's Every Happy Family book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Let’s Pretend

By: Laura Vaughan

3.36

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When you fake it for a living, the truth is hard to find... Former child star Lily Thane is now … read more

Similar categories in Laura Vaughan's Let’s Pretend book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • contemporary
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20. There's Been a Little Incident

By: Alice Ryan

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

A witty and warm debut novel from a young Irish writer. A story of family, grief, and the ways we c… read more

Similar categories in Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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21. Cruel Deeds

By: Catherine Kirwan

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A successful lawyer is found murdered in a derelict house in Cork. Finn Fitzpatrick barely knows… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Kirwan's Cruel Deeds book and Eithne Shortall's It Could Never Happen Here

  • mystery
  • ireland
  • contemporary

14 Best fiction books like It Could Never Happen Here by Eithne Shortall

Transform Your Habits

Run Time

Catherine Ryan Howard

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Idol

Louise O'Neill

3.58

Transform Your Habits

My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7)

Marian Keyes

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Breakdown

Cathy Sweeney

3.81

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19 Best fiction books like Idol by Louise O'Neill

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Death of a Bookseller

Alice Slater

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Idol

Louise O'Neill

3.58

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