21 must-read contemporary books like There's Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan

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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…

If you liked the contemporary plot in There's Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan , here is a list of 21 books like this:

1. The Coroner's Daughter

By: Andrew Hughes

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Dublin, 1816. A young nursemaid conceals a pregnancy and then murders her newborn in the home of th… read more

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2. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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3. 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

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • 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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4. Trespasses

By: Louise Kennedy

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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5. The Queen of Dirt Island

By: Donal Ryan

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant… read more

Similar categories in Donal Ryan's The Queen of Dirt Island book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"Time will wind its own sweet way. We have no choice but to keep up."

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

"Happiness was a strange notion, something that was wrapped neatly, and packed into the closing scenes of television shows and daytime films, sharply relieved on the screen, but blurry in real life, a…"

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

"her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother had walked her to the classroom door and Mammy had cried a bit and Granny had told her to cop on and Nana then had told Granny to cop on herself and t…"

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

"She felt sad in that moment for anyone in the world who didn’t have a mother like hers. A mother who was standing now above her quarry like a prizefighter in a swell of victory, looking slowly left a…"

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

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6. No One Saw a Thing

By: Andrea Mara

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Mara's No One Saw a Thing book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Kala

By: Colin Walsh

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for t… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps."

-Colin Walsh, Kala

"I just want to switch myself off. Disconnect from everything."

-Colin Walsh, Kala

"So much of the night's vague. A film strip with half the frames missing."

-Colin Walsh, Kala

"Who drinks a decaf cappuccino? Be honest with yourself and get a cup of warm milk."

-Colin Walsh, Kala

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8. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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10. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • 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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11. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • irish literature
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12. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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13. 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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14. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • mystery
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Lodgers

By: Eithne Shortall

4.03

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

An uplifting and heart-warming tale of friendship, community and a mystery package… One house. T… read more

Similar categories in Eithne Shortall's The Lodgers book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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18. The Home Scar

By: Kathleen MacMahon

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the Women's Prize longlisted author of Nothing But Blue Sky'The home scar - that's what they c… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen MacMahon's The Home Scar book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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19. 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

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  • audiobook
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20. This Is How You Remember It

By: Catherine Prasifka

4.11

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

You're nine when you get your first computer. Your favourite thing is a virtual pet website; you sp… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Prasifka's This Is How You Remember It book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • ireland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Mystery of Four

By: Sam Blake

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

A brilliantly twisty country house-set thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author of Remember My Na… read more

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  • mystery
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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24. Spirit Level

By: Richy Craven

3.94

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Danny Hook is a directionless twenty-something year old fresh out of therapy. Dealing with his disa… read more

Similar categories in Richy Craven's Spirit Level book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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25. Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy?

By: Rachael English

4.11

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 1980s, The Diamonds - Ireland's trailblazing all-woman rock band - were on the brink o… read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? book and Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • mystery
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26. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • collections
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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27. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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28. Where the Edge Is

By: Gráinne Murphy

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As a sleepy town in rural Ireland starts to wake, a road subsides, trapping an early-morning bus an… read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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30. 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 Alice Ryan's There's Been a Little Incident

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. Frankie

By: Graham Norton

4.53

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories… read more

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  • irish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary

25 must-read fiction books like There's Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan

Transform Your Habits

Earth

John Boyne

4.34

Transform Your Habits

How to Build a Boat

Elaine Feeney

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Trespasses

Louise Kennedy

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Queen of Dirt Island

Donal Ryan

4.09

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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You Are Here

David Nicholls

4.08

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