A Very Irish Christmas: The Greatest Irish Holiday Stories of All Time
By: James Joyce
3.68
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The sixth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection transports readers to the Em…
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1. O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare
By: Niall Williams , Christine Breen
4.05
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
Niall and Christine left their careers in New York City for a simpler, more authentic life in a cot… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
2. Krampus: The Yule Lord
By: Brom
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"Terrific. A wild ride....I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn't put it down." --Mike Mignola, cre… read more
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- christmas
- holiday
- fiction
3. Ethan Frome
By: Edith Wharton
2.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his dif… read more
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- classics
- fiction
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- short stories
- ireland
- irish literature
- fiction
5. The Hundred Dresses
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
4.11
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more
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- classics
- fiction
6. The Turn of the Screw
By: Henry James
3.39
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"When I'm bad I am bad !"-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"He fairly glittered in the gloom."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"There was something between them." "There was everything."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
7. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
By: Thornton Wilder
5.00
Format: 36 pages,
Featuring a beautiful new cover and author biography, this novel, which brought Wilder his first Pu… read more
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8. Antarctica
By: Claire Keegan
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more
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- short stories
- ireland
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"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
9. Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
By: Katherine Wilson
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of M. F. K. Fisher and Peter Mayle, this enchantingly warm and witty memoir follow… read more
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10. Foster
By: Claire Keegan
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when s… read more
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11. Far from the Madding Crowd
By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more
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12. Small Things Like These
By: Claire Keegan
4.18
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal me… read more
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- christmas
- short stories
- fiction
- ireland
- irish literature
"Always, Christmas brought out the best and the worst in people."-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"for people were bound, he knew, to reveal not only themselves, but what they knew, in conversation"-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"And then the nights came on and the frosts took hold again, and blades of cold slid under doors and cut the knees off those who still knelt to say the rosary."-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"When he reached the yard gate and found the padlock seized with frost, he felt the strain of being alive and wished he had stayed in bed, but he made himself carry on and crossed to a neighbour’s hou…"-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
13. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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14. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- fiction
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
15. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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- short stories
"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
16. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
By: Tana French
4.12
Format: 467 pages, Hardcover
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
- fiction
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
17. Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day
By: Sophie Blackall
4.19
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Everyone needs things to look forward big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, w… read more
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18. 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
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- ireland
- irish literature
- fiction
"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
19. The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more
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- fiction
"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
20. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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- fiction
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
21. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By: Claire Keegan
3.99
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more
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- short stories
- ireland
- irish literature
- fiction
"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
22. This Is Happiness
By: Niall Williams
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
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"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
23. In the Garden of Spite
By: Camilla Bruce
3.89
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
Belle Sorensen loves men. She loves them to death . . . Early in life Belle Sorensen discovers … read more
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- fiction
"I made a silent pact with the house in those nights, that beautiful old whorehouse with suicide in its walls, as damaged and bruised as myself. If it kept me, I would keep it, and we would be like si…"-Camilla Bruce, In the Garden of Spite
24. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more
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25. These Days
By: Lucy Caldwell
3.71
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war -- so … read more
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- irish literature
- fiction
26. Stealing
By: Margaret Verble
4.04
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, gut-punch of a novel about a Cherokee child removed from her family and sent to a Chris… read more
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- fiction
27. Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir
By: Séamas O'Reilly
4.13
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven children raised by a sin… read more
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- irish literature
"Ann was as steady as rain and implacable as taxes. The kind of strong rooted Donegal woman you could imagine blithely tutting if her hair caught fire."-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir
"It was this story, delivered in Robert's signature south Derry monotone, that had my dad in literal and figurative stitches in the amputation ward. Despite being a Catholic who loved and admired Pope…"-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir
"It seems blasphemous that my mother's death even existed in the same reality as those moments that subsequently came to define my youth; taking the long way home from Nixon's Corner so I could listen…"-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir
28. Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
By: Rickie Lee Jones
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Have you met Ms. Jones? One night in 1979, a woman in a red beret skyrocketed to fame after a pe… read more
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29. Good Eggs
By: Rebecca Hardiman
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and heartfelt debut novel following three generations of a boisterous Irish family whos… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
- fiction
"He does not want to reflect on whether they’re confusing love with loyalty at this point, or that the children who have been the glue are devolving into its antidote, or, and this is too cynical, he …"-Rebecca Hardiman, Good Eggs
30. Groundskeeping
By: Lee Cole
3.57
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to li… read more
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- fiction
"Complication makes life interesting."-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
"You know how doctors are, he said. Could be weeks, could be months. They say it’s not an exact science. I’m like, “What are we paying you for then? Isn’t medicine an exact science?"-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
"Love is simple, she said. That’s my advice to both of you, not that you’re asking for it….People try to make it complicated , but it’s very simple, she said. You’ll realize that when you’re dying."-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
"We both laughed. I felt the competing desires, as I often did when meeting someone new, to know everything at once and to save it all for later. It was like the feeling one has reading a good book, t…"-Lee Cole, Groundskeeping
31. A Very Irish Christmas: The Greatest Irish Holiday Stories of All Time
By: James Joyce
3.68
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The sixth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection transports readers to the Em… read more
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- short stories
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