The Last Irish Question: Will Six into Twenty-Six Ever Go?
By: Glenn Patterson
3.73
Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition
A view of the south of Ireland – political, social, geographical – through the eyes of a liberal no…
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1. Skippy Dies
By: Paul Murray
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
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2. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
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3. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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4. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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5. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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6. Women Talking
By: Miriam Toews
3.62
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past … read more
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7. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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8. Topographia Hibernica
By: Blindboy Boatclub
4.33
Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition
You don't fully appreciate how large a donkey's head is until it's beside you in a Fiat Punto. The … read more
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9. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
By: Fintan O'Toole
4.34
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
A quarter-century after Frank McCourt’s extraordinary bestseller, Angela’s Ashes, Fintan O’Toole, o… read more
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10. 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
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11. The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin
By: Aoife Moore
3.82
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking… read more
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12. Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground
By: Susan McKay
4.37
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
Twenty years on from her critically acclaimed book, 'Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People', Su… read more
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13. Hagstone
By: Sinéad Gleeson
3.63
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more
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14. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
By: Fintan O'Toole
4.12
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himse… read more
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"This may be the last stage of imperialism–having appropriated everything else from its colonies, the dead empire appropriates the pain of those it has oppressed."-Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
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15. The Last Irish Question: Will Six into Twenty-Six Ever Go?
By: Glenn Patterson
3.73
Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition
A view of the south of Ireland – political, social, geographical – through the eyes of a liberal no… read more
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16. We Play Here
By: Dawn Watson
4.28
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A Guardian Poetry Book of the Year 2023; shortlisted for the John Pollard International Poetry Priz… read more
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17. 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
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18. The Ghost Limb: Alternative Protestants and the Spirit of 1798
By: Claire Mitchell
4.50
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
In The Ghost Limb a group of northern Protestants retrace the steps of the United Irishmen, who wor… read more
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19. Willie Anderson: Crossing The Line
By: Willie Anderson
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
IRISH rugby has produced many charismatic figures over its history. None more than Willie Anderson.… read more
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20. Taking Liberties: ‘Everyone should be reading her’ Observer
By: Leontia Flynn
4.21
Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection about motherhood at a time of continuous crisis - from one of Ireland's most important… read more
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21. One Lark One Horse
By: Michael Hofmann
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Michael Hofmann is renowned as one of our most brilliant critics and translators; that he is also r… read more
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