14 Top irish literature books like Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan

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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…

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1. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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2. Wild Houses

By: Colin Barrett

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A darkly funny and deeply moving debut novel about crimes of desperation, dreams abandoned, and sma… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
"What you are in, Dev, is a holding pattern, only you're not holding out for anything."

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

"All boys, all children, are capable of cruelty at the right juncture of opportunity and circumstance, but only a few become committed prodigies of sadism..."

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

"In the dream, exactly as he had in real life, he sensed the slow, inexorable approach of the shapeless, prospectless days to come, days when there would be no need to get out of bed or brush his teet…"

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

"He looked around the empty kitchen. A part of him wanted this of course. A part of him had always wanted this, to be alone, away from even the prospect of any demand upon him to talk, to interact, to…"

-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses

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3. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

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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

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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5. The Coast Road

By: Alan Murrin

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and heartbreaking debut novel set in the 1990s in a claustrophobic coast town. With divo… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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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

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  • irish literature
Cover of The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

7. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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8. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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9. Ghost Mountain

By: Ronan Hession

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Mountain is a simple fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly and the way in w… read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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10. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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11. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Mouthing

By: Orla Mackey

3.93

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland from a ref… read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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13. 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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  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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14. 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
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15. Our Evenings

By: Alan Hollinghurst

4.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions mode… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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17. The Women Behind the Door

By: Roddy Doyle

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Booker-Prize winner Roddy Doyle’s spectacular return to his iconic character, Paula Spencer, whom h… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. The Drowned

By: John Banville

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes a richly atmo… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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19. Fire

By: John Boyne

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey

20. Our London Lives

By: Christine Dwyer Hickey

4.36

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, … read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
Cover of The Party: The perfect Christmas gift from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Tessa Hadley

21. The Party: The perfect Christmas gift from the Sunday Times bestselling author

By: Tessa Hadley

3.43

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresistible novella about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chro… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

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

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Earth

John Boyne

4.34

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Colin Barrett

3.78

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3.81

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Even the Dead (Quirke #7)

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2.67

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Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

Kate Atkinson

4.09

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