21 Best fiction books like Don’t Look Back in Ongar by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

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Don’t Look Back in Ongar

By: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

4.63

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ross is a national institution' Irish Times 'One of the funniest writers in the land' Irish Indepe…

If you liked the fiction plot in Don’t Look Back in Ongar by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Spinning Heart

By: Donal Ryan

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As v… read more

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  • irish literature
  • fiction

2. The Commitments

By: Roddy Doyle

4.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the sou… read more

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3. The Outsider

By: Jane Casey

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

He came to destroy the family. Now he’s the one in danger. As an undercover police officer, Rob … read more

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4. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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5. 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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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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6. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

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  • fiction
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7. 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

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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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8. 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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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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9. 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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  • fiction
"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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10. 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
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11. Don't Look Back

By: Jo Spain

3.91

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive, unforgettable new thriller from Jo Spain For one week, everything in Luke Miller'… read more

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  • fiction
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12. The Trial

By: Jo Spain

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical… read more

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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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13. 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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  • irish literature
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14. 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

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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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15. Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography

By: Liam Brady

4.19

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

"Being a footballer was my destiny." After being expelled from school for playing football for his … read more

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  • irish literature
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16. The Returned

By: Amanda Cassidy

4.12

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A dark, haunting tale with an emotional gut punch that stays with you long after the final page. A… read more

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  • irish literature
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17. The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis

By: Conor Niland

4.38

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar… read more

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18. First Wife's Shadow

By: Adele Parks

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Emma, a wealthy, independent, sensible CEO, has long put her chaotic childhood at the hands of alco… read more

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  • fiction
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19. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

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  • fiction
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20. 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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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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21. Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8)

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessab… read more

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  • fiction
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22. 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
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23. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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  • fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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24. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

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  • fiction
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25. Don’t Look Back in Ongar

By: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

4.63

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ross is a national institution' Irish Times 'One of the funniest writers in the land' Irish Indepe… read more

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  • irish literature
  • fiction
Cover of In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29) by Lee Child

26. In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and… read more

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  • fiction
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27. 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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  • irish literature
  • fiction
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28. 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
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29. Who Killed Una Lynskey?: A True Story of Murder, Vigilante Justice and the Garda ‘Heavy Gang’

By: Mick Clifford

4.43

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoe… read more

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30. Obsessed: The Autobiography: The highly anticipated sports autobiography from the Irish Rugby legend

By: Johnny Sexton

4.17

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

'Sexton will go down as Ireland's greatest ever player' Gordon D'Arcy, Irish TimesNo Irish rugby pl… read more

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31. Money: A Story of Humanity

By: David McWilliams

4.26

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

MONEY.The object of our desires.The engine of our genius.Humanity’s greatest invention. Whether we … read more

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Donal Ryan

4.27

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John Boyne

4.33

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4.34

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Marian Keyes

4.02

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Michael Connelly

4.47

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Brad Thor

4.59

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Jeffrey Archer

4.11

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Vince Flynn

4.53

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