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1. The Gathering
By: Anne Enright
3.13
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voice… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
"A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking"-Anne Enright, The Gathering
"I must console him for the distance we have moved from the place where he stopped."-Anne Enright, The Gathering
"the kind of person took milk in his tea on one day and decided against it on the next."-Anne Enright, The Gathering
"Jej błękit zajął miejsce w szarych zakamarkach jego mózgu i pozostał tam do końca życia"-Anne Enright, The Gathering
2. Fight Like a Girl
By: Clementine Ford
3.98
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our m… read more
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"A friend of mine once said to me that feminism helped to figure out a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt."-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
"Boys are given the universe in which to carve out their identities, the promise of infinite space for them to expand into and contract upon. Girls are allowed only enough room to be stars, and they m…"-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
"-no matter what we do, we'll never succeed in attaining the 'perfect' body or the 'perfect' face. This isn't just because perfection is an unattainable goal; it's because capitalism relies on people …"-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
"We know how unsafe the world is for us. We are like cliffs staring down at a raging sea, battered by winds and salt and spray and unable to wrench ourselves away from the supposed inevitability of it…"-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
3. Back From the Brink: The Autobiography
By: None , Paul McGrath
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The autobiography of this Irish soccer player is not a football story but a human story that goes f… read more
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- irish literature
4. Troubles (Empire Trilogy, #1)
By: John Banville , J.G. Farrell
3.83
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize 1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer ma… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
5. Set the Boy Free
By: Johnny Marr
2.50
Format: 32 pages, ebook
The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more
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6. If Morning Ever Comes
By: Anne Tyler
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ben Joe Hawkes is a worrier. Raised by his mother, grandmother, and a flock of busy sisters, he's a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- novels
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- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
8. Blowback (Enzo Files, #5)
By: Peter May
4.82
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
When France's top chef, Marc Fraysse, summoned the world's press to make a shattering announcement,… read more
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- fiction
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- ireland
- irish literature
10. Cast Iron (The Enzo Files, #6)
By: Peter May
4.60
Format: None pages,
West of France, 1989. A weeping killer deposits the unconscious body of nineteen year old Lucie Mar… read more
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11. The Green Road
By: Anne Enright
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From internationally acclaimed author Anne Enright comes a shattering novel set in a small town on … read more
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12. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
By: Viv Albertine
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring wi… read more
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"It’s true the good die young."-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"I grew up with John Lennon at my side, like a big brother."-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"Anyone who writes an autobiography is either a twat or broke."-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"I think most people in long marriages have a touch of Stockholm Syndrome"-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
13. Spill Simmer Falter Wither
By: Sara Baume
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
You find me on a Tuesday, on my Tuesday trip to town. You're sellotaped to the inside pane of the j… read more
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14. The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
By: Edna O'Brien
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meet Kate and Baba, two young Irish country girls who have spent their childhood together. As they … read more
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15. Lean On Pete
By: Willy Vlautin
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend … read more
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16. Skippy Dies
By: Paul Murray
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, Skippy Dies wrings every last drop of humour and hopel… read more
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17. Bark: Stories
By: Lorrie Moore
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
These eight masterly stories reveal Lorrie Moore at her most mature and in a perfect configuration … read more
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18. The Enchanters
By: James Ellroy
3.73
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
19. The Wren, the Wren
By: Anne Enright
3.55
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
20. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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21. The Philosophy of Modern Song
By: Bob Dylan
3.80
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more
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"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
22. A Thousand Moons (Days Without End #2)
By: Sebastian Barry
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new novel about memory and identity set in Paris, Tennessee in the aftermath of the Amer… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
- ireland
- irish literature
"But we only have one path across the mire of remembrance in general."-Sebastian Barry, A Thousand Moons (Days Without End #2)
23. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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- fiction
24. The Escape
By: Ruth Kelly
3.44
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
The grander the house. The darker the secrets. From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Escape is… read more
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- fiction
25. Ozark Dogs
By: Eli Cranor
3.72
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more
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- fiction
26. Nightbloom
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel abou… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
27. The Anniversary
By: Stephanie Bishop
3.10
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
For fans of Lisa Halliday and Susan Choi, The Anniversary is a simmering page-turner about an ascen… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
28. The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
By: Richard Flanagan
3.71
Format: 240 pages, ebook
In a world of perennial fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother is dying—if her three chil… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
29. I Wanna Be Yours
By: John Cooper Clarke
4.17
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Poet Laureate of Punk, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. A… read more
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30. Prettier If She Smiled More
By: Toni Jordan
3.63
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
'A contemporary comic masterpiece. Practically every page boasts lines redolent of humour, wit and … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
