Irish Fiction

Offering irreverent and daring meditations on love and transformation, this masterful collection of short stories provides moments that are deeply moving as well as fiercely entertaining.

Her story was this: she had been an orphan, her mother probably a whore. That's true of what brought her here too: was she IRA, or did she just take risks for the sake of a friend? Julia O'Faolain paints a portrait of young Irish girls and their unseverable connection, showing solidarity in places politics cannot reach.

Maggie O'Farrell's groundbreaking debut: a stunning, best-selling story of wrenching love and grief

A compulsive and haunting tale of the passion, betrayal, sensuality and ambiguity at the heart of shifting metropolitan lives

An addictive and unforgettable novel of a marriage in freefall, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016.

Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel about childhood fears, families and love

An impassioned, intense, haunting family drama from the author of AFTER YOU'D GONE and THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE.

WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Books Are My Bag Reader's Choice Award Shortlisted, An Post Novel of the Year

An unforgettable novel of love and motherhood from bestselling author Maggie O'Farrell

An unforgettable portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976

Set at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman's battle for her very survival, written with all the drama and verve that made HAMNET an international bestseller.