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Recommended Reads

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'A little girl is sent to live indefinitely with her 'mother's people' - a childless couple on a farm in rural Ireland with apparently plenty of food and money to spare. ...Her happiness is short-lived, however, when a secret revealed by a neighbour threatens to destroy her childhood idyll. This is a beautifully written, sad and evocative story that is a must for anyone who enjoys good writing. I would have gladly stayed with the story for longer.'

- Bobbie Ryan, Bray


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Skippy Dies Makes Booker Longlist

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Second-time Dublin novelist Paul Murray added another award nomination to his collection when Skippy Dies made the Booker Prize longlist. Emma Donoghue's Room was also nominated while the two Irish authors will face stiff competition from Rose Tremain, Helen Dunmore, Peter Carey and David Mitchell among others.

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Bestsellers

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Fiction dominates the bestsellers list with both The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker and Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor selling strongly. The Help by Kathryn Stockett is without doubt this year's 'must read' and is now available in paperback at only €7.99. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee returns to the bestseller lists 50 years after its publication thanks to a new anniversary edition and being featured on the Ryan Tubridy Book Club.

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Room

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Word is that Room, the new novel from Emma Donoghue (author of Slammerkin) is set to be one of the publishing sensations of the year. To tell you any more would spoil the plot of this remarkably inventive, shocking, disturbing, captivating and original story. What we can say is that we will have signed copies available in each of our shops on the 30th of July. Please contact your local branch or email info@dubraybooks.ie to reserve a copy.

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We're Mad About...Space Crime Conspiracy

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Stanley Bound is an ordinary earthling living an ordinary life until he is accused of the intergalactic crime of the century: the murder of President Vorlugenar, a man he’s never heard of, from a planet he never knew existed. He is arrested by the Armorian Interplanetary police and zipped through Cutspace to the Bucket, a notorious space prison where he sees video footage of himself committing the crime of which he is accused. Stanley Bound is in quite a pickle....

- Kim Harte, Bray

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Mary Burnham

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According to Mark Twain you should “be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint”. Maybe he realised that one day in the future, there would be more books written about health than you can shake a stick at. But apart from having a good laugh (something, by the way, that is essential for your wellbeing) you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the wide variety of books on every aspect of health and the wealth of useful information therein.

» Mary Burnham