“A haunting, atmospheric tale with ingenious dark twists from one of Ireland’s most elegant writers.” – Alison, Liffey Valley

At the turn of the century, struggling writer Evelyn Dolman travels to Venice to celebrate a belated honeymoon with his heiress wife Laura. But a mysterious rift between Laura and her father results in her disinheritance, dashing Evelyn’s hopes of a comfortable life. Their arrival in the dark, cold Venice winter adds fuel to Evelyn’s paranoia and unease. This well plotted, layered and twisting narrative, along an array of villainous characters, culminates in an atmospheric crescendo. A perfect winter mystery.

“With themes of trauma, grief and power this is an absolute must-read for anyone who loves profound, immersive storytelling.” – Niamh, Galway

Katabasis is a stunning, emotional rollercoaster that hooks readers instantly pulling them into Kuang's rich, dark, underworld. This novel is simultaneously an homage to Dante's Inferno while also being it's own journey through the afterlife. Themes of trauma, grief and power are explored in the same breathtaking intensity as we've seen in The Poppy War. Kuang’s prose is sharp and poetic, drawing you into a world filled with philosophical dilemmas and the weight of past actions. It's a beautifully crafted, haunting exploration of self and survival, an absolute must-read anyone who loves profound, immersive storytelling.

“With compelling moral and social commentary, this dual timeline novel is one of real originality written with McEwan’s usual provocative, vivid prose.” – Brendan, Support Office

McEwan returns with a dual timeline novel of real originality written with his usual provocative, vivid prose. Part one, set in a dystopian future, traces academic Tom’s obsessive quest for a long-lost, fabled poem that was only ever read once - to a select audience in 2014. In part two, the author expands on the characters that were in attendance to explore their inner complexities and reveal their duplicitousness. This is a compelling moral and social commentary.

“Poetic, empathic and heartbreakingly moving, as a modern Ireland struggles with the legacies of our past.” – Susan, Support Office

For thirty years Anne Enright has been paying attention: casting her lucid and distinctive gaze across the world, literature and her own life, and gifting us with her precise insights. These essays, collated from across Enright's career, take us from Dublin to Galway, Canada to Honduras. They delve into Enright's own family history, and explore the free voices and controlled bodies of women in society and fiction. She offers new perspectives on writers including Alice Munro, Toni Morrison, James Joyce, Helen Garner and Angela Carter. In Enright's fiction, speech can transform, rupture, enliven and liberate. In these essays, she speaks to us directly.

“Another gripping crime thriller from our former State Pathologist, who expertly weaves a complex maze to trap us in. A twisty-turny whodunnit that keeps you hooked.” – Laura, Waterford

COLD CASES. HOT LEADS. AND A KILLER STILL WATCHING . . . State pathologist Terry O'Brien is about to take on her toughest role yet. Tasked with leading the Open Case Review Unit, her usual post-mortem work has been extended to cold-case investigation into unsolved suspicious deaths. When a garda detective is murdered, his body mutilated and dumped on gangland ground, she is called in.

Deadly Evidence is a gripping page-turner that charts the course of a heroine of the mortuary who has come back from the brink once and remains determined to speak truth to power, whatever the cost.

“Heartbreaking and beautifully hopeful – this is a haunting tale of absence, loss, and longing melting into the promise of a new beginning.” – Martha, Liffey Valley

One snowy morning, after arguing with her husband, Miquel's mother walks out from their home high up in the Pyrenees and does not return. With his younger brother stationed far away on military service and his father cast out by the people of the town, Miquel and his father are left to fend for themselves. Together they will be forced to battle the elements, and their resentment of each other, through the long winter. Miquel's desperate searching for his mother is only interrupted when Manolo, an orphaned servant boy from the next village, arrives to help out in the house. As Miquel is forced to confront the reality of his mother's absence, Manolo, with his silences and longing gaze, offers the promise of new love, and another kind of life.

“Poetic, empathic and heartbreakingly moving, as a modern Ireland struggles with the legacies of our past.” – Susan, Support Office

Finding herself living alone in her old family home, Claire is unmoored when her ex-boyfriend Tom unexpectedly moves in nearby. Battling her doubts about her past decisions, this beautifully told story evokes the stories of her family’s troubled history and the challenges they endured. Poetic, empathic and heartbreakingly moving, this multi-generational story sets the scene of an Ireland we can all recognise, with the legacies of our past struggling to find a place in our modern world.

“Effortlessly weaves alternative timelines into a compelling portrait of a family.” – Aoife, Support Office

What’s in a name? This is the heart of Florence Knapp’s stunning debut novel which follows three alternate timelines, based on the decision of a mother in an abusive marriage to name her child Gordon, Julian, or Bear. This one simple choice has a profound impact on the narrative of his life and the lives of those around him. Knapp makes it look effortless weaving these stories across several years to make for a cohesive, compelling portrait of a family.

“A brilliantly realised and entertaining account of the political rivalry that shaped 1980s Ireland, this is political history of the highest calibre.” – Tom, Mary St.

The two opposing political figures that shaped Irish life in the 1980s and beyond. In the 1980s, Irish politics was dominated by a fierce rivalry between Charles J. Haughey and Dr Garret FitzGerald, both leaders of their respective parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. Between them they each led all Irish governments in that decade; to say their two opposing personalities shaped Irish life during this era is an understatement. Eoin O'Malley has amassed an extraordinary body of research, including in-depth interviews with dozens of the most consequential public figures of the time, every Taoiseach, cabinet ministers, TDs, civil servants, and advisers.

“The infamous Dunnes’ dynasty is laid bare in this thoroughly captivating exposé, covering multigenerational strife and scandal.” – Conor, Mary St.

The real story behind Dunnes Stores, the most quintessentially Irish shop of all, and the family drama behind it This is the story of the extraordinary family behind one of Ireland's most famous businesses, Dunnes Stores, over three generations and covering nearly 80 years of retailing but going back as far as the 19th century. With drama worthy of the popular TV drama Succession, a real-life Irish family drama shows the children of a dominant founder argue as to who should run the supermarket empire after his death and take the money from it, and how they dealt or not, with addictions and ill health, including alcoholism. This is the story of excess, success and failure.

“A stunning collection containing his entire body of work, as well as several posthumous works chosen by the Heaney family.” – Tom, Mary St.

This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry. It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a selection of unpublished material chosen by the poet's family. It is a body of work that, in its entirety, resounds with the 'lyrical beauty and ethical depth' cited by the Nobel committee: poems 'which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.'

“Lee’s sharp wit shines through in this collection of her early work. A glimpse at the seeds that grew Lee into a literary titan of our age.” – Laura, Waterford

Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee's youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of mid-century Manhattan, The Land of Sweet Forever invites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, the American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life. This collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lee's appointed biographer, which provides illuminating background for our reading of these stories and connects them both to Lee's life and to her two novels.

“This story is action-packed, smart and funny with a lot of heart.” – Karina, Rathmines

Life has been quiet for the Thursday Murder Club members, so when Joyce’s daughter Joanna gets married, they are all in attendance. Then the best man asks for their help - someone is trying to kill him, and he needs them to investigate discreetly. Cue a rollicking adventure, packed with bitcoin, bunkers and bombs, suspicious deaths and disappearances, dodgy geezers and high finance - this story is action-packed, smart and funny with a lot of heart.

"Farrell draws from his incredible rugby career to bring us lessons on life, leadership, and fatherhood. This book is a grand slam.” – Aodhan, Grafton St.

Warm, thoughtful and passionate, Andy Farrell is not just a brilliant rugby man: he is a fascinating human being. His autobiography brings us back to his childhood in Wigan, when he made a meteoric ascent to the highest levels of rugby league. He writes about his ambitious attempt to remake himself as a rugby union player in his thirties. He writes about the importance of family in his life and he traces the journey that has led to him become one of rugby's most successful coaches, explaining what he has learned about leadership along the way.

“The final book in Pullman’s masterful trilogy is another breathtaking quest, and a crowning conclusion to a literary phenomenon.” – Eilis, Stillorgan

Marking thirty years since the world was first introduced to Pullman’s remarkable heroine Lyra Belacqua in Northern Lights, The Rose Field is the culmination of the cultural phenomenon of The Book of Dust and His Dark Materials.

‘Lyra: what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening to the world of the roses?’ ‘Defend it,’ Lyra said. ‘Die defending it.’

“I’ve never been so delighted to be able to describe the rain so well. Manchán Magan’s stunning book is a ray of sun to our rainy days.” – Róisín, Swords

Meet the néaladóirì (cloud-watchers) and réadóirì (stargazers) from our past who, without the luxury of Met Éireann at their disposal, observed birds, trees, animals, as well as markers on land and sea for signs of weather change. The sheer richness and variety of terms they amassed reveal the closeness with which they observed the world around them. Swallows flying low foretold rain. The heron's behaviour offered many hints: Aimsir chrua thirim nuair a bhìonn an corr éisc suas in aghaidh srutha chun na sléibhte (when the heron flies upstream to the mountains the weather will be dry but rough). Fearthainn nuair a thagann sì an abhainn anuas (when she goes downstream, it will rain). Evoking countless sodden, shivery experiences on this Atlantic-swept island of ours, this beautifully illustrated gift book uses Irish words to grasp an almost-lost world through the wisdom stored in the Irish language.

“No one can help you escape this hectic world like Charlie Mackesy. Soothes the soul.” – Gráinne, Bray

'One day you'll look back and realise how hard it was, and just how well you did' Charlie Mackesy's four unlikely friends are wandering through the wilds again. They're not sure what they are looking for. They do know that life can be difficult, but that they love each other, and cake is often the answer. When the dark clouds come, can the boy remember what he needs to get through the storm?

“A stolen moment of passion binds two families together throughout the years, in this wonderfully vivid novel.” – Mary, Dún Laoghaire

From 1945 with the news of the Allied victory in Europe, to the catastrophic Vietnamese war, the small town of Bonhomie, Ohio feels like a small corner on the world stage. A stolen moment of passion binds two families together throughout the years, as each struggle to navigate life’s twists and turns. Cal hampered by a limp and an impoverished childhood, and Margaret and her husband Felix each gripped by their own devastating secrets.