CELEBRATING YOUR FAVOURITE IRISH BOOKS OF THE LAST 20 YEARS

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

Roseanne McNulty is one of the last inhabitants of a soon-to-be closed asylum in the West of Ireland. No one knows how old she is, or can remember why she was committed. She knows, however, and is about to tell her story to psychiatrist, Dr Grene.

Refracted through the haze of memory, Roseanne’s account is an extraordinary alternative history of Ireland, and the story of a life blighted by mistreatment, yet marked still by passion and hope.

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Asking For It

Louise O'Neill

Fia and the Last Snow Deer

Eilish Fisher, illustrated by Dermot Flynn

Girls Who Slay Monsters

Ellen Ryan, illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

Holding

Graham Norton

Normal People

Sally Rooney

Room

Emma Donoghue

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

The Importance of Being Aisling

Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

The Spinning Heart

Donal Ryan

Trespasses

Louise Kennedy

Unravelling Oliver

Liz Nugent

Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun)

Manchán Magan, illustrated by Megan Luddy

We Don’t Know Ourselves

Fintan O'Toole

A Ghost in the Throat

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Country Girl

Edna O’Brien

Poor

Katriona O’Sullivan

Atlas of the Irish Revolution

John Crowley, Donál Ó Drisceoil, Mike Murphy and John Borgonovo

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An Post Irish Book Awards unveils list featuring Top 20 Favourite Irish Books from category winners over the past two decades - as voted for by the public

AN POST BOOKSHOP OF THE YEAR

An Post Irish Book Awards unveils list featuring Top 20 Favourite Irish Books from category winners over the past two decades - as voted for by the public

An Post Irish Book Awards unveils list featuring Top 20 Favourite Irish Books from category winners over the past two decades - as voted for by the public

CELEBRATING YOUR FAVOURITE IRISH BOOKS OF THE LAST 20 YEARS

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

Explore the other titles in the list

Asking For It

Louise O'Neill

Fia and the Last Snow Deer

Eilish Fisher, illustrated by Dermot Flynn

Girls Who Slay Monsters

Ellen Ryan, illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

Holding

Graham Norton

Normal People

Sally Rooney

Room

Emma Donoghue

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

The Importance of Being Aisling

Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

The Spinning Heart

Donal Ryan

Trespasses

Louise Kennedy

Unravelling Oliver

Liz Nugent

Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun)

Manchán Magan, illustrated by Megan Luddy

We Don’t Know Ourselves

Fintan O'Toole

A Ghost in the Throat

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Country Girl

Edna O’Brien

Poor

Katriona O’Sullivan

Atlas of the Irish Revolution

John Crowley, Donál Ó Drisceoil, Mike Murphy and John Borgonovo

Don’t miss a chapter…