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Recommended fantasy books (14)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into fantasy here are some fantasy books from Ireland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

11.

The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.

12.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde EN

Rating: 4 (35 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
Gray's outward innocence conceals corruption deep enough to charm those about him into a life of wanton sexuality.


14.

The Surface Breaks: a Reimagining of the Little Mermaid by Louise O’Neill EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
Think you know the story of The Little Mermaid? Think again... This is a book with the darkest of undercurrents, full of rage and rallying cries: storytelling at its most spellbinding. Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminis... continue