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Recommended English books (42)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you speak English here are some English books from Ireland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

1.
56 Days

56 Days : A Thriller by Catherine Ryan Howard EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. 56 DAYS AGO Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. 35 DAYS AGO When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who--and what--he really is. TODAY Detectives arrive at Oliver's apartment to discover a decomposing body inside. Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created... continue
Recommended: 29 Apr 2023

2.

A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan EN

Rating: 4     12 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles of World War II, was as daring as it was ill-fated. It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. This is the whole compelling story, told through the vast cast of characters involved. From Dutch civilians to British and American strategists, its scope and ambition is unparalleled, superbly recreating the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation.
Recommended: 22 Oct 2022

3.
A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift EN

Rating: 3.5     18 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
Swift's ferocious, landmark eighteenth-century political satire on how to solve a famine in Ireland.
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Recommended: 26 May 2023

4.
A Modest Proposal and Other Writings

A Modest Proposal and Other Writings by Jonathan Swift EN

Rating: 4     3 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of puns . . . This selection gathers together some of Swift's most brilliant prose, from high politics to social gossip, from savage tirades to lighthearted social satire. In addition to his classic essays, the collection includes several of Swift's letters to Alexander Pope and other great thinkers of the age.
Genre Satire
Recommended: 09 May 2023

5.
A Monk Swimming : A Memoir

A Monk Swimming : A Memoir by Malachy McCourt EN

Rating: 3     7 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
The memoirs of Malachy McCourt who left a childhood of poverty in Ireland to live in New York where he carved out a colourful career as a writer and actor - The story of his early life was told in Angela's ashes, by his brother Frank McCourt.

6.
All We Shall Know

All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan EN

Rating: 4     5 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
'Martin Toppy is the son of a famous Traveller and the father of my unborn child. He's seventeen, I'm thirty-three. I was his teacher. I'd have killed myself by now if I was brave enough. I don't think it would hurt the baby. His little heart would stop with mine. He wouldn't feel himself leaving one world of darkness for another, his spirit untangling itself from me.' Melody Shee is alone and in trouble. Her husband doesn't take her news too well. She doesn't want to tell her father yet because he's a good man and this could break him. She's trying to stay in the moment, but the future is loo... continue
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Recommended: 26 May 2023

7.

Angela's Ashes : A Memoir of a Childhood by Frank McCourt EN

Rating: 1.7     24 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
A heartfelt account of poverty in Ireland and emigration to America. -- back cover.
Genre
Recommended: 25 May 2022

8.

Beautiful World, Where Are You : A Novel by Sally Rooney EN

Rating: 3     4 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
Beautiful World, Where Are You is a new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they w... continue
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Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

9.

Carmilla, Deluxe Edition : The cult classic that inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
A beautifully produced edition of the original vampire story, with a stunning cover + thoughtful design and layout to ensure the most seductive reading experience Steeped in the sexual tension between two young women, this is a beautiful, brand-new edition of the original cult classic which influenced Dracula and all the vampire stories that followed, including Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, teenaged Laura leads a solitary life with only her father, attendant and tutor for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into ... continue
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Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

10.

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney EN

Rating: 3     3 Votes
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
'This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone.' - Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram) WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2018 A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A stude... continue
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Recommended: 10 Jun 2022


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