Irish Times Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama
The central message of The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama: great self-esteem begins at home https://t.co/QbSafbB8mc via @IrishTimesBooks
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fling
Joseph Murray
Fling by Joseph Murray: A lively and propulsive debut https://t.co/cSXfWwSxhE via @IrishTimesBooks
Out of stock

Diary of an Invasion
Andrey Kurkov
Invasion by Luke Harding and Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov: two takes on Russia’s war https://t.co/RHfrnLzUVA via @IrishTimesBooks
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mary Lou McDonald: A Republican Riddle
Shane Ross
Book of the Day: Shane Ross's biography of Mary Lou McDonald is lively and punchy (via @IrishTimesBooks) https://t.co/PbbZMmx4Hp
Paperback, 2024
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: a pacy, rollicking read https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-a-pacy-rollicking-read-1.4664157?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter via @IrishTimesBooks
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy: a portrait of inconsolable grief https://t.co/I9uBJoQe7j via @IrishTimesBooks
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The World: Travels 1950-2000
Jan Morris
Born in Clevedon on the coast of Somerset in 1926, Jan Morris travelled the world reporting on major stories but disliked being called a travel writer, via @IrishTimesBooks https://t.co/wMBb1qTJqF
Paperback, 2005
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid
The Last White Man review: Insightful if sometimes dour novel of identity https://t.co/rDUPznTv9I via @IrishTimesBooks
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Liam Lynch: To Declare a Republic
Gerard Shannon
Liam Lynch, To Declare a Republic: A nuanced portrait of an ‘ill-suited commander’ by Gerard Shannon https://t.co/hPGo8CzytN via @IrishTimesBooks
Paperback, 2023
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women
Leanne McCormick
Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women – Gone to the bad https://t.co/dXM3nZGxXO via @IrishTimesBooks
Out of stock