The Irish Times Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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A Spell of Good Things
Ayobami AdebayoThe Irish TimesA Spell of Good Things by Ayòbámi Adébáyò: An intimate portrait of poverty and wealth in Nigeria (via @IrishTimesBooks) https://t.co/6897DLk00G
Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
August Blue
Deborah LevyThe Irish TimesDeborah Levy’s August Blue: A novel shot through with a spectral quality (via @IrishTimesBooks) https://t.co/lWwDhww3TX
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The New Life
Tom CreweThe Irish TimesThe New Life by Tom Crewe: Vivid novel about 19th century homosexuality has a contemporary edge https://t.co/q3QcFVEZQB
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia ArmfieldThe Irish TimesJulie Armfield’s debut novel is sharp, atmospheric, dryly funny, sad, distinctive. If it doesn’t appear on numerous prize lists, I’ll eat my hat.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rachel Incident
Caroline O'DonoghueThe Irish TimesThe Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue: A deeply satisfying novel about friendship and love https://t.co/YDvG1CUD4u
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thrust
Lidia YuknavitchThe Irish TimesThrust by Lidia Yuknavitch: Prescient, elegiac and epic https://t.co/q3YseRREc9
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah NelsonThe Irish TimesSmall Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson: Writing with the true language of our souls https://t.co/6NWTQ43i76
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadThe Irish TimesBook review - 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
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Librarianist
Patrick DeWittThe Irish TimesThe Librarianist by Patrick deWitt: A compelling storyteller but an uncompelling protagonist https://t.co/kUgqWJMxN9
Paperback, Large Print, 2023
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Father's House
Joseph O'ConnorThe Irish TimesMy Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor: A masterful, seamless blend of fact and fiction https://t.co/puTeE0PBVS
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book