The Rich Irish Literature Hit List

1.
Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends 4.07 avg rating — 67,566 ratings
2.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,143 ratings
3.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,699 ratings
4.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,106 ratings
5.
Light a Penny Candle
Light a Penny Candle 3.97 avg rating — 22,318 ratings
6.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,770 ratings
7.
The Sea
The Sea 3.55 avg rating — 34,124 ratings
8.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,598 ratings
9.
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman 3.97 avg rating — 22,246 ratings
10.
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 151,323 ratings
11.
Strumpet City
Strumpet City 4.27 avg rating — 1,907 ratings
12.
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1)
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,145 ratings
12.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,071 ratings
14.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,919 ratings
15.
The Snapper (The Barrytown Trilogy, #2)
The Snapper (The Barrytown Trilogy, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 8,681 ratings
16.
Selected Poetry
Selected Poetry 4.13 avg rating — 5,307 ratings
17.
A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3) 4.14 avg rating — 8,527 ratings
18.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea 3.93 avg rating — 11,820 ratings
19.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,626 ratings
20.
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 558,633 ratings
21.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,337 ratings
21.
Salomé
Salomé 3.71 avg rating — 20,197 ratings
23.
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband 4.01 avg rating — 44,045 ratings
24.
Watermelon (Walsh Family, #1)
Watermelon (Walsh Family, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 91,809 ratings
25.
Foster
Foster 4.32 avg rating — 141,258 ratings
26.
The Gathering
The Gathering 3.14 avg rating — 25,673 ratings
27.
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 8,298 ratings
28.
Absolutist
Absolutist 4.10 avg rating — 22,490 ratings
29.
Ghost Light
Ghost Light 3.50 avg rating — 1,870 ratings
30.
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture 3.84 avg rating — 22,630 ratings
31.
The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) 3.79 avg rating — 169 ratings
32.
Slammerkin
Slammerkin 3.75 avg rating — 17,131 ratings
33.
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa 3.72 avg rating — 4,889 ratings
34.
The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man 3.61 avg rating — 11,100 ratings
35.
The Story of Lucy Gault
The Story of Lucy Gault 3.77 avg rating — 7,820 ratings
36.
Tarry Flynn
Tarry Flynn 3.85 avg rating — 458 ratings
37.
Under the Hawthorn Tree (Children of the Famine, #1)
Under the Hawthorn Tree (Children of the Famine, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 4,590 ratings
37.
1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion 4.08 avg rating — 3,958 ratings
37.
The Storyteller of Inis Mor: Could a legend save his life?
The Storyteller of Inis Mor: Could a legend save his life? 4.30 avg rating — 82 ratings
37.
Beara: Dark Legends (Beara Trilogy, #1)
Beara: Dark Legends (Beara Trilogy, #1) 4.54 avg rating — 50 ratings
37.
Philippa's Farm
Philippa's Farm 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
37.
Acts of Allegiance
Acts of Allegiance 3.67 avg rating — 135 ratings
37.
Liath Luachra: The Great Wild (Irish Woman Warrior #0.5)
Liath Luachra: The Great Wild (Irish Woman Warrior #0.5) 4.08 avg rating — 89 ratings
37.
Poems: James Joyce
Poems: James Joyce 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
45.
Making Babies: Stumbling Into Motherhood
Making Babies: Stumbling Into Motherhood 3.58 avg rating — 1,139 ratings
45.
Brendan
Brendan 3.75 avg rating — 376 ratings
45.
The House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose 4.19 avg rating — 15,763 ratings
45.
The Boy Who Could See Demons
The Boy Who Could See Demons 3.88 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
45.
The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship 3.94 avg rating — 8,109 ratings
45.
Philippa's folly
Philippa's folly 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
45.
Bump, Bike & Baby
Bump, Bike & Baby 4.05 avg rating — 62 ratings
52.
Sean O'Casey - Autobiographies: I Knock at the Door ; Pictures in the Hallway ; Drums Under the Windows
Sean O'Casey - Autobiographies: I Knock at the Door ; Pictures in the Hallway ; Drums Under the Windows 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings
52.
Trinity
Trinity
by: Leon Uris
4.29 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
52.
The Orchid House
The Orchid House 4.04 avg rating — 38,976 ratings
52.
Philippa's Flight
Philippa's Flight 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
56.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
by: R.A. Dick
4.12 avg rating — 6,380 ratings
56.
A History of Loneliness
A History of Loneliness 4.28 avg rating — 18,501 ratings
58.
The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
by: Anonymous
3.95 avg rating — 4,886 ratings
58.
Mothers and Sons: Stories
Mothers and Sons: Stories 3.78 avg rating — 2,639 ratings
58.
Girl
Girl 3.53 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
61.
The Library at the Edge of the World
The Library at the Edge of the World 3.50 avg rating — 10,127 ratings
62.
The Wonder
The Wonder 3.64 avg rating — 90,166 ratings
63.
Rain on the Wind
Rain on the Wind 4.30 avg rating — 266 ratings
64.
The Master
The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,580 ratings
64.
Seek the Fair Land
Seek the Fair Land 4.17 avg rating — 703 ratings
66.
The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments / The Snapper / The Van (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1-3)
The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments / The Snapper / The Van (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1-3) 4.30 avg rating — 3,294 ratings
67.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 3.75 avg rating — 23,937 ratings
68.
The Children of Dynmouth
The Children of Dynmouth 3.98 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
69.
Love and Summer
Love and Summer 3.59 avg rating — 4,347 ratings
70.
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle 4.06 avg rating — 4,432 ratings
71.
The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood
The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood 3.75 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
72.
The Field
The Field 3.80 avg rating — 559 ratings
73.
Sive
Sive 3.56 avg rating — 697 ratings
74.
Moll
Moll 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
75.
My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories
My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 566 ratings
76.
Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy 4.01 avg rating — 3,008 ratings