Irish Times - Best Irish Books of the 21st Century

1.
Night Boat to Tangier
Night Boat to Tangier 3.62 avg rating — 21,161 ratings
2.
The Heart in Winter
The Heart in Winter 3.83 avg rating — 8,359 ratings
3.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating — 310,859 ratings
4.
Big Girl, Small Town
Big Girl, Small Town 3.33 avg rating — 7,101 ratings
5.
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These 4.13 avg rating — 349,920 ratings
6.
The Rachel Incident
The Rachel Incident 4.07 avg rating — 122,406 ratings
7.
Glorious Exploits
Glorious Exploits 4.15 avg rating — 14,969 ratings
8.
Nora Webster
Nora Webster 3.62 avg rating — 22,989 ratings
9.
Beatlebone
Beatlebone 3.48 avg rating — 3,645 ratings
10.
Apeirogon
Apeirogon 4.25 avg rating — 25,706 ratings
11.
Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 69,620 ratings
12.
The Colony
The Colony 4.11 avg rating — 11,902 ratings
13.
Shadowplay
Shadowplay 3.85 avg rating — 3,741 ratings
14.
Paula Spencer (Paula Spencer, #2)
Paula Spencer (Paula Spencer, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 2,894 ratings
15.
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1)
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 26,470 ratings
16.
Prophet Song
Prophet Song 4.04 avg rating — 73,991 ratings
17.
The Glorious Heresies
The Glorious Heresies 3.76 avg rating — 8,409 ratings
18.
The Story of Lucy Gault
The Story of Lucy Gault 3.77 avg rating — 7,819 ratings
19.
Academy Street
Academy Street 3.69 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
20.
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing 3.48 avg rating — 13,673 ratings
21.
The Bee Sting
The Bee Sting 3.89 avg rating — 113,488 ratings
21.
Soldier Sailor
Soldier Sailor 4.05 avg rating — 9,577 ratings
23.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea 3.93 avg rating — 11,820 ratings
24.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,755,602 ratings
25.
Milkman
Milkman 3.53 avg rating — 68,145 ratings
26.
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling 3.92 avg rating — 12,430 ratings
27.
Service
Service 4.19 avg rating — 2,681 ratings
28.
This Hostel Life
This Hostel Life 3.95 avg rating — 519 ratings
29.
Snowflake
Snowflake 3.86 avg rating — 13,049 ratings
30.
Fallen
Fallen
by: Lia Mills
3.41 avg rating — 538 ratings
31.
Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce
Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce 4.05 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
31.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,306 ratings
31.
Foster
Foster 4.32 avg rating — 141,203 ratings
34.
Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)
Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6) 4.28 avg rating — 29,148 ratings
34.
Trespasses
Trespasses 3.97 avg rating — 46,036 ratings
36.
A Line Made By Walking
A Line Made By Walking 3.74 avg rating — 2,645 ratings
37.
Havoc, in Its Third Year
Havoc, in Its Third Year 3.58 avg rating — 560 ratings
38.
Multitudes
Multitudes 4.25 avg rating — 857 ratings
39.
Actress
Actress 3.44 avg rating — 6,807 ratings
40.
Unraveling Oliver
Unraveling Oliver 3.81 avg rating — 30,752 ratings
41.
Tenderwire
Tenderwire 3.70 avg rating — 372 ratings
42.
Pond
Pond 3.52 avg rating — 9,010 ratings
43.
The Blue Tango
The Blue Tango 3.50 avg rating — 181 ratings
44.
Ordinary Human Failings
Ordinary Human Failings 3.72 avg rating — 11,073 ratings
45.
A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3) 4.14 avg rating — 8,527 ratings
46.
The Thing About December
The Thing About December 3.90 avg rating — 2,802 ratings
47.
Hawthorn & Child
Hawthorn & Child 3.38 avg rating — 1,414 ratings
48.
Strange Sally Diamond
Strange Sally Diamond 4.15 avg rating — 153,925 ratings
49.
White City
White City 3.66 avg rating — 772 ratings
50.
The Alternatives
The Alternatives 3.39 avg rating — 3,580 ratings
51.
Love and Summer
Love and Summer 3.59 avg rating — 4,345 ratings
52.
Walk the Blue Fields
Walk the Blue Fields 4.01 avg rating — 9,762 ratings
53.
The Narrow Land
The Narrow Land 3.75 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
54.
Show Them a Good Time
Show Them a Good Time 3.21 avg rating — 1,495 ratings
55.
Winterwood
Winterwood 3.14 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
56.
The Truth Commissioner
The Truth Commissioner 3.68 avg rating — 266 ratings
57.
Tatty
Tatty 3.75 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
58.
The Fire Starters
The Fire Starters 3.78 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
59.
There are Little Kingdoms: Stories
There are Little Kingdoms: Stories 4.07 avg rating — 1,385 ratings
60.
Sweet Home
Sweet Home 3.99 avg rating — 804 ratings
61.
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim, Two Boys 4.11 avg rating — 9,622 ratings
62.
Travelling in a Strange Land
Travelling in a Strange Land 4.05 avg rating — 1,944 ratings
63.
Molly Fox's Birthday
Molly Fox's Birthday 3.52 avg rating — 1,083 ratings
64.
Here Are the Young Men
Here Are the Young Men
by: Rob Doyle
3.49 avg rating — 834 ratings
65.
The Lesser Bohemians
The Lesser Bohemians 3.85 avg rating — 5,006 ratings
66.
The Little Red Chairs
The Little Red Chairs 3.25 avg rating — 10,679 ratings
67.
This Is Happiness
This Is Happiness 4.23 avg rating — 24,457 ratings
68.
Dinosaurs on Other Planets
Dinosaurs on Other Planets 3.79 avg rating — 623 ratings
69.
The Wren, the Wren
The Wren, the Wren 3.52 avg rating — 13,683 ratings
70.
Asking For It
Asking For It really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,887 ratings
71.
Exciting Times
Exciting Times 3.21 avg rating — 73,031 ratings
72.
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac 3.70 avg rating — 3,314 ratings
73.
Intermezzo
Intermezzo 3.85 avg rating — 264,604 ratings
74.
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Heart's Invisible Furies 4.51 avg rating — 197,297 ratings
75.
Ghost Light
Ghost Light 3.50 avg rating — 1,870 ratings
76.
How to Build a Boat
How to Build a Boat 3.74 avg rating — 6,058 ratings
77.
Conversations with Friends
Conversations with Friends 3.74 avg rating — 573,883 ratings
78.
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard and Hungry Paul 4.12 avg rating — 16,119 ratings
79.
Girl
Girl 3.53 avg rating — 8,140 ratings
80.
A Ghost in the Throat
A Ghost in the Throat 4.02 avg rating — 10,192 ratings
81.
Wild Houses
Wild Houses 3.71 avg rating — 7,455 ratings
82.
Close to Home
Close to Home 4.03 avg rating — 12,385 ratings
83.
Young Skins
Young Skins 4.02 avg rating — 2,492 ratings
84.
Solace
Solace 3.47 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
85.
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
Spill Simmer Falter Wither 3.70 avg rating — 6,534 ratings
86.
Bad Day in Blackrock
Bad Day in Blackrock 3.78 avg rating — 537 ratings
87.
Netherland
Netherland 3.41 avg rating — 18,622 ratings
88.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,622 ratings
89.
City of Bohane
City of Bohane 3.84 avg rating — 4,903 ratings
90.
The Green Road
The Green Road 3.51 avg rating — 16,291 ratings
91.
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture 3.84 avg rating — 22,626 ratings
92.
The Master
The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,579 ratings
93.
Skippy Dies
Skippy Dies 3.79 avg rating — 26,306 ratings
94.
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 151,275 ratings
95.
Midwinter Break
Midwinter Break 3.62 avg rating — 5,307 ratings
96.
The Sea
The Sea 3.55 avg rating — 34,123 ratings
97.
The Gathering
The Gathering 3.14 avg rating — 25,673 ratings
98.
The Spinning Heart
The Spinning Heart 3.94 avg rating — 10,608 ratings
99.
Solar Bones
Solar Bones 3.80 avg rating — 4,625 ratings
100.
That They May Face the Rising Sun
That They May Face the Rising Sun 4.03 avg rating — 3,172 ratings