Irish Book Awards 2024 Shortlist

Intermezzo

A Novel

By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Éanna Hardwicke
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

“Two brothers, Ivan and Peter, navigate their relationships with each other and the women in their lives in the wake of their father's death. In their grief, the pair watch as the normal forms of their lives fall apart and they try their best to make sense of the wreckage. Sally Rooney does what she does best: sets up a wealth of interestingly... Read more

Long Island

By: Colm Toibin
Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

“So this was lovely – full of Toíbín’s signature yearning and uncommunicated desire. There’s something to be said for writers who keep coming back to the same characters and settings – there’s a long list of them but Strout, Russo and Vonnegut immediately come to mind. It’s comforting and nostalgic and as a reader can make for an enriching... Read more

Heart, Be at Peace

A Novel

By: Donal Ryan
Narrated by: Anne Marie Ryan, Ciaran O'Brien, Donal Ryan, Eva Bartley, Gerry Howard, Killian Coyle, Roy McMillan & Toni O'Rourke
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Winner of the Irish Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the Nero Novel of the Year

From one of the most acclaimed Irish writers today, a new novel about smalltown Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them

“I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year... Read more

Our London Lives

By: Christine Dwyer Hickey
Narrated by: Michèle Forbes & Owen Roe
Length: 15 hours 7 minutes

1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another: Milly, a teenage runaway, and Pip, a young boxer full of anger and potential who is beginning to drink it all away.

Over the decades their lives follow different paths, interweaving from time to time, often in one another's sight, always... Read more

The Heart in Winter

A Novel

By: Kevin Barry
Narrated by: Kevin Barry
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

“The moment Tom Rourke, an Irish immigrant living in Montana in the 1890s, peers through the camera lens at Polly Gillespie in her wedding dress, he unknowingly sets them both on a path of murder, mayhem, and (most dangerous of all) love. What follows is a story that's both achingly real and like an otherworldly fever dream, perfectly... Read more

Where to Hide a Star

By: Oliver Jeffers
Narrated by: Oliver Jeffers
Length: 4 minutes

World-renowned artist and picture book creator Oliver Jeffers brings to life an endearing story about the magic of friendship—and sharing what brings us joy.

Celebrate twenty years of The Boy in this highly anticipated new adventure from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers!

Once there was a boy... Read more

My Favorite Mistake

Walsh Family: Book #7

By: Marian Keyes
Narrated by: Marian Keyes
Length: 15 hours 34 minutes

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes.

Anna has just lost her taste for the Big Apple . . .

Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn't want all that? Anna, it turns out.

Turning a minor... Read more

The Bookshop Ladies

The perfect uplifting story of friendship and community, shortlisted for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards

By: Faith Hogan
Narrated by: Flora Montgomery
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Bloomsbury presents The Bookshop Ladies by Faith Hogan, read by Flora Montgomery.

A captivating read, written with warmth and elegance, The Bookshop Ladies is the perfect escape!' Evie Woods, author of The Lost Bookshop

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From bestselling Irish writer, Faith Hogan, comes another gripping saga of friendship, betrayal and secrets in this story of a... Read more

Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy?

A captivating, emotional dual-timeline page-turner about friendship and long-buried secrets

By: Rachael English
Narrated by: Shelley Atkinson
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

SHE WAS THE NEXT BIG THING . . . UNTIL SHE DISAPPEARED

'Exciting and at times heart-breaking, this book is a must for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six' CARMEL HARRINGTON

'Riveting, original ... Rachael English ups her game with each book' ROISIN MEANEY

'A compelling page-turner ... Rachael English is a gifted storyteller' ANNE TIERNAN

In the early... Read more

The Alternatives

A Novel

By: Caoilinn Hughes
Narrated by: Sarah Bolger, Aisling Franciosi, Caoilinn Hughes, Dominique Mcelligott, Liam Heslin & John Keating
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

“A bold, beautiful, complex novel, and I can’t wait to read what Hughes writes next. She, too, is an unstoppable force.” —New York Times Book Review

“A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species, The Alternatives unfolds in a prose full of gorgeous surprises and glows with... Read more

In Her Place

a gripping suspense for book clubs, from the award-winning author

By: Edel Coffey
Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

“How many bad decisions can a person make? Ann is on my list of the top 10 most unreliable narrators ever. She trusts too much and it's about to get her into some deep trouble. A fast-paced read that kept me shaking my head at her, and cheering her on nonetheless. As much as I wanted to hate her, I kept hoping it would work out in the end. ... Read more

Nature Boy

A journey of birdsong and belonging

By: Seán Ronayne
Narrated by: Seán Ronayne
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

'Captivating' Manchán Magan

'Sublime' Eoghan Daltun

Seán Ronayne always knew he was different. Nicknamed 'nature boy' by the other kids, as a child he struggled to fit in and regularly escaped to the woods and coastlines around his home in Cork. The natural world was his
happy place and where he discovered his true passion - identifying and... Read more

Who Killed Una Lynskey?

A True Story of Murder, Vigilante Justice and the Garda ‘Heavy Gang’

By: Mick Clifford
Narrated by: Ciaran O'Brien
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decades

October 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co. Meath. In the weeks that follow, and on flimsy grounds, gardaí identify three young local men as suspects. Within days of her... Read more

Glorious Exploits

A Novel

By: Ferdia Lennon
Narrated by: Ferdia Lennon
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

“What a quirky gem of a book that I listened to on audio. I just couldn’t figure out how Lennon was going to pull off this story but he did and I was captivated. Read more

The Coast Road

A Novel

By: Alan Murrin
Narrated by: Jessica Regan
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

“The Coast Road is a brilliantly observant novel about a small isolated community, the limits the community's expectations place on women's lives and the consequences of daring to step out of these boundaries. An addictive read with a sadly compelling final chapter. Read more

The Amendments

A beautiful, moving story about womanhood every book club needs to read

By: Niamh Mulvey
Narrated by: Jessica Regan
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

'Extraordinary. I loved it' - Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
'Engrossing and moving . . . gives voice to so much that's unspoken about Ireland' - Emma Donoghue, author of Room
'Wonderfully compelling . . . haunting' - Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea

Delving into the lives of three generations of women, The Amendments by Niamh... Read more

Evenings and Weekends

A Novel

By: Oisín McKenna
Narrated by: Isabel Adomakoh-Young
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

“It's like the T.V. show Friends except the friends are queer and massively disjointed. This contemporary novel follows the lives of a group of people over the course of one weekend. Mothers face terminal illnesses, couples face insurmountable differences, relationship boundaries are challenged, and generational divides are flagrantly... Read more

Obsessed: The Autobiography

By: Johnny Sexton
Narrated by: Sam O'Mahoney & Johnny Sexton
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER

No Irish rugby player has ever achieved more, or been a source of more inspiration to teammates and fans alike, than Johnny Sexton. All of this would have seemed highly unlikely as late as May 2009, when – aged 24 – he was nowhere near first choice at Leinster, and still uncapped by Ireland.

In his... Read more

The Racket

On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99%

By: Conor Niland
Narrated by: Conor Niland
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri's famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.

Conor Niland knows what it's like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing... Read more

When We Were Silent

A Novel

By: Fiona McPhillips
Narrated by: India Mullen
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

This program is read by actor India Mullen, who plays Peggy in the Normal People miniseries.

“With her full-bodied voice and unhurried pace, [India] Mullen conveys an unsettled atmosphere and the intricate dynamics between all the players—villains and victims.”—BookPage

An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this... Read more