7 Irish Writers You Need to Know

You know Colm Tóibín and Emma Donohue. We suggest reading the works of some new talent out of the Emerald Isle.

Irish Writers

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Too Close to Breathe by Olivia Kiernan
Too Close to Breathe
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
The Glorious Heresies
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Conversations with Friends
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
The Lesser Bohemians
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Orchid and the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes
Orchid and the Wasp
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell
I Am, I Am, I Am
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Of course, we all know famed Irish writers James Joyce, W. B. Yeats and Samuel Beckett. And then, of course, there’s the more recent group: Colm Toibin, Emma Donohue, Frank McCourt, Anne Enright, Tana French and Colum McCann. But we suggest you branch out and pick up a book by a brand-new talent out of Ireland. These 7 writers are definitely ones to watch. Their works of fiction and nonfiction are, in turns, gripping, moving and unputdownable.

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