The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Ireland

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1 Ulysses James Joyce 1922 Irish English
88 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1916 Irish English
115 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 British English
257 Finnegans Wake James Joyce 1939 Irish English
268 Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats 1933 Irish English
330 Dubliners James Joyce 1914 Irish English
357 At Swim Two-Birds Flann O'Brien 1939 Irish English
378 Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin 1820 British English
494 The Third Policeman Flann O'Brien 1967 Irish English
821 Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth 1800 British English
1202 The Country Girls Edna O'Brien 1960 Irish English
1211 Normal People Sally Rooney 2018 Irish English
1404 The Last Bouquet Marjorie Bowen 1933 British English
1408 Amongst Women John McGahern 1990 Irish English
1506 Selected Stories William Trevor 1992 Irish English
1508 The Tower William Butler Yeats 1928 Irish English
1575 Borstal Boy Brendan Behan 1958 Irish English
1604 Phineas Finn Anthony Trollope 1869 British English
1611 Some Experiences Of An Irish R.M. E.Œ. Somerville, Martin Ross 1899 Irish English
1643 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt 1996 American English
1780 Juno And The Paycock Sean O'Casey 1924 Irish English
1790 The Master Colm Toibin 2004 Irish English
1915 A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works Jonathan Swift 1729 Irish English
1995 Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 American English
2062 Girl With Green Eyes Edna O'Brien 1962 Irish English
2232 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
2244 The Gathering Anne Enright 2007 Irish English
2270 In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
2343 Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021 Irish English
2356 The Butcher Boy Patrick McCabe 1992 Irish English
2366 Brooklyn Colm Toibin 2009 Irish English
2401 The Charwoman's Daughter James Stephens 1912 Irish English
2408 That They May Face the Rising Sun John McGahern 2002 Irish English
2438 Puckoon Spike Milligan 1963 Irish English
2582 Good Behaviour Molly Keane 1981 Irish English
2672 Autobiographies William Butler Yeats 1926 Irish English
2751 The Wild Swans at Coole William Butler Yeats 1917 Irish English
2937 Best Ghost Stories Sheridan Le Fanu 1923 Irish English
2965 The Sea John Banville 2005 Irish English
3168 North Seamus Heaney 1975 Irish English
3171 The Bee Sting Paul Murray 2023 Irish English
3444 The Bitter Glass Eilís Dillon 1958 Irish English
3469 The Story Of English Robert McCrum 1986 British English
3470 Solar Bones Mike McCormack 2016 Irish English
3482 The Trusting And The Maimed James Plunkett 1959 Irish English
3604 A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing Eimear McBride 2013 Irish English
3603 Celtic Tales Hugo Pratt 1980 Italian Italian
3817 City of Bohane Kevin Barry 2011 Irish English
3820 The Commitments Roddy Doyle 1987 Irish English
3886 Collected Plays John Millington Synge 1935 Irish English
3927 In The Woods Tana French 2007 Irish English
4068 The Story Of Lucy Gault William Trevor 2002 Irish English
4252 Autumn Journal Louis MacNeice 1939 British English
4309 Ennui Maria Edgeworth 1809 Irish English
4309 The Last September Elizabeth Bowen 1929 Irish English
4389 James Joyce Richard Ellmann 1959 American English
4443 A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry 2005 Irish English
4471 Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2024 Irish English
4482 The Collected Plays of W.B. Yeats William Butler Yeats 1934 Irish English
4559 Star Of The Sea Joseph O'Connor 2003 Irish English
4561 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
4561 Return Of Fursey Mervyn Wall 1948 Irish English
4592 Conversations With Friends Sally Rooney 2017 Irish English
4596 Nora Webster Colm Toibin 2014 Irish English
4633 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle 1993 Irish English
4680 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4835 The Uninhabited House Mrs. Joseph H. Riddell 1875 British English
4887 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
5424 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5478 Strumpet City James Plunkett 1969 Irish English
5581 The Young Man Botho Strauß 1984 German German
5619 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5691 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5730 At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill 2001 Irish English
5894 The Plough And The Stars Sean O'Casey 1926 Irish English
5900 Poems Of George Darley George Darley 1840 Irish English
5960 This Is Happiness Niall Williams 2019 Irish English
5993 The Green Road Anne Enright 2015 Irish English
6096 The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne 2017 Irish English
6230 A Night To Remember Walter Lord 1955 American English
6253 Midwinter Break Bernard MacLaverty 2017 Irish English
6368 The Candle Of Vision George William Russell 1974 Irish English
6468 The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan 2012 Irish English
6505 Wild Houses Colin Barrett 2024 Irish English
6541 Voyage Of The Iceberg Richard Brown 1983 Canadian English
6596 Long Island Colm Toibin 2024 Irish Unknown
6601 Collected Stories Elizabeth Bowen 1980 Irish English
6887 The Ginger Man J. P. Donleavy 1955 Irish English
6890 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
6905 The Van Roddy Doyle 1991 Irish English
6930 Academy Street Mary Costello 2014 Irish English
6981 Hawthorn & Child Keith Ridgway 2012 Irish English
7075 The Glorious Heresies Lisa McInerney 2015 Irish English
7147 Captains And The Kings Taylor Caldwell 1972 American English
7179 The Blue Tango Eoin McNamee 2001 Irish English
7215 The Prose Works Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7215 Poems Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7215 Essays Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1909 Irish English
7215 A Vision William Butler Yeats 1925 Irish English
7215 Mythologies William Butler Yeats 1905 Irish English
7215 Major Critical Essays George Bernard Shaw 1930 Irish English
7215 The Shadow Of A Gunman Sean O'Casey 1923 Irish English
7622 The Little Red Chairs Edna O'Brien 2015 Irish English
7667 The Wild Places Robert Macfarlane 2007 British English
7668 Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy 2024 Irish Unknown
7702 Beatlebone Kevin Barry 2015 Irish English
7727 Cast A Cold Eye Alan Ryan 1984 American English
7759 Tatty Christine Dwyer Hickey 2004 Irish English
7850 Paula Spencer Roddy Doyle 2006 Irish English
7854 Heart, Be At Peace Donal Ryan 2024 Unknown English
7909 Bad Day In Blackrock Kevin Power 2008 Irish English
7929 Winterwood Patrick McCabe 2006 Irish English
7944 Death In Summer William Trevor 1998 Irish English
7961 Tenderwire Claire Kilroy 2006 Irish English
8004 There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry 2007 Irish English
8008 The Hounds Of The Morrigan Pat O'Shea 1985 Irish English
8030 Walk The Blue Fields Claire Keegan 2007 Irish English
8094 Molly Fox’s Birthday Deirdre Madden 2008 Irish English
8168 The Truth Commissioner David Park 2008 Irish English
8222 Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan 2024 Irish English