Recs if you like A Ghost in the Throat...

Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉

(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)

Books that are part memoir part another genre: in a way that blends multiple mediums and/or themes in unique and engaging ways. Magical, explosive and memorable narratives expressed with creativity and depth. Books that inspire me to write more.

books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

A little feral, a little fashionable, and wholly uninterested in being understood. From housewives who fall in love with sea creatures to grandmothers who commune with the cosmos. These stories are eccentricity, rebellion, and taste.

If you've ever thought that non-fiction was boring, dense or just "not made for me" this list is, in fact, made for you.

Memoirs from authors who can write like nobody's business, especially poets, novelists, and journalists. Unique life experiences told through incredible prose.

edit: made gender/species neutral, inspired by the ogbanje Akwaeke Emezi

non-fiction, contemporary fiction and thrillers set in Ireland and The North of Ireland or who center Irish characters living abroad!

Here's a list of every book I studied, read, or was reccomended to read as part of my Writing and Literature BA - for eager academics, fellow writers & nostagic graduates💕 Let's milk my education💪

A collection of books by Irish authors that I've loved or am looking forward to!

These are books that dissolve the edges of reality...quiet, uncanny, and often profound. You’ll find yourself suspended in dream logic, where time is slippery, identity flickers, and language floats like fog. Perfect for when you crave something liminal, lyrical, or just plain weird in the softest way. Read them when the world feels too loud and you want to disappear...but beautifully.

A love letter to female Irish writers.

Recent beauties from the Emerald Isle.

"I am the reason I suffer but I am worth fighting for." - Roland Faunte (from the song "Anchor")

Haunting, delicate, desperate, shaking voices, trembling fingers...reading these stories feels like listening to Roland Faunte songs. [Created Apr '26]

A guide to works from the land of saints and scholars. Fiction and Non-fiction. Classics and new(er). Books about Ireland, Irish culture, the Irish language, and perhaps a few written in/that feature the Irish language. Some might have nothing to do with Ireland at all! Brilliant Books by Brilliant Irish Authors.

Books from the Florence and the Machine book club @betweentwobooks on IG

(I am not the book club admin, just a fan, and these are not all the books but I will add them all in soon, I promise)

Books that make you ask, "Is this real?"

These stories blur the line between fact and fiction through powerful and creative writing (and, sometimes, outright deception). Some of these books are fiction, while others are nonfiction. This list is meant to go beyond historical fiction and autobiographies, though some of these are included.

Irish literature that I love, that goes beyond James Joyce.

Some of the best contemporary fiction and non-fiction from a nation of storytellers.

Authors of Ireland, writing in the 2010s and 2020s.