Recs if you like The Burial Tide...

Books featuring mythology, legends and folklore from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. (For the purpose of this list 'Ireland' encompasses the entirety of Ireland (Northern & Republic) as the historical mythos is largely the same since the split happened in the 1900's.)

inspired by Neil the Seal in Tasmania, here is a list of books about seals, with seals on the cover, or about selkies

as always, taking any and all suggestions!!

Horror and horror-adjacent books set in Ireland and/or by Irish authors. I welcome additional recs!

opened mouthed covers

...or the shallow. But either way, don't go near the water.

Aquatic horror

if you’re craving something that feels like the next martha’s vineyard (iykyk)! books that evoke the same feeling as the magnificent tv show ‘widows bay’

What are we willing to forget in order to survive? Do our memories shape who we are or does who we are shape how we remember things? How can we truly know if a memory is our own or if it has been planted by someone or something else? What happens when we can no longer rely on our memories?

If these kinds of questions make your heart flutter, then this list is for you. Spanning across multiple genres, these books are bound together by one common thread... memory (or the lack of it).

Contemporary Irish lit picks and classics, either by Irish authors or set in Ireland. Erin go bragh. 🇮🇪

Both classic and contemporary!

Horror, thrillers, and mysteries where "island escape" doesn't mean a nice vacation

might have to dedicate a month to the subgenre because there’s SO MUCH of it on my tbr

(waiter, waiter! my steak is too juicy and my lobster too buttery!)

Welcome to widows bay - or well, as close to it in book form!

Patricia welcomes you.

Ongoing list