So many great Irish novels are coming out in 2025 – we've compiled some of our most anticipated books for the year, all available to pre-order now!
THE GHOSTS OF ROME
by Joseph O'Connor
February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.
A ghostwriter is locked in an interview room with a man who might be a murderer, in this gripping new mystery thriller from the bestselling author of 56 Days and The Trap.
Seán Hewitt's debut novel is set in a remote village in the north of England, unfolding over the course of one year in which two teenage boys meet and transform each other's lives.
A twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human flesh from the acclaimed author of Spare and Found Parts and Other Words for Smoke.
I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I'M ALREADY THERE
by RóisÃn Lanigan
Brilliantly observed and darkly funny, I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There is a ghost story set in the rental crisis. A wonderfully clear-eyed portrait of loneliness, loss and belonging, it examines what it means to feel at home.
The new novel from award-winning author Eimear McBride, follows the romance of Eily and Stephen as they reflect on their two year relationship. Intimate, experiential, and immersive, The City Changes Its Face explores a passionate love affair tested to its limits.
WATER IN THE DESERT FIRE IN THE NIGHT
by Gethan Dick
This brilliant debut novel from artist Gethan Dick follows an underachieving millennial, a retired midwife and a charismatic Dubliner, as they set out from London after the end of the world to cycle to a sanctuary in the southern Alps.
Inspired by the author's own devout upbringing, Ordinary Saints is a brilliant debut novel from a fresh, exciting new voice which asks - who gets to decide how we are remembered - and who we will become?
It Should Have Been You is the latest thriller from bestselling author Andrea Mara. Everyone knows what you did. As rumour spreads like wildfire through neighbourhood, you convince yourself that people will move on, that this will quickly be forgotten. But then you receive the first death threat...
