Author Ian McGuire: ‘Historical fiction is able to encourage the longer view’
The historical novelist on his latest book, White River Crossing; his desire to hobble the tech bros; and his Fermanagh grandfather
By Martin Doyle
The Triangle of Power by Alexander Stubb: Finnish president’s view of a fractured world
Edel Coffey: ‘I didn’t touch my book deal money for a year. I was afraid they’d made a mistake’
Glyph by Ali Smith: Ghosts in our machinery
Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial
The Power of Guilt by Chris Moore: A formidable read that will challenge, unsettle and provoke
A Sicilian Man by Caroline Moorehead: Leonardo Sciascia’s ‘consciousness of doubt’
Worlds of Islam: A Global History - epic, authoritative, multilayered reading
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POETRY
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine: A deeply human novel of reckoning and love
By Sally Hayden
Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray: Compelling take on queer adolescence and platonic parenthood
By Edel Coffey
Scifi/fantasy: Dave Rudden’s Sister Wake a politically charged epic that draws on Irish history
By Declan Burke
Ireland’s fascination with ancient Greece, from our origin legends to Joyce’s Ulysses
By Isabelle Torrance
John Boyne’s review of Crux by Gabriel Tallent: It’s refreshing to read positive aspects of youth
By John Boyne
Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization – Accessible history of a new society
By Conor O’Clery
Mark Haddon’s life-affirming brush with death: ‘The grim reaper is not all he’s made out to be’
By Pat Carty
New poetry: Tom French reclaims calm, Susanna Galbraith offers a visually arresting debut
By Declan Ryan
Elly Griffiths: ‘A magic trick is like a crime novel: lots of misdirection before the final reveal’
By Martin Doyle
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry: A macabre fable about appetite in all its guises
By Miriam Balanescu
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