{"title":"100 Best Irish Books of the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eInspired by the fantastic list pulled together by the Irish Times of the Best 100 Irish Books of the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Century, we have added a few of our own based on the books that we constantly have to restock and customer recommendations , our additions are here also to avoid confusion -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/alan-murrin-the-coast-road-2024-paperback\" title=\"Alan Murrin The coast road\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe Coast Road Alan Murrin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/juno-loves-legs-2\" title=\"Karl Geary Juno loves legs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJuno Loves Legs Karl Geary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/grace-winner-of-the-kerry-group-irish-novel-of-the-year\" title=\"Paul Lynch Grace\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eGrace Paul Lynch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/kala-2\" title=\"Kala by Colin Walsh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eKala Colin Walsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/edith\" title=\"Martina Devlin: Edith [2022] paperback\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eEdith Martina Devlin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/belinda-mckeon-tender-2015-paperback\" title=\"Tender Belinda McKeon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eTender Belinda McKeon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/nicole-flattery-nothing-special-2024-paperback\" title=\"Nicola Flattery Nothing Special\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eNothing Special Nicole Flattery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBooks are in descending order and we are not claiming that it is definitive in any sense - in fact, our favourite reads haven’t made either list! However, it would be impossible to find a bad book here and is a huge testament to the quality of Irish writing in general!  Notable that in the same week The Spectator is heralding the death throes of Literary Fiction in the UK, we can’t edit a list to 100 excellent reads without losing some incredible books – in fact several authors deserve to have everything they have ever produced on here!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eOccasionally, multiple editions of the same book become available; we list those currently in stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePS: Let us know if we missed any!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fallen","title":"Lia Mills: Fallen [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e by Lia Mills - a remarkable love story amidst the ruins of the First World War and the Easter Rising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED AS THE 2016 'ONE CITY ONE BOOK' TITLE FOR BOTH DUBLIN AND BELFAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpring, 1915. 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