Contemporary Fiction by Irish Authors

This list includes fiction authors who were born in Ireland and whose works have been published since the year 2000.

Thanks for the Memories, Cecilia Ahern

The Infinities, John Banville

Mother to a Stranger, Leland Bardwell

The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry

The Eskimo in the Net, Gerard Beirne

Loopy, Dan Binchy

Heart and Soul, Maeve Binchy

The Silver Swan,* Benjamin Black

The Dead, Ingrid Black

The Journey Home, Dermot Bolger

Emma Brown, Clare Boylan

The Thief of Time, John Boyne

The Visitor, Maeve Brennan

Sanctuary,* Ken Bruen

The Big O, Declan Burke

No Bones, Anna Burns

A Bit of Scandal, Mary Rose Callaghan

The Beautiful Sound of Silence: A DI Christy Kennedy Mystery,* Paul Charles

The Magdalen, Marita Conlon-McKenna

The Lovers,* John Connolly

The Fox’s Walk, Annabel Davis-Goff

Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show, Frank Delaney

The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue

Down a Road All Rebels Run, Mogue Doyle

The Deportees and Other Stories, Roddy Doyle

And Not To Yield: A Novel of the Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok, Randy Lee Eickhoff

The Gathering, Anne Enright

Juno & Juliet, Julian Gough   

The Bird Woman, Kerry Hardie

The Truth about Love, Josephine Hart

Flotsam & Jetsam, Aidan Higgins

All the Dead Voices,* Declan Hughes

Shade, Neil Jordan

Walk the Blue Fields, Claire Keegan

Past Secrets, Cathy Kelly

Sophisticated Boom Boom, John Kelly

The Rainbow Singer, Simon Kerr

Little Criminals, Gene Kerrigan

The Brightest Star in the Sky, Marian Keyes

Tenderwire, Claire Kilroy

Glover’s Mistake, Nick Laird   

Authenticity, Deirdre Madden

Singing Bird, Roisin McAuley

The Holy City, Patrick McCabe

Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann

The Barracks, John McGahern

Gallows Lane: An Inspector Devlin Mystery,* Brian McGilloway

Death Without Trace, Gerard Murphy

The Ghosts of Belfast, Stuart Neville

The Banyan Tree, Christopher Nolan

Second Burial for a Black Prince,* Andrew Nugent

The Light of Evening, Edna O’Brien

The Young Wan,* Brendan O’Carroll

Redemption Falls, Joseph O’Connor

My Dream of You, Nuala O’Faolain

Boss Croker, Padraic O’Farrell

In the Province of Saints, Thomas O’Malley

Netherland, Joseph O’Neill

Recipes for a Perfect Marriage, Morag Prunty

The Parts, Keith Ridgway

Seeds of Doubt, James Ryan

Two for Joy, Patricia Scanlan

Every Inch of Her, Peter Sheridan

Across the River, Alice Taylor

An Irish Country Girl,* Patrick Taylor

Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín

The Council of the Cursed: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland,* Peter Tremayne

Love and Summer, William Trevor

No Paradiso, William Wall

John, Niall Williams

*part of a series

If you would like to explore more Irish literature, culture, and history Information Services suggests these websites (accessed February 25, 2010):

• Irish Culture and Customs – a rich resource for all things Irish
• Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama – lists links to other online resources for all things Irish, history, language, arts, folklore, and more
• Irish Writers Online – many, though not all, Irish authors are listed alphabetically with links to author websites if available
• Island Ireland: Irish History – offers a focus on the most famous episodes in Irish history – the famine, the Easter Rebellion, the Troubles

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