Our Top Books to Read for 2026

The life Oscar Wilde never had - reimagined by John Boyne in his most ambitious and emotionally powerful novel yet.'Exceptionally moving... A granularly imagined, witty, hugely pleasurable read' Neel Mukherjee'Wise,...

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 * A TIMES BESTSELLER *'A visionary and brilliant investigation of anxious times' CHINA MIEVILLE'Elucidates humanity's disintegrating existence with strange clarity' GUARDIAN'Speaks with uncanny...

'There's more than one kind of beauty, just as there's more than one kind of love.' He pauses. 'And in this community we're building, we know that love divided is...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026A TIMES BESTSELLER'Dreamlike and baffling' GUARDIAN'Brilliant' THE TIMES'Extremely beautiful' OBSERVER'Bracing' SPECTATOR'Formidable' FINANCIAL TIMES'Haunting' IRISH TIMESPhillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026'The funniest and smartest novel I've read in a while' ZADIE SMITH'Black Bag made me laugh aloud dozens and dozens of times. It's brilliant, a...

'An absolute tour de force ... One of the most powerful writers at work today' COLIN WALSH'When the book burners knock on your door, this is one to hide in...

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAYS WITHOUT END AND OLD GOD'S TIME'A masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning' OBSERVERAn immersive and unforgettable novel...

''Sublime... completely gripping... a wonder'' MARK HADDON''Her best book yet.Completely extraordinary'' DAISY JOHNSONA mesmerising portrait of an ageing man s last pilgrimage, from the bestselling author of The Girls and...

Colm Tóibín''s exhilarating new 2026 novel a father, a son and a bridge that changes everything in the Pyrenees. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore. Signed copies available while stocks last."A...

''Entertaining, uplifting and warm'' Sheila O''FlanaganA wedding should bring a family together ... Media darling Lisette Lynch is planning the ''show-stopping wedding of the year''. At least, that''s what everyone...

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the...

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the...

Philip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate. The Sea of Galilee...

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE DUTCH HOUSE AND TOM LAKE'One of the most beloved authors of her generation'SUNDAY TIMES__________When Daphne notices an older gentleman following her around...

'Offbeat, ironic, humane and hilarious, Experts in a Dying Field is an earworm you'll be humming along to for a long time to come.' PAUL MURRAY'A wonderfully evocative novel from...

'Deeply moving and necessary' ANNE ENRIGHT 'Original and heart-warming' LINDSEY HILSUM 'Remarkable ... the perfect antidote to our times' CHRISTINA LAMB From the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth Time,...

Rebecca F. Kuang''s electrifying new 2026 novel one unforgettable summer in Taipei of first love, family and grief. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore."One summer in Taipei changes everything.Taipei Story is...

Sebastian Barry''s new 2026 novel a lyrical, unforgettable story of survival after the American Civil War. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore, free Irish delivery. Signed copies available while stocks last."A...

FROM THE PULITZER-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED ELIZABETH STROUT COMES A STUNNING STANDALONE NOVEL OF LOVE, LONELINESS AND NEW BEGINNINGS'Emotionally stunning, devastatingly wise . . . her best novel yet' RACHEL JOYCE'A moving,...

'Wonderfully authentic, electrifying' Clare ChambersTwo couples. Twenty years. One unforgettable story.Dylan, Stevie and Ben have been inseparable since their days at Trinity, when life pulsed with possibility. A single glance...

'Original and heart-warming' LINDSEY HILSUM 'Remarkable ... the perfect antidote to our times' CHRISTINA LAMB 'A searching, deeply moving work' JONATHAN BLITZER From the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth...

'A comedy about tragedy. Seamas O'Reilly has written a brutal, profound, and very funny novel' NINA STIBBE'Sparkling with heartache and wit. I'm in love with every character in this novel'...

Wild Iris''Wild Iris is wonderfully inventive, by turns grim as a Belfast Sunday and raucous as a Dublin Saturday night. Ruth McKee writes with dash and daring, and the result...

'EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK' BELLA MACKIE 'NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT' STYLIST 'THE BOOK THAT WILL BE EVERYWHERE' INDEPENDENT 'INTELLIGENT, INCISIVE, INSANELY READABLE' JENNIE GODFREY 'BOLD, BITING....

Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, has been an arts journalist for almost 35 years and in that time has interviewed many of the most talented and successful...

Prepare for one hell of a journey… ''A big, bold fantasy romp'' GUARDIAN ''R.F. Kuang is making magic'' ELLE ''[A] truly original and spellbinding hero''s-journey story'' VOGUE ''I devoured it''...

A once-in-a-generation debut from a major new talent, The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can...

AN INVESTIGATION INTO ONE OF THE OLDEST UNSOLVED CASES ON THE FBI'S BOOKS, SPANNING SIX DECADES AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.1967. ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.At his son's fifth birthday party, Joseph Maloney...

From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters, a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemption'A stunningly original novel... one of the most imaginative and talented...

From the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year...Jack is just twelve years old when he rushes down the hill after his mother''s...

'I found myself taking screenshots to send to friends because MacMahon nails it over and over again' Claire Kilroy'Incisive, witty and tender, there's not a woman in the country who...

'Since I've had my first book published, I've earned more from cleaning than from writing. The home economics don't add up.' HOME ECONOMICS is Caitriona Lally's humorous, thought-provoking memoir of...

SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane...

From the master storyteller behind 2023's critically acclaimed KILLING THATCHER A Rebel and a Traitor is the story of a rogue imperial consul who sought to forge a new nation...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR' THE TIMES'THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR' STYLIST'ELECTRIC' GUARDIAN A wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love,...

My name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life - my adult life, that is - which, from...

From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page.In the city...

'A magnificent novel' Belinda McKeon, author of Solace and Tender'Truly unforgettable' Fiona Scarlett, author of Boys Don't CryA heart-swelling beauty of a debut novel of love, trauma and found family...

** PRE-ORDER NOW - FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF TRESPASSES **In 1982, Roisin and Red meet as teenagers in their hometown in Ireland. Red's reputation for trouble might precede him,...

** PRE-ORDER NOW - FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF TRESPASSES **In 1982, Roisin and Red meet as teenagers in their hometown in Ireland. Red's reputation for trouble might precede him,...

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier...

The Heathens thought of themselves as ''the 1000th best band of all time''. Thentheir tour van crashed, and one of their members died.Twenty years later, weird things are happening in...

'A chillingly addictive Southern Gothic tale' - CosmopolitanAn instant Sunday Times bestseller'I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I'm going to have to do an evil...

In The News from Dublin, a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island, Colm Toibin delves into the days and nights of those...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Breathtaking' HANNAH KENT'Spellbinding' Washington Post'A wildly talented writer' EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL'Had me gripped from the very first page' RACHEL JOYCEA family on a remote...

''I absolutely loved it . . . So realistic about the complexity of loving people who will break our hearts'' Marian KeyesFor Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood...

'I absolutely loved it . . . So realistic about the complexity of loving people who will break our hearts'Marian KeyesFor Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood flew...