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Book review: Dutch author’s exploration of anxiety is fascinating and relatable

In The Anxiety Project, Dutch journalist and novelist Daan Heerma van Voss, who himself suffers from crippling fear, takes a literary look at the condition

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: How a deer fence turned an overgrazed landscape into a rugged idyll

After buying a small farm on the Beara Penisula, Eoghan Daltun watched as the overgrazed, monotone woodland gave way to a riot of diversity

Double Booked: A light-hearted tale of self-discovery and bi romance

Despite some dated cultural references and a rather naive heroine, Lily Lindon deals adeptly with the subject of bisexuality in her readable and enjoyable debut novel

Nightcrawling –A gritty, tender debut showcases a voice untethered from convention

Unflinching yet vulnerable, Leila Mottley’s story of corruption, desperation and family as experienced in black America is based on a true story

Zelensky biography the best guide available to understanding resistance hero

Now updated and reprinted in English translation, this sardonic biography offers the clearest portrait yet of the embattled leader’s virtues and flaws

Acts of Service: Thought-provoking debut novel puts female desire centre stage

Lillian Fishman’s first novel presents questions around consent and freedom in a deep and intelligent way

Search and Rescue: A forensic trawl through Ireland’s many maritime accidents

Journalist Lorna Siggins’s book pays tribute to the men and women who make up Ireland’s air and sea rescue teams, while documenting where they have been let down by mismanagement, no more so than in the loss of R116

Life Before Us: Too many distractions get in the way of a fine romance

Roisín Meaney approaches the romance novel from a different angle in this, her 20th novel, but too many diversions make it hard for love to find its way

The Amusements: Convincing and bleakly funny slices of life in seaside Tramore

Aingeala Flannery’s debut novel, set in the faded former Victorian holiday resort in Co Waterford, follows the lives of its residents, some of whom may appear briefly, but all of whom leave an impression

The Saint of Lost Things: Novel never loses its humanity in portrayal of a troubled life

Born the ‘wrong child’ into an unhappy family, the heroine of Tish Delaney’s second novel is a scarred but likeable character who has to survive life in a Church-ridden and suspicious close-knit community

The Ballast Seed: A moving memoir of parenthood, depression and the therapeutic power of plants

An unexpected pregnancy and subsequent crisis threw journalist Rosie Kinchen’s life into disarray, from which she emerged after discovering the simple pleasures of horticulture

The Seawomen: Powerful novel depicts the persistence of women under patriarchal and religious rule

Chloe Timms’s compelling debut about an island where women suffer under an oppressive regime is essential reading for dystopian fiction fans

Cathal Brugha: The complex man behind the fanatical revolutionary caricature

Daithí Ó Corráin and Gerard Hanley’s exhaustively researched and engaging biography reveals an intelligent, but ultimately flawed figure in Irish history

Lapvona – Dark medieval fairytale confounds at every turn

Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel is just as opaque and bewildering as its three predecessors