The Unusual Suspect: Tale of a latter-day Robin Hood’s doomed crime caper
Stephen Jackley’s efforts to steal from the rich and give to the poor saw him come a cropper before long, as retold in this entertaining account of his life of crime
The Dark Room: A west Cork thriller with twists, turns and things that go bump in the night
Sam Blake ramps up the tension in this page-turning murder mystery as Rachel and Caroline, the only residents in a remote hotel, investigate a decades-old suicide and a recent disappearance
Neil Jordan interview: Perspectives on fortune and freedom
The film-maker has stepped away from the camera to write a new novel about the 1798 rebellion, seen through the eyes of a scion of landed gentry and a runaway slave
Life Sentences: O’Callaghan’s powerful prose captures the ebb and flow of a family’s fortunes
In his third novel, Billy O’Callaghan draws on his own family history to tell a profoundly moving story of grief, pain and fortitude
How Britain Ends: A well-argued look at how Brexit is leading towards ‘home rule all round’
Journalist and former BBC Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler sees the United Kingdom dying before his eyes
Above Water: Surviving the onslaught of a serial sexual predator
Trish Kearney was repeatedly abused by swimming coach George Gibney as a child, an ordeal she chronicles in this moving memoir
Back to the future: Mark O’Connell interview
His first two books, To Be a Machine and Notes from an Apocalypse, have set him apart as one of the foremost thinkers and writers of his time. Here, the author talks transhumanism, doomsday preppers and billionaire bunkers.
Walk the line: Colum McCann on the beauty of our own limitations
The award-winning writer has woven his way through life with words
Ten Days: A story set within the fog of the cruellest disease
Austin Duffy’s impressive second novel is centred on a widowed father struggling with early dementia
Fall: Portrait of a monster who made the media bend to his will
John Preston’s biography of the late tycoon Robert Maxwell is impressively researched and thoroughly readable
Danielle McLaughlin interview: Slow and steady wins the race
The Cork-based novelist puts her stories through as many as 50 or 60 drafts, but what results each time is a perfectly crafted piece of art
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: A tycoon has his say on the other existential crisis of our age
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’s new book is a roadmap through the environmental consequences and commercial realities of climate change
Words to Shape My Name: A swashbuckling adventure story that tells a few political truths
Laura McKenna’s debut novel is loosely based on the real-life historical figures of former slave Tony Small and his master Lord Edward Fitzgerald, telling the tale of their journey from the American Revolution to the Irish rebellion of 1798
Let Love Rule: Showbiz memoir follows a well-worn path
Lenny Kravitz’s recounting of his first 25 years is a frustrating read, never truly getting under his skin
Hidden Lies: A debut Irish thriller is a qualified success
Rachel Ryan’s first novel has a number of weaknesses, but is carried by a strikingly original plot and strong characterisation
Kamala’s Way: In-depth biography struggles to find the real Harris
Dan Morain’s biography of the US vice-president is well-observed and diligent, but frustratingly lacking in inside detail
Parnell and His Times: Sprawling anthology makes no effort to pin down its subject
A new collection of essays about Charles Stewart Parnell is often rambling and unfocused
The Marvel Universe: Origin Stories: A cancelled satire finally sees the light of day
Bruce Wagner’s entertaining new novel was turned down by a publisher for allegedly ‘problematic’ content, but is now available for free
The Push: Motherhood rendered as a horror story rather than a fairytale
Ashley Audrain’s new thriller, optioned for Hollywood, is an often gruesome meditation on the dark side of rearing children