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The Queen of Dirt Island: Ryan returns to his roots with a memorable multi-generational tale

The Irish author’s sixth novel follows a family of Tipperary women whose relationship becomes almost symbiotic as the years pass

House of Fortune: Burton makes a welcome return to the dramatic milieu of 17th-century Amsterdam

Author of the hugely successful The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton revisits Petronella Oortman and the Brandt family 19 years after her that novel in a story that weaves coming-of-age plotlines, a marriage story and a mystery

Austin Duffy: ‘You’re covering this big hospital and you feel just inadequate and terrified’

In his latest novel, The Night Interns, oncologist and prize-winning writer Austin Duffy wanted readers to feel as if they were on call while reading his tense portrayal of three young doctors navigating night shifts in a surgical ward

How Minds Change: A well-argued study that goes in search of the truth

Journalist David McRaney was convinced that we all remain stuck in our views, but when he saw that people could be persuaded to change their minds, he started to investigate what brings us to the tipping point that forces change

Rose Dugdale: The remarkable story of an upper-class debutante turned republican revolutionary

Irish Daily Mail news editor Sean O’Driscoll shines a light on the wild life and times of the woman behind the Russborough House art theft, which was only one of her daring exploits carried out on behalf of the IRA

Putin: In depth study gets to the heart of what motivates Russia’s ruthless president

Philip Short’s impressive biography of the Russian leader examines Putin from a Russian rather than western perspective and helps to explain, if not condone, his motives and actions

Patrick Radden Keefe interview: ‘Things are really bad. I don’t see a correction coming soon’

As a new anthology of his best pieces is published, the acclaimed New Yorker magazine writer reflects on turbulent times in the US, the chilly charisma of Gerry Adams, and why he strives to avoid turning politics into entertainment

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

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

Lapvona – Dark medieval fairytale confounds at every turn

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

This Is Not a Pity Memoir: An unshowy but dramatic portrait of a life torn apart

Award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan’s account of how she effectively lost her husband to a terrible brain injury is full of heart yet simultaneously unsentimental

The Belladonna Maze – An eerie page-turner that blurs past and present

RTÉ arts correspondent Sinéad Crowley’s new novel hits every mark for lovers of ghost tales

A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting – Debut novel brings a touch of class back to the Regency romance

Sophie Irwin’s new book hits the sweet spot where modern sense meets historic sensibility

Book review: Ruth and Pen: A Novel – Warm and engaging debut with plenty of depth

After an acclaimed collection of essays, Emilie Pine dips her toe into fiction for the first time with impressive results

Book review: When the Dust Settles – A moving, unsettling memoir by a woman who deals with the aftermath of carnage

Disaster recovery expert Lucy Easthope has written a deeply humane, yet strangely uplifting book about her experiences

Book review: Tales from the Fraud Squad – Enjoyable reminisces from a Garda straight shooter

Willie McGee’s memoir is an unpretentious but enjoyable collection of anecdotes about a lengthy career of criminal investigations

Book review: Duffy and Son – a warm, witty and wise tale of a male Monaghan matchmaker

Damien Owens knocks a barrel of laughs out of a septuagenarian father’s attempts to help his middle-aged son find love

‘Nobody wanted me as a musician, they wanted me to be Saint Bob, and I couldn’t stand it’: How a new Geldof emerged when the hits dried up

A new book by journalist Nick Duerden offers a fascinating account of what happens to pop stars once their moment in the sun passes. In this extract, Bob Geldof tells him about wrestling for an identity after the music faded

Louise O’Neill interview: ‘I’ve pushed myself much further than I ever have with any other novel’

With Idol, her latest novel, and three screen adaptations of previous novels in the works, Louise O’Neill shows she has no intention of becoming complacent or easing up on confronting uncomfortable facts in her fiction

Book review: Exit Stage Left – A wry look at the second lives of yesterday’s musical idols

Music journalist Nick Duerden tracks down a succession of former pop stars to find out what happened when the hits dried up – and the results are hugely entertaining