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WHETHER YOU’RE HEADING away some time over the next month or two, or spending the long weekend at home, you might be looking for a new read to occupy you.
But which books are winning awards, getting good reviews, and ready to be picked up off the shelves (or ordered to your Kindle)?
We sort through the piles to help you choose your next read.
Only want to read award-winners? Here are some recent ones (with links to the other nominees):
Ticks all the boxes if you want a fairly thrilling and absorbing read about conflict in Colombia and its impact on a young man’s life. (Read our interview with him here)
The winner will be announced in September, but there’s time to:
Frank O’Connor short story award
This collection by young Mayo man Barrett is mainly set in the fictional Co Mayo town of Glanbeigh. Looking for stories about young people in modern rural Ireland? Here you go.
Harding provides an interesting take on Irish life; Boyce won the newcomer award; and Phillips will provide you with a crime fix.
Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction
A much-talked about debut.
Want to get stuck into a weighty book? Try these for size. The Kills is a ‘multimedia novel’ with audio and video content too.
Stuck for time, or love little nuggets of fiction that you can devour quickly? (Lydia Davis provides the tiniest morsels)
The young bloods always have something great up their sleeve. We’re particularly looking forward to getting stuck into these.
Looking for classics? Here are some that have been talked about this year.
Books of various genres getting all the good reviews this summer:
We write for a living, ergo we love reading too.
Here are some of our team’s favourite reads. While the above books are generally from 2013 – 2014, these are from a range of years.
What books would you recommend? Tell us in the comments.
Most of these books can be bought online in physical/ebook format, or in your local book store. Where links are provided, they are to the online stores of the publishers of the book, or to sites with more information.
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