Books set in Dublin?

[ThePonderer]

I have to take a short trip to Dublin in April. When I travel I enjoy reading fiction set in the place I'm visiting - so can you recommend any books set in Dublin, of any era?

Any of Tana French’s books. Try Faithful Place, The Secret Place or Broken Harbour. They are all set in and around Dublin and feature the detectives working for the Murder Squad. Very gripping, and just a faint hint of the supernatural.

Ulysses (Joyce) is the most famous, but I wouldn't recommend it. The short stories in Dubliners (Joyce again) are very good and easy to read.

Strumpet city by James Plunkett. It's not a light read though!

Strumpet City - James Plunkett

I liked Ulysses but it's not an easy/light read. I can easily read 2/3 books a week and it took me 3 months
Dubliners is fantastic too.

Some of Maeve Binchy's books are set in Dublin, as are Cathy Kelly's. Both authors are light reading.

Anything by Roddy Doyle! Legend

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

(Think it's Dublin!)

Cecilia Aherne PS I love you

And other books

A Star Called Henry, Roddy Doyle
Also some of Sebastian Barry's books are set in and around Dublin and are brilliant.

Marian Keyes books. I'm not sure I've read any of her books that aren't at least partly set in Dublin

Roddy Doyle is fantastic. Also Anne Enright, and Maeve Binchy isn't bad if you like her style of book. I can't stand Cecilia bloody Ahearne.

It's not set in Dublin but as the author is from here, now would be a good time to read Dracula. Oscar Wilde too.

Honestly though, if you want a pretty good insight into modern Irish women, it should be OMG What a complete Aisling.

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Maeve binchy is your author

I've just read The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne and it is stunning.

I agree Celia Ahearne is awful.

Dublin, Foundation by Edward Rutherford. Historical fiction. Goes from 430-1533 AD. He also has a follow up Ireland, Awakening.
For more recent historical fiction, Morgan Llywellan has a series of books starting with 1916.

Another vote for Strumpet City

Another vote for Roddy Doyle - especially the Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van) and The Woman Who Walked into Doors (although not perhaps the cheeriest of reads, it's a fantastic book).

Yy to Tana French, Maeve Binchy, Marian Keyes , Roddy Doyle and the Aisling book.

Thank you, plenty to investigate here!

I'm probably not going to attempt Ulysses. Above my pay grade.

A Murderous Innocence by Alison Scott Skelton.

Right, after dismissing Ulysses out of hand, I took a look at Strumpet City - Just read a review of it under the headline "the impossible Irish novel". I'm in!

I'm not that keen on Cecilia Ahearne but Marian Keyes always sounds really interesting when I've heard her interviewed so I'll definitely track one of hers down.

I've never heard of Tana French, polly, so I'll track one down. I usually enjoy a good murder.

Just read The Good Mother by Sinead Moriarty, it is heartbreaking and full of "Dublin" characters and set there, of course.

Otherwise here is my collated list of books set in Dublin: www.tripfiction.com/find-a-book/?location=Dublin&btitle=&bauthor=&genre=Genre...