Notable Works of Fiction & their Famous Irish Authors

In celebration of St Patrick’s Day I’ve put together this list of famous writers who you may or may not have known hail from Ireland.  The list includes both classic and contemporary works of notable fiction.  Today, wear something green and pick up a book by an Irish author!  Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by Oscar Wilde

Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker

Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce

The Chronicles of Narnia (1949) by C S Lewis

Under the Net (1954) by Iris Murdock

Amongst Women (1990) by John McGahern

Circle of Friends (1990) by Maeve Binchy

Every Dead Thing (1999) by John Connelly

Artemis Fowl (2001) by Eoin Colfer

The Sea (2005) by John Banville

The Gathering (2007) by Anne Enright

Brooklyn (2009) by Colm Toibin

Room (2010) by Emma Donoghue

The Brightest Star in the Sky (2011) by Marian Keyes

NYT Best Sellers List 13 March 2011

The New York Times Best Sellers’ List

Hardcover Fiction

13 March 2011

 

TREACHERY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb

PALE DEMON, by Kim Harrison

GIDEON’S SWORD, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, by Deborah Harkness

TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson

THE UNION QUILTERS, by Jennifer Chiaverini

THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett

THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain

NIGHT VISION, by Randy Wayne White

DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE MURDER, by Joanne Fluke

DEAD OR ALIVE, by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood

ROOM, by Emma Donoghue

THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham

A HEARTBEAT AWAY, by Michael Palmer