John Banville’s latest novel is Venetian VespersSebastian BarryI’ve been working all year so I haven’t been able to catch up with so many enticing new novels. The most powerful Irish novel was Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, a scorching indictment of both toxic masculinity and Ireland’s housing crisis. Edel Coffey’s latest book is In Her Place[ Julia Kelly: ‘My mum died swimming in the Galápagos at 71. Sinéad Gleeson’s latest book is Hagstone. My favourite Irish novel was The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan.

Source: The Irish Times November 29, 2025 16:06 UTC