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Book Club Library

Our club's book club began in February 2022. We rotate between fiction and non-fiction and meet every 3 months or so. Below are the ones we've read...most of which we've enjoyed!

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An Irishman in the Iron Brigade

by William Beaudot (non-fiction - July 2026)

The Gathering

by Anne Enright
(fiction - May 2026)

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll (non-fiction - Feb 2026)

The Sea

by John Banville (fiction - Nov 2025)

O Come Ye Back to Ireland

by Niall Williams & Christine Breen (non-fiction - Aug 2025)

What the Tide Leaves Behind

by Malcolm McDowell Woods (fiction - May 2025)

How the Irish Saved Civilization

by Thomas Cahill (non-fiction - Feb 2025)

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan (fiction - Nov 2024)

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

by Séamas O'Reilly (non-fiction - Sept 2024)

The Queen of Dirt Island

by Donal Ryan (fiction - May 2024)

Irish in Wisconsin

by David G. Holmes (non-fiction - Feb 2024)

Brooklyn

by Colm Tóibín (fiction - Nov 2023)

The Immortal Irishman

by Timothy Egan (non-fiction - Aug 2023)

Down by the River

by Edna O'Brien (fiction - May 2023)

Surrender: 40 Songs

by Bono (non-fiction - Feb 2023)

1916

by Morgan Llewelyn (fiction - Nov 2022)

Lincoln and the Irish

by Niall O'Dowd (non-fiction - Aug 2022)

The Commitments

by Roddy Doyle (fiction - May 2022)

Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe (non-fiction - Febe 2022)