Books of the Month
Each month, our expert booksellers handpick outstanding titles across fiction, non-fiction, and children's publishing. These carefully selected works represent the most compelling, thought-provoking, and exciting reading of 2026
Fiction Book of the Month
Fiction Book of the Month
The Red Mouth Sheila Armstrong From the author of Falling Animals and The Red Mouth comes the beautiful and haunting story of two discoveries unearthed from a bog, and how these findings intertwine 4 separate lives. Prehistoric settlements, bronze cauldrons, ancient butter, iron weapons, an ancient dying ground of the great Irish elk – and the mutilated body of a two-thousand-year-old female are all unearthed in this lyrical masterpiece from one of the rising stars of Irish fiction.
Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Crossing the Wine Dark Sea by Emily Wilson Emily Wilson recent translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad have captured a new generation's imagination; this new collection of essays explores the joys and sorrows of reading and writing about the ancient past. After twenty years of scholarship, Wilson explores the choices that translators must make, the pleasures of finding new solutions to old problems, and the frustrations of never fully capturing what is in the original work.
Children's Book of the Month
Children's Book of the Month
The Thing About The Giants Christopher Galvin From debut Irish author Christopher Galvin comes a thrilling tale full of adventure, folklore and fantasy. A young giant named Corman is finding his feet above ground when his life collides with Jacq, daughter of a giant hunter. Can these two unlikely friends come together and unlearn the lies they've been taught?
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