Ones to Watch
Discover all our best breakthrough books. These are titles we think you should know about, whether they're by debut authors or more-established writers; whether fiction or non-fiction. These are the ones to watch!
Over 50% of Irish people under 40 are either living with their parents or in share accommodation, unable to live either by themselves or with partners despite that being their preference.
The housing crisis is often spoken of as a bubble, but economics professor Ronan Lyons argues that this metaphor is outdated. Rather, Ireland suffers from a brittle housing system, one that has lost the ability to respond to change. This groundbreaking book shows what that brittleness is doing to society, how it emerged and, most critically, how a healthier housing system can be built.
Ideal for readers who…
- Want to understand why housing in Ireland is so expensive — and why it got this way — Ronan Lyons has spent fifteen years researching the Irish housing market, producing the Daft.ie House Price Report and publishing academic work on Irish housing in international economic journals. This isn't commentary: it's analysis from the person who has studied the data most closely.
- Are renting in Ireland and feel like something has gone fundamentally wrong — they're right, and this book explains exactly what. Lyons traces the policy decisions, planning failures, and structural choices that created the crisis, without the vagueness of political debate or the simplification of newspaper opinion columns.
- Want to know if the housing crisis can actually be fixed — and how — the second half of the book's subtitle is "and How To Fix It." Lyons doesn't stop at diagnosis. He sets out the specific policy changes that could resolve Ireland's housing shortage, grounded in international evidence and comparative analysis.
- Follow Irish politics and economics and want the expert account — housing has dominated Irish political debate for a decade. Lyons has been the most consistently cited economist on housing throughout that period. This is the book that puts the full argument in one place, from the person whose research has shaped the policy conversation.
- Are interested in urban economics, planning, and why cities work the way they do — Brittle is not just about Ireland. The mechanisms Lyons describes — how planning restrictions, tax treatment of land, and construction costs interact to constrain housing supply — apply across Europe and beyond. Irish readers will recognise the specific consequences; international readers will recognise the pattern.
- Are buying a gift for someone who cares about Ireland's future — this is the rare economics book that is also urgently relevant to everyday life. Anyone who rents, owns, or is trying to get onto the property ladder in Ireland will find something in here that explains their experience. It is accessible enough for a general reader and rigorous enough to satisfy someone with an economics background.
The brand new Miss Marple novel from Lucy Foley, the No.1 bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast.
High in the Swiss Alps, with glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, the Grand Alpine Hotel draws guests from far and wide.
The notorious actress
The high-flying politician
The reserved political wife
The reckless friend
The shrewd doctor
But when a guest enters a gondola alive, only to be found dead at the top of the mountain, it’s clear there’s a killer in their midst.
As dark histories simmer, and old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice, someone watches on from the shadows. An unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple.
She suspects everyone in the hotel, and she’s right to. For it isn’t just a question of who has a motive, but who’s next…
Arriving 50 years after Agatha Christie’s last MISS MARPLE novel was published, Lucy Foley's Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel is a landmark event.
Ideal for readers who:
- Reach for classic-style murder mysteries with a sharp contemporary pace.
- Love glamorous closed settings where every guest has something to hide.
- Track suspicious deaths, Alpine isolation and a cast full of possible killers.
- Appreciate Miss Marple stories rich in atmosphere, clues and social observation.
'Bad Words is truly a masterpiece of a novel ... a thought-provoking, vulnerable and incredibly entertaining love story' Stylist
This rivalry is setting the literary world on fire – but who will survive the flames?
When Selina Chan, New York's fiercest literary critic, slams Parker Navarro's latest novel, he is pushed to breaking point.
Once was painful enough. But this time, it's personal.
What begins as a private feud quickly erupts into a viral online spectacle, captivating an audience of book lovers who are eager to fan the flames.
But away from the spotlight, each unexpected encounter has them second-guessing everything they thought they knew about each other.
And, in the end, it's what's left unsaid between them that could ruin them both…
