I was travelling for much of Fall 2025 and let my book reviewing lapse. Now that I’m back in Canada, here’s a favourite read from the past six months.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 2021. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Irish Times Readers’ Choice for Best Irish Book of the Century.
Small Things Like These delivers storytelling at its finest. Not a wasted word.
Keegan’s 2021 novella is a masterpiece of tone and fidelity, powerfully evocative of life in Ireland. The tale is reminiscent of The Dead, a short story in James Joyce’s Dubliners. Both are Irish gems.
Sit in front of a hearth with a loved one and read Keegan’s book out loud to them.
North Noir 
Agreed, A.M. Also a personal favorite.
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That book is next in my reading pile! Thanks Andy
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