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Emma Donoghue

    October 24, 1969

    This author explores complex human relationships and the themes of freedom and identity through compelling narratives. Their works, spanning contemporary and historical settings, often delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche and the resilience of the human spirit against adversity. With a keen eye for detail and a profound understanding of human nature, they craft unforgettable characters and gripping plots that resonate with readers long after the last page.

    Emma Donoghue
    Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
    Inseparable
    Room
    The Pull of the Stars
    The Lotterys More or Less
    The Lovely Bones. Room. Bridget Jones's Diary
    • Out of the Woods

      Voices From the Forest City

      Nestled amidst the lush forests of London, Ontario, and its surrounding communities, a vibrant tapestry of voices emerges from the trees. Out of the Woods brings together an extraordinary collection of stories and poems.

      Out of the Woods2025
    • The Paris Express

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Set at the end of the nineteenth century, this novel follows a high-speed steam train journey, exploring the lives of its passengers and the secrets they harbor. As the train races through the landscape, tensions rise and hidden dangers emerge, revealing the complexities of human relationships and the impact of societal norms. Emma Donoghue crafts a gripping narrative that intertwines suspense with rich historical detail, making for an engaging exploration of the era's social dynamics.

      The Paris Express2025
      3.4
    • Fourteen Days

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      'Compelling' Marie Claire * 'Immensely enjoyable' Observer * 'Fascinating' Red * One week into lockdown, the tenants of a Manhattan apartment building have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories in this exciting new twist on the novel. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned buckets. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours. With each character secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood to John Grisham and Celeste Ng, Fourteen Days is a heart-warming ode to the power of storytelling and human connection. 'An immensely enjoyable product of an immensely unenjoyable time, Fourteen Days is lively, freewheeling... An impressive achievement' Observer 'Fourteen Days serves as a valuable reminder that stories can teach, console, provide a place of acceptance and perhaps even change their readers (or listeners)' Financial Times Includes writing from: Margaret Atwood, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Erica Jong, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Doug Preston, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Meg Wolitzer and many more.

      Fourteen Days2025
      3.2
    • 'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and questioning. Haven is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of HamnetIn seventh-century Ireland, a priest has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks with him - young Trian and old Cormac - he travels down the Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a new place of worship. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. But in such a place, far from all other humanity, what will survival mean?'Haven is a beautiful, bold blaze of a book' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'Beautiful and timely' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater'Sinister, heart-wrenching and beautifully written' The Times'Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect' Margaret Atwood via Twitter'Book of the Year' pick in The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Irish Post, RTE and The Times.

      Haven: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room2023
      3.4
    • In the Company of Shadows

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Humanity has destroyed the Earth. Forced to seek a new home amongst the stars, the colonisers settle on the planet Diomedia after decades of travel. But this planet is no idyll. It is infested with parasitic creatures called Shades that attack humans but who are also, once processed, a source of energy which the colony needs to survive. Landmine Butcher and Longrider Erickson are Hunters who work for ShadeCo and they capture these Shades for the energy that their bodies generate.ShadeCo has always been a target for activists but recently hostilities against the company had escalated to breaking point. After the disappearance of Longrider's father, she sets off to find him with Landmine Butcher's begrudging assistance and finally bring an end to the violence. Little do they know, they're hurtling straight towards a terrible secret, hidden in the heart of the Shade-riddled desert...

      In the Company of Shadows2023
    • The sensational new novel from the bestselling author of &i;>The Pull of the Stars&/i> and &i;>The Wonder&/i>.

      Learned By Heart2023
      3.8
    • Haven

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      The hugely anticipated novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Pull of the Stars and Room 'Beautiful and timely' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater 'Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect.' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter Three men vow to leave the world behind them and start anew . . . In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks - young Trian and old Cormac - he travels down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. Their extraordinary landing spot is now known as Skellig Michael. But in such a place, far from all other humanity, what will survival mean? Haunting, moving and vividly told, Haven displays Emma Donoghue's trademark world-building and psychological intensity - but this tale is like nothing she has ever written before . . . Pre-order Learned by Heart, the dazzling new love story from Emma Donoghue.

      Haven2022
      3.4
    • The Pull of the Stars

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews) In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders -- Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.

      The Pull of the Stars2020
      4.1
    • Akin

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets.

      Akin2019
      3.8
    • The Lotterys More or Less

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Family celebrations are difficult to organize at the best of times, but when your family is made up of four parents, seven children and one grandfather, they're practically impossible . . . The second warm and funny children's book from international bestselling author Emma Donoghue.

      The Lotterys More or Less2018
      4.0