In honor of Rory McIlroy’s amazing run at the Master’s this weekend… here is IrishCentral
‘s list of the top 20 Irish novels you should read before you die.
1. James Joyce - Ulysses (1922)
2. Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
3. James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)
4. John McGahern - Amongst Women (1990)
5. Flann O’Brien – At Swim Two Birds (1939)
6. Oscar Wilde - Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
7. Jonathan Swift - Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
8. Flann O’Brien - The Third Policeman (1967)
9. Bram Stoker - Dracula (1897)
10. John Banville - The Book of Evidence (1988)
11. Patrick McCabe - The Butcher Boy (1992)
12. James Plunkett – Strumpet City (1969)
13. C. S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
14. Edna O’Brien - The Country Girls (1960)
15. Samuel Beckett - Molloy (1951)
16. Patrick Kavanagh - Tarry Flynn (1948)
17. Brian Moore - Judith Hearne (1955)
18. Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (1929)
19. Lawrence Sterne - Tristram Shandy (1760)
20. Jennifer Johnston - How Many Miles to Babylon? (1974)
photo credit: Michal Osmenda
