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The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy
Ryan's Favourite Books of 2025
In this live special, Ryan shares his favourite fiction and non-fiction books and authors of 2025.
Fiction:
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
The names by Florence Knapp
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell,
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Wildelings by Lisa Harding
The Elements by John Boyne
It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’ Connor
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
One of Us by Elizabeth Day
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jónasson
Non-Fiction:
The Zorg by Siddharth Kara
The Einstein Vendetta by Thomas Harding
Remnants of Our Past by Deirdre O’Neill
Wings by Paul McCartney
The Walking Effect by Karl Henry
Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets by Donal Fallon
2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf
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