Michael Albertus draws upon 15 years of research and fieldwork in his examination of land-holding across the world from the 17th century onwards

The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed novel

With Killybegs a stage, the author draws local characters and their quirks with an affectionate humour

Reviews of collections by Kathleen Jamie, Claudine Toutoungi, Pat Boran and Gustav Parker Hibbett

A frightening and infuriating read that takes us through examples of some of the darkest moments in recent medical history - and urges us to be open-minded

A fascinating collection of essays edited by Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe that reflects incisive research into Irish sexual politics and gender identities

By Helen Crisp & Jules Stewart; Rachel Bower; and Nicola Tallant

This satire of middle-class England is keenly observed and quietly devastating

A frequently hilarious and also heartbreaking memoir about dogs you would cross the street to avoid

The stories are humorous but never cheerful, the characters often repellently fascinating

Focusing on the life of Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, this is a superbly written effort to capture the power of language to transport us

The book is at its most interesting when Durkan is quizzed about John Hume and what his predecessor had been trying to achieve

Duncan’s is an utterly distinctive voice in contemporary Irish literature

Meticulously researched, brilliantly written and passionately argued, these books are indispensable and timely

Brian Eno, musicial maverick and sometime U2 producer, and Dutch artist and writer Bette A explore what art is and its potential to help humanity to change course

The Choir, led by Irish priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, rescue and secrete escaped Allied POWs, Italian anti-fascists and Jews on the run

Gleanings from departmental archives are pieces of jigsaw puzzles which illuminate decision- and policymaking, and the relationships of key figures

Works by Yukio Mishima, Samar Yazbek, Solvej Balle, Zahran Alqasmi and Vincenzo Latronico

Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence

Erudite and entertaining writer takes reader on journey with rich narrative tapestry of history, music and anecdote

To Save and to Destroy by Viet Thanh Nguyen; Shock Induction by Chuck Palahniuk; and These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

As a whole, this moral tale of revenge is compulsive and ambitious

WG Sebald’s early essays on Austrian literature offer compelling insights into his thinking, clunkily

An intimate character study of a millennial man bumbling through life

Film-maker John Sayles draws on astonishing people and events to portray acts of betrayal suffered by Native Americans

Author uses newly discovered documents, diaries and interviews to create a compelling story of one of the least remembered episodes of recent European history

American production of a play with music, Girl from the North Country, was more fraught than most

Horrible guardians, an absent mother and a child who enters a secret laboratory make for enjoyable reads

In a manner not unlike Forrest Gump, beer meets famous Irish characters through history, from St Brigid to Daniel O’Connell

It will be interesting to see whether the author is willing to move out of his comfort zone

This multigenerational, transatlantic family saga starts with 9/11 and swerves back in time to Donegal in the 1970s

Declan Burke reviews Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse, Asia Mackay’s A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage, Uketsu’s Strange Pictures, Sam Blake’s The Killing Sense and Esther García Llovet’s Spanish Beauty

Influential writers look at how the Chinese leader is moulding his country - and the West - to fit his vision

Dutch journalist Michel Krielaars infuses a bleak subject with verve

‘Commentators found it impossible to imagine a different camp: the camp of life’ when faced with demands to cease the slaughter of innocents

Blair reports from the front line of the war between big business and the indigenous communities, all the while connecting the past with the present

Dinan is also excellent on the often anti-erotic experience of modern dating

Blouin’s story serves as a microcosm for the near misses, cycles and reason-defying hope that characterise Africa’s past

No Sally Rooney-type introspection in epic stories dating from Iron Age in this enchanting collection

One book concerns itself with long-suffering fans, while other focuses on love affair between players

Novel delicately portrays the journey of a migrant caught between dreams of success and the harsh realities of life in post-war England

Now released in the UK and Ireland, Gornick’s memoir of city life, friendship and gender inequality explores the joy and challenges of living alone

A woman escapes her manipulative creep of a husband. This powerful book asks: what now?

While recent struggles occupy the authors, a deeper examination of working-class politics in 20th-century Ireland would have been revealing

Caroline Darian’s book is an uncomfortable read, albeit one with great immediacy, that is let down at times by its translation

Including Let the Light In by Jenny Downham and Louis Hill; After Life by Gayle Forman, and The Boy I Love by William Hussey

Among the French economist’s arguments is that ‘no credible solution to the challenge of global warming is imaginable without a drastic reduction in inequality’

Nine contributors’ fresh engagement with Lee’s main themes is testament to the ongoing significance of his writing

An engaging coming-of-age novel about a young artist whose development feels, even at its end, unfinished

Books by Jane DeLynn, Don Conroy and Jenny Slate