This year The Irish Times has an even bigger selection of books to choose from. The perennial favourite, The Irish Times Book of the Year returns with some the best written and photographic journalism from 2014.

Other books include the popular crossword selection, More Simplex and new books include John Wilson's Wilson on Wine 2015 and The Times We Lived In, a gorgeous selection of the stories behind The Irish Times photo archive. Ones to look out for are Miriam Lord's The Best of Miriam Lord and cartoonist Martyn Turner's inimitable look at the nine Taoisigh who have served since he started as a cartoonist with The Irish Times.

These are all available at irishtimes.com/irishtimesbooks or from bookshops nationwide.