The Books That Made Me The Books That Made Me

Welcome to the 12th - and final episode - of Season One of The Books That Made Me podcast! I'm delighted to welcome to the show fellow book-lover and kindred spirit, Ryan Tubridy. Books mentioned in this episode are listed below: Mr Men - Robert Hargreaves/ The Secret Seven - Enid Blython/ Assorted works - Roald Dahl/ Timmy Failure Series - Stephen Pastis/ A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess/ Three Women - Lisa Taddeo/ Fleishman Is In Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner/ Enemy of The People - Jim Acosta/ The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack The Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold/ The Patient Assassin - Anita Anand/ The Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz/ Star of The Sea - Joseph O'Connor/ He - John Connolly/ Shadowplay - Joseph O'Connor/ The Hearts Invisible Furies - John Boyne/ The Gamal - Ciaran Collins/ Ithaca - Alan McMonagle/ The Second Sleep - Robert Harris/ Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries - Robert Harris

Martina Devlin is an award-winning columnist, journalist and author. She's written ten books, from non-fiction to novels. Her most recent book "Truth & Dare" is a collection of short stories featuring Ireland's most inspiring and trail-blazing women. Books mentioned in this episode are listed below. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie/ Dick & Dora - Happy Venture Series/ The House Where It Happened - Martina Devlin/ The Ship of Dreams - Gareth Russell/ Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood/ Good Behaviour - Molly Keane/ The Real Charlotte - Sommervile and Ross/ The Big House of Inver - Edith Somervile/ We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live - Joan Didion/ Shadowland - Joseph O'Connor

We're back! After a two week break to launch my first novel - Love, Zelda - we have returned with a bumper episode for you. This week, we chat to radio presenter and creator of the biggest Irish Book Club, Rick O'Shea. Books mentioned in the show are listed below: The Famous Five/The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton / The Three Investigators by Robert Arthur & Robert Arthur Jr / The Hardy Boys / The Other Side of the Sky by Arthur C Clarke / The 9 Billion Names of God by Arthur C Clarke / Strumpet City by James Plunkett / All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doeer / Constellations by Sinead Gleeson / The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins / Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins / The Firestarters by Jan Carson / On The Road by Jack Kerouac / The Lonely City by Olivia Laing / The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin / The Warehouse by Rob Hart / Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

On this week's podcast, we chat to fantasy writer Dave Rudden about how Irish mysticism has shaped his work, coming to fantasy stories like Star Wars and Doctor Who via books first and discovering the joy of the Warhammer game. Books mentioned in the podcast are below.  Irish Folk & Fairy Tales - Michael Scott / The Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordon/ The Game of Thrones Series - George RR Martin / The Rivan Codex - David Eddings / Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo / Entire backlist - Terry Prachett / Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo / Entire backlist - Joe Hill / Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon / The Doctor Who novels / Star Wars Expanded Universe Novels / A Line Made by Walking - Sara Baume / Warhammer books series

On this week's episode, I chat to crime author Liz Nugent about some of the books that have shaped her. Liz, who is best known for her fantastic books Unraveling Oliver, Lying In Wait and Skin Deep, Liz has become synonymous with quality Irish crime writing. In this episode, we discuss the necessity of making your psychopaths likeable, the wonder of Marian Keyes and Liz's favourite books turned films. Books mentioned in the show are:  The Shoe Shop - Margaret J Barker/ Oscar Wilde's Children Stories/ The Cider House Rules - John Irving/ The Butcher Boy - Pat McCabe/ The Book of Evidence - John Banville/ Engleby - Sebastian Faulks/Any Human Heart - William Boyd/ Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes/ The Maeve Kerrigan series - Jane Carey/ Backlist - Sarah Hillary/ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman/ The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion/ Blue Nights by Joan Didion/ Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen/ I Know This Much Is True by Wooly Lamb/ Perfume by Patrick Süskind/ The Secret History by Donna Tartt/ The Lost Man by Jane Harper/ Patrick Melrose by Edna St Albun/ Three Little Truths by Eithne Shorthall/ The Firestarters by Jan Carson/ The Good Sons by Paul McVeigh