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Donal Ryan

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Co. Tipperary, Ireland

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Donal Ryan is the author of the novels The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December, the short-story collection A Slanting of the Sun, and the forthcoming novel All We Shall Know. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Limerick, and worked for the National Employment Rights Authority before the success of his first two novels allowed him to pursue writing as a full-time career.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 42,531 ratings · 5,168 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Queen of Dirt Island 4.08 avg rating — 10,442 ratings — published 2022 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spinning Heart 3.92 avg rating — 9,398 ratings — published 2012 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Flowers 3.81 avg rating — 7,354 ratings — published 2020 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From a Low and Quiet Sea 3.78 avg rating — 6,696 ratings — published 2018 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All We Shall Know 3.88 avg rating — 4,427 ratings — published 2016 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thing About December 3.90 avg rating — 2,621 ratings — published 2013 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Slanting of the Sun really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart, Be at Peace 4.14 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love by Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Goodreads Author), Bernardine Evaristo 3.42 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dubliners 100: Fifteen New Stories Inspired by the Original by Thomas Morris (editor), Patrick McCabe, Mary Morrissy 3.55 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“People are better inside in your head. When you're longing for them, they're perfect.”
― Donal Ryan, The Thing About December

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“I wish to God I could talk to her the way she wants me to, besides forever making her guess what I’m thinking. Why can’t I find the words?”
― Donal Ryan, The Spinning Heart

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“There's no man on this earth can even be assured he'll have a next day.”
― Donal Ryan, The Spinning Heart

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