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Donal Ryan


Born
Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Genre
Literature & Fiction


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: 3.92 · 51,990 ratings · 6,212 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors
The Queen of Dirt Island
4.06 avg rating — 12,660 ratings — published 2022 — 21 editions
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The Spinning Heart
3.94 avg rating — 11,263 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions
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Strange Flowers
3.81 avg rating — 8,415 ratings — published 2020 — 26 editions
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From a Low and Quiet Sea
3.78 avg rating — 7,260 ratings — published 2018 — 33 editions
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All We Shall Know
3.89 avg rating — 4,674 ratings — published 2016 — 24 editions
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Heart, Be at Peace
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The Thing About December
3.91 avg rating — 2,893 ratings — published 2013 — 28 editions
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A Slanting of the Sun
4.02 avg rating — 944 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions
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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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