Wilhelmina Geddes: Life and Work by Nicola Gordon Bowe (Four Courts Press, €50)

Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America’s fight for Ireland’s freedom by Terry Golway (Merrion Press, €19.99).

Sons and Fathers edited by Kathy Gilfillan, introduction by Colm Tóibin, foreword by Bono (An Irish Hospice Foundation Book / Penguin Ireland, €20)

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray (Hamish Hamilton, £18)

The death of Michael Paul Gallagher on November 5 would have been unexpected to the very many people who benefited by reading his wise and insightful books. One such said to me the other day that they had attempted to wrestle with books on theology, and had almost given up. But from Michael Paul Gallagher’s…

Western Ways: Remembering Mayo through the Eyes of Helen Hooker and Ernie O’Malley edited by Cormac O’Malley and Juliet Christy Barron (Mercier Press, €19.99)

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Inventing the Universe: Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Science, Faith and God by Alister McGrath (Hodder & Stoughton, £20.00)

Counting My Blessings: Francis Brennan’s Guide to Happiness by Francis Brennan (Gill & Macmillan, €14.99)

Éamon de Valera: A Will to power by Ronan Fanning (Faber & Faber, £20.00)