Irish Bestsellers 23rd July 2022

This week things are heating up, and not just in the weather! There are quite a few new movers and shakers across the charts, although this week’s number one is an old favourite as Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing hits the top as well as the cinemas.

Other new appearances in the Top 20 include Unlocked: An Irish Prison Officer’s Story by David McDonald and Mick Clifford at no. 6; The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh at no. 11; and a new book from Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall, at no. 19.

This week’s featured book is also a new entry. Only released two days before these charts were compiled and already to no. 4 in the Top 20 and no. 1 in Original Fiction, we’ve got Cathy Kelly returning with The Wedding Party. Here’s the blurb:

‘Fizzing with fun, warmth, humour and wisdom, the perfect summer read!’ VERONICA HENRY

‘Compassionate and wise’ ERICA JAMES

‘Loved it. I couldn’t put it down!’ LUCY KENNEDY

‘Full of Cathy’s trademark warmth, wit and wisdom’ RACHEL HORE

Four sisters. Decades of secrets. One week they’ll never forget…

For the first time in years, the beautiful Robicheaux sisters are returning to their childhood home. Decades after they first met, their parents are getting married again – to each other, in a week’s time!

Indy is used to high-stress situations in her job as a midwife – but she knows that keeping the peace in her family of big personalities is a different matter entirely…

Eden is on the brink of political success and a surprise family wedding is the last thing she needs. Especially when a long-buried secret is threatening to destroy everything.

Savannah might look like she has it all, but she’s spent her whole married life hiding the truth. It’s a fragile façade that’s unlikely to withstand a week spent with her sisters.

Rory lives with her gorgeous girlfriend and tends to avoid family gatherings. Particularly now, as her new book might just reveal more than her sisters or parents would like…

A big wedding party is sure to throw up a few surprises – but one thing’s for sure, it’s going to be a week that the Robicheaux family will never forget…

With her inimitable warmth and wisdom, Cathy Kelly shows us that in the messy reality of marriage, family, and romance, sometimes it’s the women in our lives who hold us together.

And now this week’s charts with the Top 20 followed by the Top 10 in each category.