If your idea of celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day goes beyond green beer and “Kiss me, I’m Irish” stickers” here are some reading selections that feature Ireland, many honoring its faith and its patron saint.
Picture Book
Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale by Tomie De Paola
A fun tale about a lazy man who trades leprechaun gold for the prospect of a giant potato. “Saints preserve us!”
Chapter Book
The Secret of the Shamrock (Chime Travelers) by Lisa Hendey
I haven’t read this one yet, but I intend to read it before Saint Patrick’s Day. My daughter loved it, as she did the other Chime Travelers books. Join young Patrick as he and his pet frog visit ancient Ireland.
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Young Adult
The King’s Prey: St. Dymphna of Ireland (God’s Forgotten Friends) by Susan Peek
A fictionalized account of St. Dymphna’s flight from her father, who mistakes her for his late wife, the queen. Lots of adventure, characteristic of Susan Peek’s saint novels.
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Coming of Age
Finding Grace by Laura Pearl
I have a copy of this one on my to-be-read pile! A story of a Catholic girl falling in love for the first time in the wake of the 1960s sexual revolution.
Adult
Historical Romance
A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman
The Daughters of Boston series follows an Irish-American family on both sides of the Atlantic during World War I.
Fiction recommendations for St. Patrick's Day for kids and adults. @CMAstfalk Click To TweetMore Christian Fiction Recommendations
The members of Facebook’s Avid Readers of Christian Fiction group is never short on suggestions. When I asked for some Irish selections, I got a bunch! I haven’t vetted these, but I’ve added some to my own to-be-read list.
- Castle on the Rise (A Lost Castle Novel) by Kristy Cambron
- A Secret Hope: A Novel of Ancient Ireland (Sword and Spirit Series) by Renee Yancy
- Maire (The Fires of Gleannmara Book 1) by Linda Windsor
- Flight of the Earls by Michael K. Reynolds
- Brigid of Ireland: A Historical Novel (Daughters of Ireland Book 1) by Cindy Thomson
- The Lace Makers of Glenmara: A Novel by Heather Barbieri
- The Bonfires of Beltane by Mark E. Fisher
- Cloth of Heaven (Song of Erin #1) by B.J. Hoff
- Song of the Silent Harp (The Emerald Ballad Series) by B.J. Hoff
- Irish Meadows (Courage to Dream Book 1) by Susan Anne Mason
- Grounded Hearts by Jeanne M. Dixon
- Kinsale Kisses by Elizabeth Maddrey
Do you have any reading recommendations for Saint Patrick’s Day?
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Great list! One more! The Paradise Tree
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Thanks for adding it!
Carolyn, thank you so much for including Finding Grace on this list.
I am a fan of all things Irish and can’t help but include the Emerald Isle and/or people who came from there in my writing. My other novel, Erin’s Ring, is about a group of 19th-century Irish immigrants and how they changed a small New England town (had the first Catholic church built there). My husband is just about 100% Irish and has a grandfather who came straight from there; I don’t have nearly as much Irish blood in me, but I have enough to make me an incurable Hibernophile.
Thanks again for the shout-out, and for sharing this list. I am currently reading The King’s Prey.
These were fun lists to put together! I wish I could read all of them. Maybe, in time!