🏛️ Classic Literature · Ireland
Best Classic Literature Books from Ireland
Classic literature is the body of work that time has tested and culture has kept. Ireland has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in classic literature, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best classic literature from Ireland by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde· 1890
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
Dubliners
James Joyce· 1914
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#3
literary-fiction
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce· 1818
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#4
literary-fiction
The Portable James Joyce
James Joyce· 1947
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#5
classic-literature
Ulysses
James Joyce· 1914
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#6
classic-literature
Lady Windermere's Fan
Oscar Wilde· 1890
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#7
classic-literature
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Oscar Wilde· 1948
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#8
horror
Dracula
Bram Stoker· 1897
★Bram Stoker Award
Editorial Score45/100
#9
literary-fiction
The Happy Prince and other tales
Oscar Wilde· 1888
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#10
literary-fiction
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde· 1899
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#11
literary-fiction
Poems
Oscar Wilde· 1881
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#12
literary-fiction
Short stories
Oscar Wilde· 1910
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#13
literary-fiction
Works (Dubliners / Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man)
James Joyce· 1967
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#14
classic-literature
The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Oscar Wilde· 1891
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#15
adventure
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift· 1726
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score41/100
#16
literary-fiction
Ulysses
James Joyce· 1922
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score41/100
#17
literary-fiction
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde· 1893
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#18
literary-fiction
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde· 1896
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#19
literary-fiction
A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde· 1893
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#20
literary-fiction
Major Barbara
George Bernard Shaw· 1909
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#21
literary-fiction
Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw· 1898
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#22
literary-fiction
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce· 1928
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#23
literary-fiction
A House of Pomegranates
Oscar Wilde· 1891
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#24
literary-fiction
Lady Windermere's Fan
Oscar Wilde· 1890
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#25
classic-literature
Intentions
Oscar Wilde· 1891
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#26
literary-fiction
Molloy
Samuel Beckett· 1951
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score39/100
#27
classic-literature
The Complete Novels of James Joyce (Dubliners / Finnegans Wake / Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / Ulysses)
James Joyce· 2012
Editorial Score38/100
#28
classic-literature
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett· 1953
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score36/100
#29
classic-literature
De profundis
Oscar Wilde· 1905
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#30
classic-literature
Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard Shaw· 1905
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#31
classic-literature
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Oscar Wilde· 1948
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#32
classic-literature
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien· 1939
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#33
classic-literature
Lord Arthur Savile's crime
Oscar Wilde· 1891
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#34
classic-literature
The picture of Dorian Gray, and selected stories
Oscar Wilde· 1962
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#35
classic-literature
The Duchess of Padua
Oscar Wilde· 1905
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#36
classic-literature
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Oscar Wilde· 1924
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#37
classic-literature
Great Catherine
George Bernard Shaw· 1915
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#38
classic-literature
Charmides and other poems
Oscar Wilde· 1913
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#39
classic-literature
A Treatise on Parents and Children
George Bernard Shaw· 2001
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#40
classic-literature
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde· 2000
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#41
classic-literature
Four Years
William Butler Yeats· 2005
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#42
classic-literature
The best of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde· 1997
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#43
classic-literature
The Complete Novels of James Joyce (Dubliners / Finnegans Wake / Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / Ulysses)
James Joyce· 2012
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#44
classic-literature
Dublineses (Clasicos Universales)
James Joyce· 2001
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#45
classic-literature
Plays of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde· 2011
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#46
classic-literature
Dublineses / Dubliners (Letras Universales)
James Joyce· 2004
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score25/100
#47
classic-literature
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
Joyce Hansen· 2005
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100