What's the craic, Fools?

In honor of St. Patrick's Day (my namesake, if you didn't happen to know), I've curated a list of some Hibernian reads. I hope however you choose to celebrate, you'll do so in good cheer with beloved kith and kin.

• Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore by W. B. Yeats — trade Zeus and Odin for banshees and leprechauns in these classic tellings of the Emerald Isle's mythology

• The Poems of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney — poetry lovers are spoiled with choice when it comes to Irish bards, but Heaney stands among the very best, and a compilation like this is a great introduction to him

• Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe — one of the greatest pieces of non-fiction writing we've seen this side of the millennium; I've never had anyone bounce off this incredible, challenging book about the Troubles

• Prophet Song by Paul Lynch — this Booker Prize winner is set in a near-future Ireland where an authoritarian government has risen to power and begun to curtail civil rights (let's call it 2026 escapism?)

• The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde — perhaps the wittiest book I've ever read, Wilde's classic morality tale remains evergreen, and if you've never indulged yourself, you simply must