Novel of the Year Shortlist
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The shortlist for this category is:
- How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
- My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
- Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
- So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
- Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
- The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
- The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright